Bond Trading Poll: Emu shuffles the rankings
Bond Trading Poll: International bonds
Bond Trading Poll: Methodology
| Government bonds | |||
| Overall (unweighted) | |||
| 99 | 98 | Score | |
| 1 | 6 | ABN Amro | 345 |
| 2 | 4 | Deutsche Bank | 332 |
| 3 | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 137 |
| 4 | 3 | JP Morgan | 133 |
| 5 | 14= | ING Barings | 128 |
| 6= | 42 | SEB | 115 |
| 6= | * | Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank | 115 |
| 8 | 7 | Goldman Sachs | 109 |
| 9 | 9 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 103 |
| 10 | 12 | Banque Paribas | 102 |
| 11 | ** | Warburg Dillon Read | 98 |
| 12 | 28 | Banco Santander de Negocios | 94 |
| 13 | 10 | Nomura Securities | 92 |
| 14 | *** | RBC Dominion Securities | 90 |
| 15 | 16 | Barclays Capital | 89 |
| 16 | 10= | Société Générale | 86 |
| 17 | 20 | Den Danske Bank | 80 |
| 18 | 22 | Unibank | 77 |
| 19 | 46= | Banque Nationale de Paris | 74 |
| 20 | 17 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 73 |
| 21 | 9 | Lehman Brothers | 67 |
| 22= | 35 | Greenwich NatWest | 66 |
| 22= | † | San Paolo IMI | 66 |
| 24 | 5 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 65 |
| 25 | 33 | TD Securities | 64 |
| * Salomon Smith Barney ranked 2, Citibank 49 ** SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 13, UBS 16 *** RBC Dominion ranked 26, Hambros 53= † IMI ranked 43=, San Paolo 63= |
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| Overall (weighted by Salomon index) | |||
| 99 | 98 | Score | |
| 1 | 4 | Deutsche Bank | 225 |
| 2 | 7 | Goldman Sachs | 198 |
| 3 | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 187 |
| 4 | 10 | Nomura Securities | 179 |
| 5 | * | Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank | 171 |
| 6 | 9 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 154 |
| 7 | 6 | ABN Amro | 135 |
| 8 | 5 | Lehman Brothers | 133 |
| 9 | 3 | JP Morgan | 116 |
| 10 | 17 | Greenwich NatWest | 86 |
| 11 | 13 | Société Générale | 82 |
| 12 | 12 | Banque Paribas | 79 |
| 13 | ** | Warburg Dillon Read | 68 |
| 14 | 15 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 64 |
| 15 | 8 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 63 |
| 16 | 16 | Barclays Capital | 59 |
| 17 | 18 | Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi | 57 |
| 18 | *** | San Paolo IMI | 54 |
| 19 | 34 | Banque Nationale de Paris | 51 |
| 20 | 11 | PaineWebber | 47 |
| 21= | 14 | CDC Marchés | 43 |
| 21= | 20 | HSBC Markets | 43 |
| 23 | 41 | Industrial Bank of Japan | 39 |
| 24 | 26 | ING Barings | 35 |
| 25 | † | UniCredito Italiano | 33 |
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* Salomon Smith Barney ranked 2, Citibank 49 ** SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 21, UBS 24 *** IMI ranked 32, San Paolo 52= † Credito Italiano ranked 28 |
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| Canada | |||
| 1 | * | RBC Dominion Securities | 81 |
| 2 | 3 | TD Securities | 64 |
| 3 | 4 | BMO Nesbitt Burns | 37 |
| 4 | 1 | CIBC Wood Gundy | 35 |
| 5 | 6 | Merrill Lynch | 16 |
| 6 | ** | Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank | 13 |
| 7= | 5 | Scotia Capital Markets | 11 |
| 7= | – | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 11 |
| 9= | 9= | Goldman Sachs | 7 |
