Fixed-income research poll results, day 3

Today we announce the remaining results of our fixed-income research poll of 623 investors. 

Those polled took the view that the region's best borrowers remain essentially the same -- of the 10 Asian countries we asked readers to comment on, the only place where respondents named a different best borrower than they did last year was China, where Agile Properties stood out. In 2008, the responses resulted in a draw in China with Parkson Retail and Sino Forest tied for the honour.

Respondents once again chose Hutchison Whampoa as the best corporate investment-grade borrower and Noble Group as the best non-investment grade corporate borrower. Among financial institutions, Korea Development Bank...