Barclays Capital once again dominates this year’s fixed-income research poll. This year, 680 investors gave us their views of fixed income and which banks provide the best research on the topic.
Last year, Barclays Capital jumped from fifth place to poll position, and it has now retained that lead, with J.P. Morgan again holding on to second place. UBS hop-scotched over Citi to take third place, with the American bank falling back to fourth.
The big gainer this year was Nomura, which moved up to fifth place, from ninth last year. In 2008 the Japanese bank was in 17th place, which may indicate that when it scooped up Lehman Brothers’ Asia team,...