1997 Bond Trading Poll: The rise of the continentals
| EUROBONDS - US DOLLAR | |||
| Fixed rate | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Merrill Lynch | 14 |
| 4= | - | HSBC Markets | 12 |
| 4= | 5 | Morgan Stanley | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | JP Morgan | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | PaineWebber | 7 |
| 8= | - | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 5 |
| 8= | - | CIBC Wood Gundy | 5 |
| 8= | 4 | Goldman Sachs | 5 |
| Floating rate | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | PaineWebber | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Merrill Lynch | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | SBC Warburg | 17 |
| 4= | 7= | Lehman Brothers | 9 |
| 4= | 7= | Morgan Stanley | 9 |
| 6 | 3= | JP Morgan | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Union Bank of Switzerland | 7 |
| 8= | - | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 5 |
| 8= | 3= | HSBC Markets | 5 |
| 8= | - | Salomon Brothers | 5 |
| Convertibles | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Morgan Stanley | 14 |
| 2 | 3= | SBC Warburg | 13 |
| 3 | - | Merrill Lynch | 10 |
| 4 | 3= | Credit Suisse First Boston | 6 |
| 5= | 1 | Goldman Sachs | 5 |
| 5= | 3= | Lehman Brothers | 5 |
| Asset-backed securities | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | - | Merrill Lynch | 16 |
| 2= | 4= | Citibank | 9 |
| 2= | - | Credit Suisse First Boston | 9 |
| 2= | 1 | Goldman Sachs | 9 |
| 2= | 2= | Morgan Stanley | 9 |
| 6= | ...|||