EM Polls and Awards

Meezan Bank is the country's biggest Islamic bank and it is still the best. It looks best-placed to benefit from an improving policy environment and wins our award as the best Islamic bank in Pakistan. Chris Wright reports.

It is the strength of CIMB Islamic's across-the-board offering that sets it apart. It wins Asiamoney's award as the best Islamic bank in Malaysia. Chris Wright reports.

Until the Islamic finance industry gains traction on the consumer and the capital markets side, it’s all about positioning. CIMB Niaga Syariah is set up for growth and so is Indonesia's best Islamic bank, writes Chris Wright.

Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam has the right backers and presence to benefit if Brunei turns its Islamic and financial ambitions into reality. It wins Asiamoney's award as the best Islamic bank in Brunei. Chris Wright reports.

Although only about one tenth of CIMB Islamic’s income comes from overseas businesses, it’s the positioning and the vision that stand out. It wins Asiamoney's nod as the best regional Islamic bank. Chris Wright reports.

Citi, HSBC and Credit Suisse impressed most for their structured products coverage over the past year, according to some of the region’s most senior finance and treasury officials. Asiamoney's poll this year received a total of 500 valid responses.

Regional executives have tightened belts in the last year, preferring cheaper forms of travel and accommodation to cut costs. Asiamoney reveals which hotels, airlines and airports were favoured in our largest Travel Poll to date.

In our largest ever Travel Poll, Shangri-La hotels and Singapore Airlines remain top picks of senior executives travelling for business and leisure in the region. In all, 520 business travelers from 28 nations participated.

Asiamoney’s Headhunters Poll 2010 saw some familiar favourites interspersed with new faces rising to the top. We reveal the top recruiters of the past year as voted for by poll respondents, and consider the prospects for 2010.

Nomura was involved in notable M&A transactions, dominated equity issuance and did a sterling job in bond coverage, too. It rightly wins Asiamoney's award as best investment bank in Japan over the past year.

Mizuho has long been a force in domestic, euro-yen and Samurai bond financings, and 2009 proved no exception. It earns Asiamoney's award as Japan's best bond arranger of the past year.

Nomura is almost the only domestic investment bank willing and able to arrange sizeable equity issues. Its dominance, as bookrunner on nine of the top 10 deals of last year, made it a shoe-in for Asiamoney's award.