Poll of Polls: Methodology

Poll of Polls: Warburg’s excellently average performance

Poll of polls: Overall results

Poll of polls: Underwriting results

Poll of polls: Trading results

Poll of polls: Advising results

This year’s Poll of Polls was compiled from 1998 league tables and Euromoney surveys.

Underwriting

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

* Bonds: issuers’ and syndicate chiefs’ votes for best lead manager for top bookrunner in 10 categories; bookrunner league table of international bonds (Source: Capital Data Bondware)

* MTNs: borrowers’ votes for EMTN arrangers; EMTN arranger league table (source: Capital Net MTNWare)

* Euro-commercial paper: users’ votes for ECP arrangers; ECP arranger league table (source: Capital Net CPWare)

* Equities: borrowers’ and syndicates’ views on global coordination, IPOs, privatizations, secondary offerings and block trades; global coordinator and bookrunner league tables of international equities (source: Capital Data Bondware)

Trading

* Eurobonds: chief bond dealers’ votes for Eurobond trading

* Government bonds: votes for best bank at government bond...