FX Poll 1998: Top 50 by share and quality

FX Poll 1998: The Results

FX Poll 1998: The Results

Top 50 by % share of forex market
Rank    
98 97  

Estimated share %

1 1 Citibank 8.54
2 4 Deutsche Bank 5.57
3 5 Chase Manhattan 4.78
4 8 Goldman Sachs 4.04
5 9 HSBC* 4.00
6 7 JP Morgan 3.05
7 6 SBC Warburg Dillon Read 2.69
8 3 Merrill Lynch 2.65
9 2 NatWest 2.60
10 35 Industrial Bank of Japan 2.53
11 15 ABN Amro 2.41
12 11 Bank of America 2.29
13 21 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 1.93
14 23 AIG 1.91
15 28 S-E-Banken 1.83
16 19 Royal Bank of Canada 1.72
17 20 Standard Chartered Bank 1.65
18 91 Bear Stearns 1.40
19 14 Union Bank of Switzerland 1.33
20 10 Barclays Capital 1.11
21 12 Credit Suisse First Boston 1.05
22 43 Bank of Montreal 0.96
23 54 Den Danske Bank 0.89
24 – Daiwa International Trust Bank 0.84
25 16 Commerzbank 0.81
26 30 Crédit Agricole Indosuez 0.78
27 22 First Chicago NBD 0.76
28 32 Royal Bank of Scotland 0.74
29 24 Société Générale 0.74
30 108 Flemings 0.71
31 29 Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 0.70
32 42 Banque Nationale de Paris 0.69
33 17 Sumitomo Bank 0.68
34 62 State Street Bank & Trust 0.66
35 93 Rabobank 0.64
36 13 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 0.54
37 44 Bank of Scotland 0.54
38 – Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations 0.54
39 46 Svenska Handelsbanken 0.48
40 49 Bank of New York 0.46
41 37 CIBC Wood Gundy 0.44
42 39 Lloyds Bank 0.39
43 59 Generale Bank 0.39
44 27 Bankers Trust 0.36
45 ** Salomon Smith Barney 0.36
46 69 Cargill 0.35
47 77 ING Barings 0.33
48 25 Sanwa Bank 0.33
49 65 Bayerische Vereinsbank 0.33
50 55 Asahi Bank 0.31
* Denotes HSBC Midland in all areas except Asia where FX activity is done through HSBC Markets
** Salmon Brothers ranked 82, Smith Barney 81

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Top 50 by quality of service
Rank    
98 97   Score
1 – Citibank 803
2 – Deutsche Bank 645
3 – Chase Manhattan 567
4 – HSBC 539
5 – ABN Amro 357
6 – Royal Bank of Canada 329
7 – Bank of America 309
8 – NatWest 265
9 – JP Morgan 251
10 – SBC Warburg Dillon Read 212
11 – S-E-Banken 181
12 – Barclays Capital 172
13 – Union Bank of Switzerland 166
14 – Banque Nationale de Paris 158
15 – Merrill Lynch 156
16 – Standard Chartered Bank 153
17 – Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 143
18 – Société Générale 141
19 – Commerzbank 134
20 – Goldman Sachs 131
21 – Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 129
22 – Crédit Agricole Indosuez 123
23 – Industrial Bank of Japan 121
24 – First Chicago NBD 118
25 – CIBC Wood Gundy 114
26 – Bank of Montreal 113
27 – Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 106
28 – Toronto Dominion Bank 100
29 – Svenska Handelsbanken 98
29 – Bankers Trust 93
31= – Generale Bank 87
31= – Royal Bank of Scotland 87
33 – Sumitomo Bank 83
34 – Sanwa Bank 81
35 – Credit Suisse First Boston 76
36 – Den Danske Bank 75
37 – Westdeutsche Landesbank 74
38 – Bayerische Vereinsbank 60
39 – ING Barings 59
40= – Bank of New York 58
40= – Banque Paribas 58
42 – Bank of Nova Scotia 56
43 – ANZ Banking Group 53
44 – NationsBank 51
45 – Westpac Banking Corp 48
46 – Merita Bank 46
47 – National Australia Bank 45
48 – Rabobank 44
49= – Banque Bruxelles Lambert 43
49= – Kredietbank 43