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Each year ASIAMONEY awards the standout companies and executive in each major regional country for strong management. In Japan, SHO-BOND impresses with its focus on maintaining aging roads, TOTO supplies the world with the very best toilet facilities, and Masayoshi Son builds his company SoftBank into a genuine US telecom competitor.

Demand from private bank investors in Hong Kong and Singapore was once a cornerstone for high yielding subordinated bank debt trades. That bid has backed off recently, and as SocGen’s additional tier one trade showed, it is no longer dependable — but that’s no bad thing.

The European Commission’s attempt to make the money market fund industry more robust is commendable, but the tactics it has adopted leave much to be desired.

Each year ASIAMONEY awards the standout companies and executive in each major regional country for strong management. In Hong Kong, Tao Heung Holding’s restaurant business remains in flavour, Techtronics Industries looks set to clean up in the US, and Lam Wing Tak ensures that Pacific Textiles remains focused on its core brand offering.

EuroWeek is pleased to present its shortlists for the EMEA ECM Awards 2012/2013. Over the last six weeks we have been consulting with market participants to whittle down the contenders — and in true EuroWeek style we are now asking YOU to decide the winners. The voting process will last for ONE week only, closing on Monday September 9.

Each year ASIAMONEY awards the standout companies and executive in each major regional country for strong management. In Australia, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises aims to take a slice out of Japan’s market, FlexiGroup reorientates into credit cards, Amcor packages itself for success, and Ian McNamee retires after an impressive stint as the boss.

Each year ASIAMONEY awards the standout companies and executive in each major regional country for strong management. In China, SITC Logistics Group shrewdly manages its currency exposure, China Southeastern Air benefits from Japan demand, and Baidu and its chief executive lead the mobile services revolution.

—Jens Nordvig, managing director, head of fixed income research for the Americas and global head of currency strategy at Nomura in New York, on the deterioration in liquidity in U.S. dollar/emerging market crosses.

Credit analyst at S&P, Bei Fu, talks to Asiamoney Video about the outlook for China property bond supply in the second half and the possibility of onshore issuance.

Top 3 Offshore RMB DCM Transactions - 2013 YTD

There are signs of life in the Asian bond pipeline but investors believe the primary market is unlikely to come back for another few weeks, with an even longer time-frame for the high yield space.

Asiamoney PLUS highlights the latest job changes from across the fixed income and financial markets.