| 9= | – | Lehman Brothers | 7 |
| 9= | – | Deutsche Bank | 7 |
| * RBC Dominion ranked 2, Hambros 12 ** Salomon Smith Barney ranked 9= |
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| USA | |||
| 1 | 5 | Goldman Sachs | 51 |
| 2 | * | Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank | 44 |
| 3 | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 43 |
| 4 | 4 | Lehman Brothers | 41 |
| 5 | 13 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 30 |
| 6= | 11 | Greenwich NatWest | 19 |
| 6= | 3 | JP Morgan | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | PaineWebber | 16 |
| 9 | 9= | Deutsche Bank | 15 |
| 10 | 8 | ABN Amro | 11 |
| * Salomon Smith Barney ranked 2 | |||
| Belgium | |||
| 1 | 1 | Generale Bank | 58 |
| 2 | 2 | ABN Amro | 46 |
| 3 | 6= | Banque Bruxelles Lambert (ING Group) | 45 |
| 4 | * | KBC Bank | 35 |
| 5 | 5 | Deutsche Bank | 21 |
| 6 | – | ASLK-CGER Bank | 13 |
| 7 | 3= | JP Morgan | 10 |
| 8 | 12= | Banque Générale du Luxembourg | 7 |
| 9= | 9 | CDC Marchés | 6 |
| 9= | – | Crédit Communal de Belgique | 6 |
| 9= | – | Warburg Dillon Read | 6 |
| * Kredietbank ranked 3=, Cera Bank 6= | |||
| Denmark | |||
| 1 | 1 | Den Danske Bank | 50 |
| 2 | 3= | Unibank | 49 |
| 3 | 2 | ABN Amro | 24 |
| 4 | 8= | Codan Bank | 19 |
| 5 | 10= | Deutsche Bank | 16 |
| 6 | 6 | SEB | 14 |
| 7 | – | Bikuben Girobank | 13 |
| 8 | 3= | Carnegie Fondkommission | 10 |
| 9 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | Nykredit | 7 |
| * SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 15= | |||
| Finland | |||
| 1 | 1 | ABN Amro | 41 |
| 2 | 3 | SEB | 35 |
| 3 | 2 | MeritaNordbanken | 32 |
| 4 | 6 | Leonia Bank | 16 |
| 5 | 7 | Okobank | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | Unibank | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | Svenska Handelsbanken | 10 |
| 8 | – | EVLI Securities | 9 |
| 9 | 12 | Den Danske Bank | 8 |
| 10 | 16 | Carnegie Fondkommission | 7 |
| France | |||
| 1 | 3 | Banque Paribas | 61 |
| 2 | 2 | Société Générale | 55 |
| 3 | 6 | Banque Nationale de Paris | 53 |
| 4 | 1 | CDC Marchés | 49 |
| 5 | 5 | Crédit Agricole Indosuez | 32 |
| 6 | 11= | Deutsche Bank | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | JP Morgan | 19 |
| 8 | 7= | Crédit Commercial de France | 12 |
| 9 | 7= | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 9 |
| 10 | – | ABN Amro | 8 |
| Germany | |||
| 1 | 1 | Deutsche Bank | 123 |
| 2 | 2 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 53 |
| 3 | 3 | ABN Amro | 37 |
| 4 | 5 | Commerzbank | 23 |
| 5 | 7= | Merrill Lynch | 16 |
| 6 | 10 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | WestLB | 13 |
| 8 | * | HypoVereinsbank | 11 |
| 9 | ** | Landesbank Baden-Württemberg | 10 |
| 10 | 12= | JP Morgan | 8 |
| * Bayerische Hypobank ranked 12=, Vereinsbank 19= ** SüdwestLB ranked 15= |
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| Ireland | |||
| 1 | 1 | Davy Stockbrokers | 30 |
| 2 | 2 | AIB Group | 22 |
| 3 | 3 | ABN Amro | 20 |
| 4 | 4 | NCB Stockbrokers | 17 |
| 5 | – | Deutsche Bank | 9 |
| 6 | – | Barclays Capital | 6 |
| Italy | |||
| 1 | * | San Paolo IMI | 64 |
| 2 | ** | UniCredito Italiano | 40 |
| 3 | 9= | Banca Commerciale Italiana | 32 |
| 4 | 3 | Deutsche Bank | 28 |
| 5 | 12 | Caboto | 20 |
| 6 | 1 | JP Morgan | 18 |
