EM Polls and Awards

The Swiss bank has dominated Asiamoney’s Private Banking Poll for most of its existence, but even UBS is finding it tougher to make money in this heavily regulated industry.

The US bank has dominated Asiamoney’s Fixed Income Poll to date, standing out for its strength in bonds and rates coverage, while French bank BNP Paribas makes the grade for its commodities coverage.

Foreign exchange flows in the region are soaring, courtesy of increasing wealth, trade and capital flows. More is set to take place, and a driver of growth is likely to be related to the renminbi, FX Poll of Polls winner Citi tells Asiamoney.

The Hong Kong property developer stands tallest in the region for the level of its information disclosure and investor relations over the years in which Asiamoney has monitored this important field.

The region’s economic progress over the past decade has increasingly hinged on increasing trade volumes and regional company expansion. Asiamoney asks the top banks of our combined Cash Management Poll of Polls how their services have changed.

The Hong Kong-based brokerage might be owned by Citic Securities, but it is keen to retain its vibrant research-based business model, even in the face of mounting costs. Richard Morrow reports.

For the past 13 years Asiamoney has revealed the top domestic banks, equity houses and debt houses in the region's largest financial markets. For our 25th anniversary edition we have amalgamated these winners to reveal which institutions in Asia have best stood the test of time. Richard Morrow reports.

The country enjoyed some impressive transactions on the back of a resurgent equity market and companies conducting acquisitions, especially SoftBank. ASIAMONEY reveals the top deals of 2013. By Peter McGill.

Several banks impressed in 2013, during a year of renewed capital markets activity. ASIAMONEY reveals which banks stood tallest. By Peter McGill.

The Islamic finance industry continues to grow quickly, in terms of both assets and users. Yet within this fast-growing sector a number of banks tend to stand out for the quality of their services. ASIAMONEY picks the stand-out Islamic banks in Asia and the Middle East for the past year. By Chris Wright.

Russian hydroelectric generator RusHydro has signed a brace of export credit agency-backed long term credit facilities totalling €190m.

Each year ASIAMONEY chooses the standout capital markets transaction from each major country in ex-Japan Asia. In Thailand BTS makes several records with the initial public offering of an infrastructure fund based upon the revenues of the Bangkok SkyTrain.