| 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... | |
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