After polling the top 100 fund management firms investing in Asian credits, the results of FinanceAsia's fifth annual fixed income research poll are in, and the results show some astounding changes at the top.
Last year, it will be recalled, the Merrill Lynch-Chris Francis machine dominated our poll, topping four out of six categories. Merrill lost out in High Yield, where CSFB dominated, and in Bank credits. This year, Abdul Hussain's second-ranked CSFB team held the top place in High Yield, but Merrill must come to grips with the fact that it has lost the top slot in three categories Sovereign research, Strategy, and...