The poll has several components. It seeks to analyse market participants' views on the Asian markets, views on credit rating agencies, as well as voting for the best borrowers and, of course, the best banks at producing credit research. In this second instalment we reveal who investors think are the region's best borrowers.
The results should please Frank Sixt of Hutchison Whampoa, since the company got easily the largest number of individual votes and won two categories. It was voted Hong Kong's Best Borrower with 129 votes. It also convincingly swept the award for 'Most Professional Investment Grade Corporate Borrower' with 105 votes.
Also doing well was PLDT of the Philippines. The telecom firm was voted the 'Most Professional Non-Investment Grade Corporate Borrower' with 20 votes. It also won the Best Borrower category in the Philippines with a convincing 52 votes.
The other Best Borrowers (by country) were:
China CNOOC
India ICICI Bank
Indonesia Indosat
South Korea KDB
Malaysia Petronas
Singapore DBS
Thailand PTT
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