| 7 | 13 | Goldman Sachs | 15 |
| 8 | 6= | Banque Paribas | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 10 |
| 10= | 18= | Merrill Lynch | 9 |
| 10= | – | Warburg Dillon Read | 9 |
| * IMI ranked 5, San Paolo 9= ** Credito Italiano ranked 2 |
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| Netherlands | |||
| 1 | 1 | ABN Amro | 112 |
| 2 | 2 | ING Barings | 76 |
| 3 | 3 | Rabobank | 53 |
| 4 | 4 | Deutsche Bank | 34 |
| 5 | 5= | MeesPierson | 18 |
| 6 | 7 | NIBStrating | 8 |
| 7= | – | Bank Labouchere | 6 |
| 7= | 5= | JP Morgan | 6 |
| 7= | – | Warburg Dillon Read | 6 |
| Norway | |||
| 1 | – | Den norske bank | 30 |
| 2= | – | Christiania bank | 20 |
| 2= | – | SEB | 20 |
| 4 | – | Svenska Handelsbanken | 19 |
| 5= | – | Codan Bank | 11 |
| 5= | – | Den Danske Bank | 11 |
| 7= | – | Bikuben Girobank | 6 |
| 7= | – | Unibank | 6 |
| 9= | – | Union Bank of Norway | 5 |
| 9= | – | Elcon | 5 |
| Portugal | |||
| 1 | 2 | Caixa Geral de Depositos | 40 |
| 2 | – | Banco Santander de Negocios | 19 |
| 3 | – | Deutsche Bank | 13 |
| 4= | – | ABN Amro | 11 |
| 4= | 1 | Banco Português do Investimento | 11 |
| 4= | – | Banco Mello | 11 |
| 7= | – | Banco Espirito Santo | 6 |
| 7= | – | Chase Manhattan | 6 |
| 7= | – | Commerzbank | 6 |
| 10 | – | Warburg Dillon Read | 5 |
| Spain | |||
| 1 | 2 | Banco Santander de Negocios | 75 |
| 2 | 1 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya | 46 |
| 3 | 11= | Deutsche Bank | 21 |
| 4 | 7= | Banco de Negocios Argentaria | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | Banco Central Hispano | 15 |
| 6= | 6 | Bank of America | 14 |
| 6= | – | Merrill Lynch | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | JP Morgan | 13 |
| 9 | 13= | Banque Paribas | 7 |
| 10 | – | Banco Popular Español | 6 |
| Sweden | |||
| 1 | 1 | SEB | 47 |
| 2 | 3 | Svenska Handelsbanken | 30 |
| 3 | – | Consensus Fondkommission | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | ABN Amro | 17 |
| 5= | 15= | Codan Bank | 14 |
| 5= | 5 | SwedBank | 14 |
| 5= | 4 | MeritaNordbanken | 14 |
| 8 | 6= | Unibank | 12 |
| 9 | 15= | Bikuben Girobank | 11 |
| 10= | 11= | Deutsche Bank | 9 |
| 10= | 11= | Öhman Fondkommission | 9 |
| UK | |||
| 1 | 1 | Barclays Capital | 72 |
| 2 | 2 | HSBC Markets | 48 |
| 3 | 5 | Greenwich NatWest | 44 |
| 4 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 28 |
| 5 | 7 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 18 |
| 6 | ** | Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank | 16 |
| 7 | 9= | Société Générale | 14 |
| 8 | 12= | Goldman Sachs | 12 |
| 9= | 20 | JP Morgan | 9 |
| 9= | *** | RBC Dominion Securities | 9 |
| * SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 4, UBS 15 ** Salomon Smith Barney ranked 16= *** Hambros ranked 11 |
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| Japan | |||
| 1 | 1 | Nomura Securities | 77 |
| 2 | 2 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | 24 |
| 3 | 7 | Industrial Bank of Japan | 19 |
| 4= | 3 | Daiwa Securities | 14 |
| 4= | 4 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 14 |
| 6 | 5= | Goldman Sachs | 9 |
| 7 | – | Merrill Lynch | 8 |
| 8 | – | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 7 |
| 9= | 8= | Credit Suisse First Boston | 6 |
| 9= | 11 | Nikko Securities | 6 |
