UBS has topped Asiamoney’s Brokers Poll for Asia (ex-Australia, China A&B, Japan) with respondents to the 26th survey voting the Swiss bank as the best firm in combined regional research & sales.
HSBC and CLSA retain second place and third place respectively in the combined regional research & sales category.
For the first time, the China (A & B shares) ranks are published as a separate regional category with CICC in poll position. In Japan, Nomura stays on top while Daiwa moves up into second place. The Australia ranks remain unchanged, with UBS leading the way.
This year’s poll received a total of 7,229 individual responses, of which 5,549 responses passed auditing and were counted, these valid responses came from 2,564 different buyside institutions from around the world.
| 2015 |
2014 |
Asia (ex-Australia, China A&B, Japan) |
| 1 |
1 |
UBS |
| 2 |
2 |
HSBC |
| 3 |
3 |
CLSA |
| 2015 |
2014 |
Australia |
| 1 |
1 |
UBS |
| 2 |
2 |
CLSA |
| 3 |
3 |
Macquarie |
| 2015 |
2014 |
China (A&B shares) |
| 1 |
- |
CICC |
| 2 |
- |
CITICS |
| 3 |
- |
UBS |
| 2015 |
2014 |
Japan |
| 1 |
1 |
Nomura |
| 2 |
5 |
Daiwa |
| 3 |
2 |
CLSA |
Stability remains the overriding theme across Asia-Pacific markets, with most of 2014’s best local banks and brokerages retaining their top ranks, there were changes only in Malaysia and Pakistan.
| Market |
Bank/Brokerage |
| Australia |
Macquarie |
| China (A&B shares) |
CICC |
| China (H-shares) |
CICC |
| Hong Kong |
HSBC |
| India |
Kotak |
| Indonesia |
Mandiri Sekuritas |
| Japan |
Nomura |
| Korea |
KIS |
| Malaysia |
Maybank |
| Pakistan |
AKD Securities |
| The Philippines |
Deutsche Regis |
| Singapore |
DBS Vickers |
| Taiwan |
Yuanta |
| Thailand |
Phatra |
| Vietnam |
Saigon Securities Inc. |
Detailed results, rankings and interviews with the winners will be featured in the Asiamoney/GlobalCapital Asia Review of The Year report, to be published in December. Full rankings of all categories, including Hedge Fund Services, Prime Broking, Overall Regional Research and Sales as voted by the most active traders, as well as the bespoke analytical results, will be available from November onwards.
For further information regarding the poll, please contact Anthony Chan at anthony.chan@asiamoney.com and (852) 2912 8077, or Harris Fan at harris.fan@asiamoney.com (852) 2912 8073. For results and data sales enquiries please contact Gareth Fox on gareth.fox@asiamoney.com.