Poll of Polls: Methodology

Poll of Polls: The rise of DMG

Poll of Polls: Overall results

Poll of Polls: Underwriting

Poll of Polls: Trading

Poll of Polls: Advisory

The 1996 Poll of Polls was compiled from the following surveys and league tables:

Underwriting

Overall capital raising: market users’ votes for best bank at raisingcapital

Eurobonds: issuers’ votes for best Eurobond lead manager and syndicate chiefs’ nominations for top bookrunner in eight currencies; bookrunner league table of international bonds (source: Capital Data Bondware)

Mtns: borrowers’ votes for EMTN and US MTN arrangers; EMTN arranger league table (source: MTNWare)

Euro-commercial paper: league table and users’ votes for ECP arrangers (source: Capital Data Loanware)

Equities: borrowers’ and syndicate heads’ views on global coordination, IPOs and secondary offerings; international equity league tables(source: Capital Data Bondware)

Trading

Eurobond trading: chief bond dealers’ votes for Eurobond trading

Government bond trading: votes for best bank at government bondtrading

mtns: borrowers’ nominations for best EMTN and US MTN dealers; EMTN dealer league table (source:...