FX Poll 1997: Taken aback by a leap forward
| 97 | 96 | Bank | Score |
| $/DM | |||
| 1 | 3 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 83 |
| 2 | 2 | Citibank | 80 |
| 3 | 1 | Chase | 69 |
| 4 | 4 | HSBC Midland | 38 |
| 5= | 9= | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 24 |
| 5= | Merrill Lynch | 24 | |
| 7 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 23 | |
| 8 | Royal Bank of Canada | 22 | |
| 9 | SBC Warburg | 20 | |
| 10 | 5 | NatWest | 16 |
| $/¥ | |||
| 1 | 1 | Chase | 56 |
| 2 | 2 | Citibank | 50 |
| 3 | 4 | HSBC Midland | 31 |
| 4 | 3 | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi | 24 |
| 5 | 9 | Sumitomo Bank | 20 |
| 6= | - | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 19 |
| 6= | - | Royal Bank of Canada | 19 |
| 8= | - | Merrill Lynch | 18 |
| 8= | - | SBC Warburg | 18 |
| 10 | - | Standard Chartered | 17 |
| £/$ | |||
| 1 | 4 | HSBC Midland | 73 |
| 2 | 1 | Chase | 60 |
| 3 | 3 | BZW | 53 |
| 4 | 2 | NatWest | 51 |
| 5 | 5 | Citibank | 47 |
| 6 | - | Royal Bank of Canada | 26 |
| 7 | 6 | Standard Chartered | 22 |
| 8 | 7 | Bank of America | 16 |
| 9 | - | SBC Warburg | 15 |
| 10 | 9 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 14 |
| $/Sfr | |||
| 1 | 1 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 57 |
| 2 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 55 |
| 3 | 5 | Citibank | 40 |
| 4 | 3 | Chase | 37 |
| 5 | 4 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 24 |