...Bear Stearns (unsurprisingly).

1,937 financial markets professionals took part in our Financial Markets Stress Survey last week, and following are the results, starting with the firms where staff feel more stressed than they did just six months ago:

1. Bear Stearns - 98.3%
2. Morgan Stanley - 97.1%
3. Royal Bank of Scotland - 91.5%
4. Lehman Brothers - 89.2%
5. SG Corporate & Investment Banking - 72.1%
6. UBS - 71.6%
7. Bank of America - 70.9%
8. Merrill Lynch - 70.8%
9. Dresdner Kleinwort - 70.7%
10. Barclays Capital - 69.8%
11. Citigroup - 69.7%
12. Schroders - 67.4%
13. HSBC Investment Bank - 66.9%
14. Deutsche Bank - 66.4%
15. ABN AMRO - 61.9%
16. Goldman Sachs - 61.2%
17. JPMorgan - 58.8%
18. Credit Suisse - 54.5%
19. State Street - 50.4%
20. BNP Paribas - 48.7%
21. Nomura International - 47.3%
22. Bank of New York Mellon - 46.1%
23. Wachovia - 45.8%
24. Morley Fund Management - 44.3%
25. BlackRock - 41.6%

Further Results

Overall, 71.4% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.

69.1% said that they were exhibiting three or more of the following signs of stress:

Trouble sleeping, escaping through drinking more, decreased appetite, inability to concentrate, general loss of productivity, getting sick more, short temper, more frequent bad moods, isolating yourself from friends and family and general apathy.

• 46.8% of respondents said that they were actively trying to manage their stress.
• 23.5% said that they weren't, but were going to start now.
• 29.7% said that they feel that they can't do anything about it.

In Front Office

75.6% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.
71.1% said that they were exhibiting three or more signs of stress.

• 42.9% of respondents said that they were actively trying to manage their stress.
• 25.9% said that they weren't, but were going to start now.
• 31.2% said that they feel that they can't do anything about it.

In Middle Office

66.9% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.
63.1% said that they were exhibiting three or more signs of stress.

• 46.3% of respondents said that they were actively trying to manage their stress.
• 23.1% said that they weren't, but were going to start now.
• 30.6% said that they feel that they can't do anything about it.

In Back Office

68.9% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.
70.2% said that they were exhibiting three or more signs of stress.

• 51.6% of respondents said that they were actively trying to manage their stress.
• 20.8% said that they weren't, but were going to start now.
• 27.6% said that they feel that they can't do anything about it.

In Europe, Middle East & Africa

• 71.5% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.
• 68.2% said that they were exhibiting three or more signs of stress.

In The Americas

• 72.8% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.
• 75.1% said that they were exhibiting three or more signs of stress.

In Asia-Pacific

• 62.8% of respondents said that they felt more stressed out than they did six months ago.
• 65.1% said that they were exhibiting three or more signs of stress.

Tomorrow begins a series of articles by HITC Life's Monk in the City, so check back to find out how to add a bit of Zen to your City life (something from which at least 71.4% of you will benefit).

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