FX Poll 1998: How Tokyo rates interbank players

FX Poll 1998: The Results

FX Poll 1998: The Results

Rank
98 97 Score
Consistently tight markets
1 12= Sumitomo Bank 25
2 1 Chase Manhattan 23
3 2 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 21
4 5= Sanwa Bank 11
5 4 Industrial Bank of Japan 10
Currency pairs
$/Dm
1 7 Citibank 27
2 2= Chase Manhattan 23
3 – Sumitomo Bank 19
4 6 HSBC Markets 16
5 4 Industrial Bank of Japan 11
$/Yen
1 19= Sumitomo Bank 42
2 1 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 28
3 4= Sanwa Bank 26
4 2 Industrial Bank of Japan 25
5 7= JP Morgan 14
£/$
1 1 HSBC 58
2 2 NatWest 30
3 3 Standard Chartered 18
4 4= Barclays Capital 15
5= 8= Chase Manhattan 6
5= 8= Citibank 6
$/Sfr
1 2 SBC Warburg Dillon Read 44
2 1 Union Bank of Switzerland 35
3 4 Citibank 5
Dm/Yen
1 4 Sumitomo Bank 45
2 3 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 28
3 5 Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank 18
4 1 Industrial Bank of Japan 14
5 11= Sanwa Bank 11
Dm/Sfr
1 1 SBC Warburg Dillon Read 41
2 2 Union Bank of Switzerland 29
3 3 Credit Suisse First Boston 4
4 – ANZ Banking Group 3
5 – Crédit Agricole Indosuez 2
£/Dm
1 1 HSBC 49
2 2 NatWest 20
3 3= Barclays Capital 15
4 3= Standard Chartered 10
Dm/Lit
1 1 Banca Commerciale Italiana 40
2 4= Credito Italiano 6
Dm/Sek
1 – S-E-Banken 30
2 – Unibank 9
Currencies
French franc
1 – Crédit Agricole Indosuez 27
2 – Banque Nationale de Paris 23
3 – Crédit Lyonnais 7
4 – Société Générale 5
Italian lira
1 – Banca Commerciale Italiana 32
2 – Credito Italiano 6
Scandinavian currencies
1 – S-E-Banken 30
2 – Den Danske Bank 8
3 – Unibank 7
Spanish peseta
1 – Banco Santander de Negocios 12
2 – Banco Exterior de España 6
Australian dollar
1= – ANZ Banking Group 26
1= – National Australia Bank 26
3 – Commonwealth Bank of Australia 24
4 – Westpac Banking Corp 21
5 – Macquarie Bank 8
Canadian dollar
1 Toronto Dominion Bank 28
2 – Royal Bank of Canada 25
3 – Bank of Nova Scotia 16
4 – CIBC Wood Gundy 12
New Zealand dollar
1 – Bank of New Zealand (Lloyds) 19
2 – National Australia Bank 10
3 – National Bank of New Zealand 8
4 – Westpac Banking Corp 7
5 – Bankers Trust 5
Hong Kong dollar
1 – HSBC 52
2 – Citibank 15
3 – Standard Chartered 12
Indonesian rupiah
1 – HSBC 14
2 – JP Morgan 12
3 – Bank of America 10
4 – Citibank 9
5 – Chase Manhattan 7
Malaysian ringgit
1 – HSBC 12
2 – JP Morgan 9
3 – Citibank 8
4 – SBC Warburg Dillon Read 7
5 – Bank of America 6
Singapore dollar
1 – DBS Bank 12
2 – HSBC 11
3= – Citibank 6
3= – JP Morgan 6
5= – Sanwa Bank 5
5= – Standard Chartered 5
Thai baht
1 – JP Morgan 11
2 – HSBC 7
3= – Bank of America 6
3= – Goldman Sachs 6
5= – Chase Manhattan 5
5= – Union Bank of Switzerland 5