FX poll results – options

Vanilla Rank Total score 1 1 Citigroup 438 2 2 Deutsche Bank 388 3 * UBS Warburg 194 4 6 Goldman Sachs 130 5 4 Chase Manhattan Bank 113 6 7 HSBC 94 7 17= Credit Suisse First Boston 73 8 5 Bank of America 70 9 – Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 41 10 21 BNP […]

Vanilla
Rank Total score
1 1 Citigroup 438
2 2 Deutsche Bank 388
3 * UBS Warburg 194
4 6 Goldman Sachs 130
5 4 Chase Manhattan Bank 113
6 7 HSBC 94
7 17= Credit Suisse First Boston 73
8 5 Bank of America 70
9 – Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 41
10 21 BNP Paribas 37
10 10 SEB 37
12 8 JP Morgan 36
12 12 Royal Bank of Scotland 36
14 9 ABN Amro 32
14 22= Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 32
14 13= Standard Chartered Bank 32
17 17= Royal Bank of Canada 29
18 37= Commerzbank 28
19 ** Mizuho Group 27
20 15 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 25
21 42= Westpac Banking Corp 23
22 22= Crédit Agricole Indosuez 21
22 – Merrill Lynch 21
22 13= Société Générale 21
25 32= Westdeutsche Landesbank 20
26 – ING Barings 19
26 16 Lehman Brothers 19
28 11 Barclays Capital 17
29 24 Bank of New York 16
30 25= ANZ Banking Group 15
31 – National Australia Bank 14
32 – AIG International 13
33 **** Nordea 11
33 42= Svenska Handelsbanken 11
35 37= HypoVereinsbank 10
36 25= BSCH 9
36 – KBC Bank 9
38 – CTCB 8
38 – Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) 8
38 32= Toronto Dominion Bank 8
41 – Crédit Lyonnais 7
41 – Rabobank 7
43 27= Bank One 6
43 37= BBVA 6
45 – Banco Comercial Portugues 5
45 – FleetBoston Financial Group 5
*Warburg Dillon Read ranked 3
**IBJ ranked 32=, Fuji Bank 37=
****MeritaNordbanken ranked 29
Exotics
Rank Total score
1 1 Citigroup 286
2 2 Deutsche Bank 233
3 * UBS Warburg 153
4 4 Goldman Sachs 122
5 11 Credit Suisse First Boston 90
6 5 Chase Manhattan Bank 68
7 8 HSBC 59
8 9= Royal Bank of Scotland 38
9 19= BNP Paribas 36
10 7 JP Morgan 28
11 12 ABN Amro 26
11 6 Bank of America 26
11 – Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 26
14 13= Standard Chartered Bank 24
15 13= Bank of New York 13
15 – Westdeutsche Landesbank 13
17 – Commerzbank 12
17 – Mizuho Group 12
19 19= Barclays Capital 11
19 16= Merrill Lynch 11
21 25= Lehman Brothers 10
21 – Westpac Banking Corp 10
23 15 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 9
24 22= AIG International 8
24 – HypoVereinsbank 8
26 19= ANZ Banking Group 7
26 – ING Barings 7
28 – Sal Oppenheim 6
28 25= SEB 6
28 9= Société Générale 6
31 16= Crédit Lyonnais 5
*Warburg Dillon Read 3
Trading strategies for options
Rank Total score
1 2 Citigroup 400
2 1 Deutsche Bank 332
3 3 Goldman Sachs 165
4 * UBS Warburg 146
5 5 Chase Manhattan Bank 90
5 6 HSBC 90
7 15= Credit Suisse First Boston 72
8 9 ABN Amro 54
9 3 Bank of America 49
10 28= Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 38
11 21= BNP Paribas 35
12 18= Standard Chartered Bank 33
13 28= Royal Bank of Scotland 31
14 15= Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 30
15 12 Barclays Capital 27
16 13 Société Générale 25
17 15= Lehman Brothers 23
18 26= Crédit Agricole Indosuez 22
18 11 SEB 22
20 8 JP Morgan 17
20 31= Westpac Banking Corp 17
22 Mizuho Group 16
23 23= Commerzbank 15
23 23= Royal Bank of Canada 15
23 Westdeutsche Landesbank 15
26 31= Bank of New York 13
27 38= National Australia Bank 11
28 38= Crédit Lyonnais 10
29 38= AIG International 9
29 18= ANZ Banking Group 9
29 18= Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 9
29 34= Bank One 9
29 CTCB 9
29 HypoVereinsbank 9
35 23= Merrill Lynch 8
36 BBVA 7
37 Mitsubishi Trust & Banking 6
37 Nordea 6
37 21= Toronto Dominion Bank 6
40 30 BSCH 5
40 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5
40 Svenska Handelsbanken 5
*Warburg Dillon Read 7
Pricing options
Rank Total score
1 2 Citigroup 373
2 1 Deutsche Bank 339
3 * UBS Warburg 138
4 4 Chase Manhattan Bank 122
5 7 Goldman Sachs 120
6 6 HSBC 109
7 13= Credit Suisse First Boston 72
8 10 ABN Amro 47
9 5 Bank of America 46
10 – Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 41
11 12 Royal Bank of Scotland 40
12 15= BNP Paribas 34
13 8 JP Morgan 32
14 11 SEB 29
15 29 Commerzbank 28
15 24= Standard Chartered Bank 28
17 13= Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 25
18 27= Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 24
19 15= Barclays Capital 23
19 – Mizuho Group 23
21 15= Merrill Lynch 22
22 32= Westdeutsche Landesbank 18
23 19= Bank of New York 17
23 – Westpac Banking Corp 17
25 9 Société Générale 16
26 – ING Barings 15
26 24= Lehman Brothers 15
26 15= Royal Bank of Canada 15
29 – HypoVereinsbank 13
30 – Nordea 12
31 22 Crédit Agricole Indosuez 11
31 30= Toronto Dominion Bank 11
33 24= Bank One 9
33 32= National Australia Bank 9
33 – Svenska Handelsbanken 9
36 – AIG International 8
36 – Sal Oppenheim 8
36 – WGZ Bank 8
39 19= ANZ Banking Group 7
40 27= BSCH 6
40 – Commonwealth Bank of Australia 6
40 – DBS Bank 6
40 36= Gruppo Intesa 6
44 36= FleetBoston Financial Group 5
*Warburg Dillon Read 3