EM Polls and Awards

ASIAMONEY reveals the best cash management providers, according to our financial institution respondents.

Nomura’s Asia Pacific House of the Year win shows that when doing business in the region, it pays to have a local pedigree, knowledge and a commitment to Asia.

Depth in research and execution and strength in structuring globally in vanilla and exotic products across all asset classes set UBS apart from its competitors in the retail and institutional structured product market over the last year. That, and its development of electronic trading platforms, helped the firm land the 2012 Structured Products House of the Year award from the editors of Derivatives Week/Derivatives Intelligence.

To say the markets over the last 12 months have endured periods of heightened volatility would be an understatement. Buysiders, as a result, sharpened their awareness and upped capital allocation to volatility products, whether through exchange-traded notes, exchange-traded funds, or bespoke indices linked to the VIX. Those buyers, including asset managers and pension funds, tagged Nomura as ahead of the competition for its innovation in volatility themed strategies, indices, funds and products. That helped the firm land the 2012 Volatility House of the Year award from the editors of Derivatives Week/Derivatives Intelligence.

The US bank is deemed most popular by financial institution clients, while Deutsche Bank tops the small and medium categories as voted by corporates

HSBC has been at the forefront of both developed and emerging fx market over the last year, particularly through driving the development and growth of the offshore renminbi market. It was behind the first CNH spot transaction and the first CNH option as well as getting more esoteric with the first structured note linked to CNH. These were the key factors in the firm landing the 2012 FX Derivatives House Of The Year award from the editors of Derivatives Week/Derivatives Intelligence.

The overall result for ASIAMONEY's 2012 Private Banking Poll.

The extended results from ASIAMONEY's 2012 Private Banking Poll, including category results for each country in the region.

Appetite for risk, depth in global interest rates research and strength in developing bespoke structured and flow products in both emerging and developed markets were some of the plaudits from buysiders that set the Royal Bank of Scotland apart from competitors in the interest rates derivatives market over the last year. That helped the firm land the 2012 Interest Rate Derivatives House Of The Year award from the editors of Derivatives Week/Derivatives Intelligence.

The Swiss wealth manager was considered the best overall private bank for clients with a net worth of more than US$5 million and also recognised for its performance in local markets, in the region’s largest Private Banking Poll.

Each year we reveal which domestic banks, equity brokerages and debt houses stand out for excellent performance. In South Korea, Shinhan Financial Group receives the award for best domestic bank, Woori Invesmtment and Securities gets best domestic equity house, while KB Financial Group wins best debt house.

Each year we reveal which domestic banks, equity brokerages and debt houses stand out for excellent performance. In Pakistan, United Bank shows the most initiative while KASB Securities tops equities securities coverage and JS Global comes first for debt.