EM Polls and Awards

Since 1991, Asiamoney has been finding out just which are the region's best managed companies. In this poll of polls, find out which ones have stood the test of some very tough times.

Personality counts, it seems, in the world of headhunting. When Ranjan Marwah left Executive Access, the firm lost its top spot. Asiamoney's poll of polls reveals the overall winner as four firms have jostled for the number one place.

Find out which institutions are the region's winners, who has fallen off the pace and who has simply disappeared in Asiamoney's polls of polls.

Investment banks are constantly innovating their structured products offering, as companies wise up to risk management and demand better ways to enhance yields. Keri Geiger reports on the winners of Asiamoney's first ever Structured Products Poll and investigates the complex and highly profitable business that's exploding in Asia.

The Asian financial crisis underlined the need for companies to get their FX strategy right and placed more pressure on the major banks to offer reliable FX solutions and hedging opportunities. But with clients becoming more and more agnostic to brands, as virtually identical e-commerce platforms proliferate, it makes the playing field more intense than ever.

HSBC swept the board in Asiamoney's inaugural 2004 trade finance poll, seizing the top spot in every major category to emerge as the best trade finance bank in Asia.

Find out who the winners are in Asiamoney's 14th FX Poll. See who managed to storm to the top, who fell down and who is simply the best at FX in Asia.

Asia's Most Admired Brands 2004. Presented by Asiamoney in association with The Brand Company

HSBC takes the crown from Citigroup for Overall Best Cross-border Cash Management Bank in Asia for 2004. JPMorgan is the top pick for financial institutions.

In Asiamoney's second poll to find out the best cash management service providers according to the region's financial institutions, produced some surprises.

Find out the performance of equity indexes and gold.

The region's banking industry has changed yet further. And there are yet more credible contenders in the local markets for the award of Best Domestic Bank. With the region's local commercial banks attempting to counter the increasing competition from global institutions and the shrinking returns in their own saturated domestic markets. The nets are being cast wider as they devise regional acquisition strategies in other countries in order to compete.