EM Polls and Awards

Japan's investment bankers were noticeably pessimistic at the start of 2003. But only 12 months later, after an array of successful, groundbreaking deals, the mood was thoroughly optimistic. Fiona Haddock reports on the highlights.

Banks are striving to adapt their offerings to keep pace with the fast-changing marketplace for custodial services, write Pauline Loong and Andrew Peck.

From the Iraq war to the devastating SARS outbreak, 2003 was a year most would rather forget. In Asiamoney's annual travel poll we salute the industry for enduring the challenges. Report by Roy Chew, poll research by Robert Law.

More women executives are travelling in Asia but many feel that hotels have yet to wake up to their needs, writes Pauline Loong.

Take boundless energy, an appetite for competition and sheer brain power and you have the basic ingredients for Asiamoney's Deals of the Year.

The downturn proved a sobering and salutary experience for headhunters, Simon Parry discovers. Now there is a marked upswing but the survivors have a new headache: a dearth of young talent. Poll compiled by Olivia Chow and Robert Law.

What a difference a year makes. As the results of Asiamoney's 12th best-managed companies poll show, investors are impressed by the increasing confidence of corporates and their return to healthy earnings. Poll compiled by Olivia Chow and Robert Law. Report by Keri Geiger.

THE WINNERS OF Asiamoney's 14th brokers poll saw UBS, CLSA and CSFB take to the stand again and in the same order as last year. Two major ranking changes are ABN Amro storming up the charts with Merrill Lynch going down a few notches. A major difference in this year's broker's poll is the inclusion of hedge fund-specific questions on the provision of services to the hedge fund industry, which has become an increasingly important segment of the broking clientele. Respondents were also asked to mark their preferences on hedge fund-specific research.

CLSA and JPMorgan, two of the Indonesia winners of last year's Asiamoney broker's poll, share their thoughts on the country's economic recovery.

Corporate governance is the popular business mantra. But not all corporates practise what they preach, reveals our poll. Report by Fiona Haddock and polling by Olivia Chow and Robert Law

The foreign exchange industry is enjoying a quiet boom as investors turn to currency in the search for elusive yield. Nick Ferguson reports.

Continuous-linked settlement has been billed as the panacea for settlement risk, but as Asiamoney's first cash management poll to canvass financial institutions reveals, that may not be incentive enough for some of Asia's struggling banks to sign up. Nick Ferguson reports. Polls team headed by Olivia Chow and Robert Law.