Euromoney collected data for its 2005 FX survey by polling named individuals at industrial and commercial corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors and state agencies.
We received 4,492 valid replies, an increase of 28.3% over last year's figure of 3,501 replies received. A total of 4,676 questionnaires were submitted between Friday, January 14th and Friday, March 25th 2005.
184 of these, or 3.9 % of the total, were deleted for the following reasons, listed in order of frequency:
1. FX service providers were voting for themselves
2. Euromoney did not receive confirmation from the respondent of their identity.
3. Voters submitted more than one ballot.