FX Poll 1997: Taken aback by a leap forward
| 97 | 96 | Bank | Score |
| $/DM | |||
| 1 | 3 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 83 |
| 2 | 2 | Citibank | 80 |
| 3 | 1 | Chase | 69 |
| 4 | 4 | HSBC Midland | 38 |
| 5= | 9= | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 24 |
| 5= | Merrill Lynch | 24 | |
| 7 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 23 | |
| 8 | Royal Bank of Canada | 22 | |
| 9 | SBC Warburg | 20 | |
| 10 | 5 | NatWest | 16 |
| $/¥ | |||
| 1 | 1 | Chase | 56 |
| 2 | 2 | Citibank | 50 |
| 3 | 4 | HSBC Midland | 31 |
| 4 | 3 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | 24 |
| 5 | 9 | Sumitomo Bank | 20 |
| 6= | – | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 19 |
| 6= | – | Royal Bank of Canada | 19 |
| 8= | – | Merrill Lynch | 18 |
| 8= | – | SBC Warburg | 18 |
| 10 | – | Standard Chartered | 17 |
| £/$ | |||
| 1 | 4 | HSBC Midland | 73 |
| 2 | 1 | Chase | 60 |
| 3 | 3 | BZW | 53 |
| 4 | 2 | NatWest | 51 |
| 5 | 5 | Citibank | 47 |
| 6 | – | Royal Bank of Canada | 26 |
| 7 | 6 | Standard Chartered | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | Bank of America | 16 |
| 9 | – | SBC Warburg | 15 |
| 10 | 9 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 14 |
| $/Sfr | |||
| 1 | 1 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 57 |
| 2 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 55 |
| 3 | 5 | Citibank | 40 |
| 4 | 3 | Chase | 37 |
| 5 | 4 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 24 |
| 6= | 8 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 18 |
| 6= | 6 | HSBC Midland | 18 |
| 8 | 9 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 14 |
| 9= | Bank of America | 11 | |
| 9= | First Chicago | 11 | |
| 9= | Royal Bank of Canada | 11 | |
| DM/¥ | |||
| 1 | 1 | Chase | 38 |
| 2 | 2 | Citibank | 28 |
| 3 | 4= | HSBC Midland | 20 |
| 4 | 4= | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 14 |
| 5 | – | Royal Bank of Canada | 13 |
| 6 | – | Merrill Lynch | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | 11 |
| 8 | – | SBC Warburg | 10 |
| 9 | 10 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 9 |
| 10= | – | Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank | 8 |
| 10= | 4= | Fuji Bank | 8 |
| 10= | – | Goldman Sachs | 8 |
| 10= | 8 | Sumitomo Bank | 8 |
| DM/Sfr | |||
| 1 | 1 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 46 |
| 2 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 45 |
| 3 | 4 | Chase | 24 |
| 4 | 5 | Citibank | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 17 |
| 6 | – | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 12 |
| 7 | 8 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 11 |
| 8 | – | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 10 |
| 9 | – | Royal Bank of Canada | 8 |
| 10= | 7 | HSBC Midland | 7 |
| 10= | Merrill Lynch | 7 | |
| £/DM | |||
| 1 | 2 | HSBC Midland | 42 |
| 2 | 3 | Chase | 39 |
| 3 | 1 | NatWest | 37 |
| 4 | 4 | Citibank | 36 |
| 5 | 5 | BZW | 28 |
| 6 | 6 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 23 |
| 7 | 10 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 15 |
| 8= | – | Royal Bank of Canada | 13 |
| 8= | 9 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 13 |
| 10 | 7 | Standard Chartered | 12 |
| DM/Ffr | |||
| 1 | 2 | Banque Indosuez/Crédit Agricole | 33 |
| 2 | 4 | Chase | 28 |
| 3 | 3 | Citibank | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Société Générale | 21 |
| 5= | 5 | Banque Nationale de Paris | 20 |
| 5= | 6= | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 20 |
| 7 | – | Royal Bank of Canada | 11 |
| 8= | – | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 9 |
| 8= | – | Merrill Lynch | 9 |
| 8= | – | NatWest | 9 |
| 8= | 10= | Union Bank of Switzerland | 9 |
| DM/Lira | |||
| 1 | 1 | Chase | 27 |
| 2 | 3 | Citibank | 26 |
| 3 | 6 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | Banca Commerciale Italiana | 19 |
| 5 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 16 | |
| 6 | HSBC Midland | 15 | |
| 7 | 4 | JP Morgan | 13 |
| 8 | 8 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 12 |
| 9 | 7 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 11 |
| 10 | Merrill Lynch | 10 | |
| 1 | 1 | Chase | 38 |
| 2 | 2 | Citibank | 28 |
| 3 | 4= | HSBC Midland | 20 |
| 4 | 4= | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 14 |
| 5 | – | Royal Bank... | |
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