1997 Bond Trading Poll: The rise of the continentals
| Government bonds | |||
| Belgium | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Kredietbank | 18 |
| 2 | 3 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 14 |
| 3= | – | Banque Bruxelles Lambert | 13 |
| 3= | 1 | Generale Bank | 13 |
| 3= | – | Société Générale | 13 |
| France | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 3= | Banque Paribas | 21 |
| 2 | 1 | Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Banque Nationale de Paris | 14 |
| 4 | – | Société Générale | 12 |
| 5= | – | Banque Indosuez/Crédit Agricole | 11 |
| 5= | – | Crédit Commercial de France | 11 |
| Germany | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 53 |
| 2 | 3= | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 15 |
| 3 | 5 | JP Morgan | 11 |
| 4 | – | Lehman Brothers | 10 |
| 5= | 3= | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 7 |
| 5= | – | Bayerische Vereinsbank | 7 |
| 5= | – | WestLB | 7 |
| Ireland | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Davy Stockbrokers | 20 |
| 2= | 3 | Riada Stockbrokers | 12 |
| 2= | 2 | NCB Stockbrokers | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | Goodbody Stockbrokers | 9 |
| 5 | – | Union Bank of Switzerland | 6 |
| Italy | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | – | Credito Italiano | 15 |
| 2 | 1= | JP Morgan | 14 |
| 3 | – | IMI | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | Morgan Stanley | 11 |
| 5= | Ð | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 8 |
| 5= | 4 | Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino | 8 |
| Netherlands | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 54 |
| 2 | 2 | ING Barings | 36 |
| 3 | 3 | Rabobank | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 9 |
| 5 | – | MeesPierson | 5 |
| Spain | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 3= | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | JP Morgan | 10 |
| 3 | 3= | Banco Santander de Negocios | 8 |
| 4= | 2 | Morgan Stanley | 7 |
| 4= | – | Crédit Commercial de France | 7 |
| Switzerland | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 29 |
| 2 | 3 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 23 |
| 3 | 1 | SBC Warburg | 17 |
| UK | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | BZW | 28 |
| 2 | 3 | HSBC Markets | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | Lehman Brothers | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | SBC Warburg | 12 |
| 5 | – | Hambros Bank | 9 |
| Denmark | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Den Danske Bank | 35 |
| 2 | 4 | Carnegie | 14 |
| 3 | 2= | Unibank | 13 |
| 4= | 2= | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 9 |
| 4= | – | Uniboers | 9 |
| Finland | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Merita Bank | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | S-E-Banken | 7 |
| 3 | – | Postipankki | 6 |
| 4 | – | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 4 |
| Sweden | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1= | S-E-Banken | 22 |
| 2= | 4 | JP Morgan | 8 |
| 2= | – | HSBC Markets | 8 |
| 2= | – | Svenska Handelsbanken | 8 |
| 5 | 1= | Ohman | 6 |
| Japan | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Nomura Securities | 18 |
| 2 | – | Yamaichi Securities | 14 |
| 3 | – | Nikko Securities | 10 |
| 4 | – | Daiwa Securities | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | Industrial Bank of Japan | 8 |
| Canada | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | RBC Dominion | 33 |
| 2 | 2 | CIBC Wood Gundy | 21 |
| 3 | 4 | Toronto Dominion | 17 |
| 4 | – | Hambros Bank | 8 |
| 5= | 3 | Bank of Montreal | 7 |
| 5= | 5 | Scotia McLeod | 7 |
| US | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1= | 4 | Goldman Sachs | 17 |
| 1= | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | Lehman Brothers | 14 |
| 4 | – | PaineWebber | 12 |
| 5 | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 9 |
| Most improved houses | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1= | – | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 14 |
| 1= | – | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 14 |
| 3 | – | SBC Warburg | 11 |
| 4 | – | Lehman Brothers | 9 |
| 5 | – | Union Bank of Switzerland | 8 |
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