Our annual fixed-income poll identifies the region's best borrowers, analysts, rating agencies and research houses.
Part one of the results covers bank research, with Barclays once again winning top spot for best overall fixed-income research thanks to a consistent product offering across the entire asset class. See the October issue of FinanceAsia for full results.
|
Best overall |
% |
|
1 |
Barclays |
12.0% |
|
2 |
JP Morgan |
9.0% |
|
3 |
Nomura |
8.4% |
|
4 |
Morgan Stanley |
8.2% |
|
5 |
HSBC |
7.4% |
|
6 |
Citi |
6.9% |
|
7 |
UBS |
6.7% |
|
8 |
Deutsche Bank |
6.3% |
|
9 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
5.9% |
|
10 |
Standard Chartered |
5.3% |
|
Macroeconomic |
% |
|
1 |
Barclays |
12.3% |
|
2 |
HSBC |
9.2% |
|
3 |
Citi |
9.0% |
|
4 |
JP Morgan |
8.7% |
|
5 |
Nomura |
7.0% |
|
6 |
UBS |
6.9% |
|
7 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
6.5% |
|
8 |
Morgan Stanley |
5.8% |
|
9 |
Deutsche Bank |
5.0% |
|
10 |
Standard Chartered |
4.8% |
|
Bank & financial sector |
% |
|
1 |
Morgan Stanley |
12.0% |
|
2 |
Barclays |
11.8% |
|
3 |
Nomura |
9.9% |
|
4 |
JP Morgan |
8.0% |
|
5= |
HSBC |
6.5% |
|
5= |
UBS |
6.5% |
|
7 |
Deutsche Bank |
6.0% |
|
8 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
5.5% |
|
9 |
Citi |
5.4% |
|
10 |
Standard Chartered |
5.0% |
|
Investment grade credit |
% |
|
1 |
Barclays |
12.5% |
|
2 |
JP Morgan |
10.2% |
|
3 |
Nomura |
7.9% |
|
4 |
Morgan Stanley |
7.8% |
|
5 |
UBS |
7.5% |
|
6 |
HSBC |
7.2% |
|
7 |
Deutsche Bank |
7.0% |
|
8 |
Standard Chartered |
5.8% |
|
9 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
5.6% |
|
10 |
Citi |
5.0% |
|
High yield |
% |
|
1 |
Nomura |
12.7% |
|
2 |
Barclays |
11.2% |
|
3 |
JP Morgan |
8.7% |
|
4 |
UBS |
8.7% |
|
5 |
Morgan Stanley |
8.2% |
|
6 |
Deutsche Bank |
6.5% |
|
7 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
5.9% |
|
8= |
HSBC |
5.3% |
|
8= |
Standard Chartered |
5.3% |
|
10 |
Citi |
5.0% |
|
Sovereign credit |
% |
|
1 |
Barclays |
13.0% |
|
2 |
JP Morgan |
11.5% |
|
3 |
Citi |
9.2% |
|
4 |
HSBC |
8.6% |
|
5 |
Morgan Stanley |
7.7% |
|
6 |
Deutsche Bank |
7.0% |
|
7 |
Standard Chartered |
5.4% |
|
8 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
5.2% |
|
9 |
UBS |
4.8% |
|
10 |
Nomura |
4.1% |
|
Fixed income & credit strategy |
% |
|
1 |
Barclays |
12.9% |
|
2 |
Morgan Stanley |
9.7% |
|
3 |
Nomura |
9.3% |
|
4 |
JP Morgan |
8.6% |
|
5 |
UBS |
7.1% |
|
6 |
Deutsche Bank |
6.9% |
|
7 |
HSBC |
6.3% |
|
8 |
Citi |
5.7% |
|
9 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
5.3% |
|
10 |
Standard Chartered |
4.5% |
|
Sales & trading |
% |
|
1 |
Barclays |
10.2% |
|
2 |
Citi |
8.8% |
|
3 |
HSBC |
8.3% |
|
4 |
Nomura |
8.0% |
|
5 |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
7.4% |
|
6 |
JP Morgan |
7.4% |
|
7 |
Morgan Stanley |
6.4% |
|
8= |
Deutsche Bank |
6.3% |
|
8= |
Standard Chartered |
6.3% |
|
10 |
UBS |
5.5% |
|
Bank credits |
% |
|
1 |
Moody’s |
49.2% |
|
2 |
Standard & Poor’s |
35.8% |
|
3 |
Fitch |
15.0% |
|
Corporate credits |
% |
|
1 |
Moody’s |
61.6% |
|
2 |
Standard & Poor’s |
34.1% |
|
3 |
Fitch |
4.3% |
|
Sovereign credits |
% |
|
1 |
Moody’s |
49.3% |
|
2 |
Standard & Poor’s |
42.5% |
|
3 |
Fitch |
8.2% |
|
Structured finance products |
% |
|
1 |
Moody’s |
54.1% |
|
2 |
Standard & Poor’s |
34.5% |
|
3 |
Fitch |
11.3% |
|
Quality of rating agencies |
% |
|
|
Stayed the same |
55.1% |
|
|
Increased |
37.5% |
|
|
Decreased |
7.4% |
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