EM Polls and Awards

Each year we recognise the top small, medium, and large cap companies in each major country, together with signalling out one outstanding executive. We begin with the region's most important economy: China.

Each year we recognise the top small, medium, and large cap companies in each major country, together with signalling out one outstanding executive. In Hong Kong Le Saunda puts its best foot forward, Sasa sits pretty, and Li & Fung remains the world's favoured middleman. Plus Ronald Arculli proves that he's a man of his word.

The country’s lenders could lead a set of outbound consolidation next year, according to Terence Wong, CIMB Investment Bank’s head of research. Property companies also look set to continue their inorganic growth plans.

High liquidity and positive expectations of future cash flows will encourage larger companies in the country to acquire abroad next year says head of research at Thanachart Securities, Pimpaka Nichgaroon. The stock market is also in for a good year.

China Resources Enterprise and Wistron NeWeb Corp. are voted as the top and third-best companies for overall corporate governance, respectively, in our latest annual survey, while perennial contender Sun Hung Kai Properties is ranked second.

Pakistan’s oil and fertilizer stocks look best poised to gain from a continued rally of stock prices into next year, predicts Atif Malik, head of international sales at JS Global Capital. But the market is still waiting for the return of leverage products.

Foreign exchange flows will continue to drive up the price of commodities, benefiting Indonesia’s palm oil and coal sectors, says local brokerage Mandiri Sekuritas. It is also bullish on the construction sector, which is set to gain from Indonesian infrastructure development.

A favourable market outlook and a weaker yen will encourage investors to place their money in Japanese exporters next year, says the Japanese brokerage’s co-head of equity sales.

The country will see a surge in stock market liquidity and a property market recovery as a result of negative interest rates and increased bank lending, says Jason Yu, head of research at Samsung Securities. He is also positive on the consumer, technology and financial sectors.

Kotak Securities' co-head of institutional equities Sanjeev Prasad believes that infrastructure, energy and technology stocks stand to gain from Indian government policy changes in the coming year.

A wave of Chinese industrial and consumer companies are set to debut in Hong Kong’s equity market next year, says China Construction Bank International Securities. The brokerage intends to add to its resources to gain more business in an increasingly competitive market.

We are pleased to release the extended results of the ASIAMONEY Brokers Poll 2010, including the region's best analysts and analyst teams, top hedge fund services and prime broking banks, and the best domestic brokerages.