EM Polls and Awards

The rankings for ASIAMONEY's 2012 Fixed Income Poll, covering the providers of credit, interest rates and commodities in local currencies.

The New York-based salesperson discusses the impact of hurricane Sandy HSBC's improved equities efforts on her clients.

The two-time winner of two categories in the Brokers Poll discusses how shopping malls are the key to finding value in China property as the trend towards domestic consumption continues apace.

The Jefferies analyst says that a buyside background has helped him find relative value, shifting from insurance to banks.

Xiaopo Wei, the second-year winner of both consumer analyst categories at CLSA, discusses the need to dig deeep into underlying numbers to draw out winning picks.

The Jefferies-employed telecom analyst feels that the rise of low-end smartphone commoditisation and the importance of dual mode handsets is underpinning the success of industry challengers in China.

The region's perenially popular strategist explains why he favours Southeast Asian equity markets, but is concerned about the impact of a struggling China.

The CLSA analyst gets a kick out keeping abreast of the volatility in the internet market, trying to pick the stocks most likely to outperform.

Leung of Jefferies has found it difficult to judge the shipping market in 2012, but feels that while valuations are very cheap the current volatility will continue into 2014.

Goldman Sachs' China banks analyst has teased out an answer to one of the biggest questions overhanging lenders in the country: the state of their bad debts. His insight has evidently gone down with investors, given his top ranking among bank analysts.

Credit Suisse's Trina Chen has benefited from having the coverage of her convictions, and is particularly concerned about the outlook for Chinese cement.

Yang of Barclays impressed for his bold call that a set of Taiwanese electronics suppliers to Apple would do well this year. Followers of his advice would have done very well indeed.