Asiamoney is pleased to announce the winners of its 20th annual Brokers Poll, the region’s pre-eminent industry survey. More than 2,300 investors from approximately 1,300 different institutions contributed this year, making it by far our largest poll to date. The participating institutions represent an estimated total of US$1.65 trillion in Asian equity funds under management.
Despite a markedly volatile year for Asia's equity markets, this broad investor audience continued to be most impressed by the region's established players. CLSA retains its number one ranking in the overall combined regional research and sales category for Asia (ex-Australia & Japan) this year. UBS, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan maintain their hold on second, third and fourth positions respectively, while Credit Suisse rises from sixth in 2008 to fifth this year.
In Australia, Macquarie continues to dominate the market, topping combined research and sales once again as well as being voted the best local brokerage. UBS takes second spot and Goldman Sachs JBWere moves up to third. In Japan, local brokerage winner Nomura leads the overall combined research and sales, while CLSA and UBS take second and third places, respectively, both improvements on their respective positions last year.
| 2009 |
ASIA (ex-Australia & Japan) |
2008 |
| 1 |
CLSA |
1 |
| 2 |
UBS |
2 |
| 3 |
Goldman Sachs |
3 |
| 4 |
J.P. Morgan |
4 |
| 5 |
Credit Suisse |
6 |
| 2009 |
AUSTRALIA |
2008 |
|
2009 |
JAPAN |
2008 |
| 1 |
Macquarie |
1 |
1 |
Nomura |
1 |
|
| 2 |
UBS |
2 |
2 |
CLSA |
3 |
|
| 3 |
Goldman Sachs JBWere |
4 |
3 |
UBS |
4 |
|
| 4 |
J.P. Morgan |
3 |
4 |
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch |
5 |
|
| 5 |
Deutsche Bank |
9 |
5 |
Daiwa |
6 |
In the region’s other markets stability is also the main theme. All of 2008’s best local brokerages retain their titles this year.
| COUNTRY |
BROKERAGE |
| Australia |
Macquarie |
| China |
CICC |
| Hong Kong |
Kingsway |
| India |
Kotak |
| Indonesia |
Danareksa |
| Japan |
Nomura |
| Korea |
Samsung |
| Malaysia |
CIMB |
| Pakistan |
JS Global Capital |
| The Philippines |
Philippine Equity Partners |
| Singapore |
DBS Vickers |
| Taiwan |
Yuanta |
| Thailand |
Phatra |
Congratulations are due to all of this year's winners for retaining such strong support amid volatile markets.
Keep a look out for the November issue of Asiamoney, in which we will offer more detailed results, announce the winning regional analysts and conduct interviews with the winning brokerages. Additionally, extended rankings of all categories will be published in the 2009 Brokers Poll full report available from December 1, 2009.
To obtain a copy of the results and of Asiamoney, please contact Henry Wong, subscriptions manager, henry.wong@asiamoney.com or (852) 2842 6998. For further information regarding the poll, please contact Bernice lam, Asiamoney polls editor, bernice.lam@asiamoney.com or (852) 2912 8077.