Poll of Polls: Methodology

Battling to join the elite: Poll of polls

Poll of Polls: Overall results

Poll of polls: Underwriting

Poll of polls: Trading

Poll of polls: Advising

The scores of this year’s Poll of Polls were compiled using the following surveys and league tables. For banks which merged during 1997 (up to December 2) the scores of the constituent firms were added. Underwriting

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

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

mtns: borrowers’ votes for EMTN and US MTN arrangers and EMTN arranger league table (source: Capital NET MTNware)

Eurocommercial paper: users’ votes for and league table of ECP arrangers (source: Capital Data Loanware)

Equities: borrowers’ and syndicate heads’ views on global coordination, IPOs and secondary offerings; global coordinator and bookrunner league tables...