By Kevin Rodgers
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If you had fallen into a deep coma in 1999 and woken up in 2017 (a state of affairs that is not too hard to imagine, given the way brokers were back then), there would be a lot of things that would surprise you as you came to: the sight of Donald Trump in the White House; the frequent reference to something called Brexit; and the concept of selfies.
But one thing that would not give you a big shock is the Euromoney 2017 FX Survey. If you squinted at it, it would look a lot like the one from 18 years earlier.
For example, there is Citi in its accustomed place at number one. JPMorgan (back then, just Chase) has moved up a place and Deutsche has fallen three, having shed a mere 1.44% of share. Bank of America has entered the charts (from number six in 1999). In both surveys, three US banks are in the top five.
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You might look at the market shares and notice that the top two banks seemed to have pulled ahead a little.