1997 Bond Trading Poll: The rise of the continentals
| EUROBONDS – US DOLLAR | |||
| Fixed rate | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Merrill Lynch | 14 |
| 4= | – | HSBC Markets | 12 |
| 4= | 5 | Morgan Stanley | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | JP Morgan | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | PaineWebber | 7 |
| 8= | – | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 5 |
| 8= | – | CIBC Wood Gundy | 5 |
| 8= | 4 | Goldman Sachs | 5 |
| Floating rate | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | PaineWebber | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Merrill Lynch | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 17 |
| 4= | 7= | Lehman Brothers | 9 |
| 4= | 7= | Morgan Stanley | 9 |
| 6 | 3= | JP Morgan | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 7 |
| 8= | – | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 5 |
| 8= | 3= | HSBC Markets | 5 |
| 8= | – | Salomon Brothers | 5 |
| Convertibles | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Morgan Stanley | 14 |
| 2 | 3= | SBC Warburg | 13 |
| 3 | – | Merrill Lynch | 10 |
| 4 | 3= | Credit Suisse First Boston | 6 |
| 5= | 1 | Goldman Sachs | 5 |
| 5= | 3= | Lehman Brothers | 5 |
| Asset-backed securities | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | – | Merrill Lynch | 16 |
| 2= | 4= | Citibank | 9 |
| 2= | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 9 |
| 2= | 1 | Goldman Sachs | 9 |
| 2= | 2= | Morgan Stanley | 9 |
| 6= | 4= | Lehman Brothers | 5 |
| 6= | – | Salomon Brothers | 5 |
| Illiquid instruments | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1= | – | Morgan Stanley | 9 |
| 1= | – | Union Bank of Switzerland | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Merrill Lynch | 8 |
| 4= | – | Lehman Brothers | 7 |
| 4= | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 7 |
| 4= | – | SBC Warburg | 7 |
| Brady bonds | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | – | JP Morgan | 22 |
| 2 | – | Chase | 14 |
| 3 | – | Merrill Lynch | 12 |
| 4 | – | ING Barings | 10 |
| 5= | – | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 9 |
| 5= | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 9 |
| EUROBONDS – OTHER CURRENCIES | |||
| Deutschmark | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 78 |
| 2 | 2 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 26 |
| 3 | 4 | Commerzbank | 20 |
| 4 | – | Banque Paribas | 9 |
| 5 | – | SBC Warburg | 8 |
| Yen | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Nomura Securities | 24 |
| 2 | 3 | Daiwa Securities | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | Industrial Bank of Japan | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Nikko Securities | 7 |
| 5= | – | Yamaichi Securities | 5 |
| 5= | – | Merrill Lynch | 5 |
| Sterling | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | BZW | 43 |
| 2 | – | Hambros Bank | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | HSBC Markets | 26 |
| 4 | 3= | SBC Warburg | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | NatWest Markets | 10 |
| French franc | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Société Générale | 31 |
| 2 | 4= | Banque Nationale de Paris | 29 |
| 3 | 2 | Banque Paribas | 23 |
| 4 | – | Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Crédit Commercial de France | 10 |
| Dutch guilder | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 59 |
| 2 | 2 | ING Barings | 33 |
| 3 | 3= | Rabobank | 20 |
| 4 | 3= | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 5 |
| Italian lira | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 3= | IMI | 30 |
| 2 | 2 | Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino | 26 |
| 3 | – | Credito Italiano | 19 |
| 4 | – | Banque Paribas | 15 |
| 5 | – | Banca Commerciale Italiana | 7 |
| Swiss franc | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 3 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 39 |
| 2 | 2 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 36 |
| 3 | 1 | SBC Warburg | 25 |
| 4 | – | Bank Sarasin | 4 |
| 5 | – | Rüd Blass | 3 |
| Ecu (benchmarks) | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Banque Paribas | 41 |
| 2 | 3 | SBC Warburg | 18 |
| 3 | 7= | Morgan Stanley | 13 |
| 4 | 7= | Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | Banque Nationale... | |
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