Awards

The 14th Asiamoney Travel Poll is the largest ever, with 413 completed questionnaires received from business travellers in 26 countries. Anna-Louise Hinde reports.

With Japan's economy picking up speed after a generation in the doldrums, Asiamoney talks to fund managers and investors to find the country's best deals of the year.

BHP Billiton's all-cash purchase of WMC Resources and Tattersall's A$2.2 billion IPO catch the eye in ASIAMONEY's Australia deals of the year.

The year's biggest global IPO in Hong Kong, the creation of the first Chinese global brand, Thailand's first ever CMBS securitization and a Malaysian IPO 39 times oversubscribed: 2005 was crammed with memorable transactions. Asiamoney presents the best deals of the past year.

Last year was a busy one for Asia's headhunters, with investment banks, hedge funds and private equity groups filling out positions in Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan. The year ahead looks equally good, with India, Indonesia and Singapore the plum hunting grounds, says Anna-Louise Hinde.

Great deals break new ground, add value to a corporation, country or stock exchange, and show inspiration on behalf of both the issuer and their financial advisors. Asiamoney presents the region's best deals from the past 12 months.

Running a company takes drive and vision, and a lot more besides. Yet there's always a handful of leaders who manage to raise the bar and deliver above and beyond, Asiamoney profiles and speaks to those executives the region's investment community believes are Asia's best company executives of 2005.

Business strategy, dividend payouts and clear lines of communication are all deciding factors as Asiamoney talks to fund managers and investors to decide which are the region's best managed companies. Andrew Crooke reports.

As the number of new hedge funds surges in Asia, UBS edges out market heavyweight Goldman Sachs to win three out of four categories in asiamoney's Prime Brokerage Poll, reports Joanne Gray.

CLSA withdrew from Asiamoney's 2005 Brokers Poll after a senior executive encouraged "vote rigging" in an email. Here, senior executives explain the fallout, and why the brokerage should have acted quicker.

The best country brokers use local market and client knowledge to compete on their home turf against the powerful global players.

With a record number of respondents this year, Asiamoney's Brokers' Poll continues to gain in depth and importance. It is here those at the receiving end of equities research and sales get to tell us who consistently delivers, and why.