The client poll
Euromoney collected data for its FX survey by polling named individuals at industrial and commercial corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors and state agencies.
We received 378 replies, 42% more than last year.
Breakdown by type: corporates 56%, non-market-making banks 16%, investment managers 10%, hedge funds 4%, mutual funds 3%, insurance companies 3%, central banks 2%, pension funds 2%, unit trusts 1%, others including state agencies 3%.
Breakdown by region: Europe excluding UK 37%, North America 22%, Asia and Australasia 20%, UK 15%, Africa 4%, Middle East and Latin America 2%.
Overall ranking by market share: based on the total volume of FX business placed annually with each bank. To obtain this figure, we asked respondents to estimate the proportion of their total annual FX dealings placed with up to 10 individual banks.
Key relationship banks: respondents rated banks in terms of strategic currency risk management, taking into account all their currency exposure. This table takes no account of market share and scores were awarded on a sliding scale from 10 to 1.
Other results were compiled on a scale of 4:3:2 and are not weighted according to volume.