EM Polls and Awards

The Hong Kong-based brokerage might be owned by Citic Securities, but it is keen to retain its vibrant research-based business model, even in the face of mounting costs. Richard Morrow reports.

For the past 13 years Asiamoney has revealed the top domestic banks, equity houses and debt houses in the region's largest financial markets. For our 25th anniversary edition we have amalgamated these winners to reveal which institutions in Asia have best stood the test of time. Richard Morrow reports.

The country enjoyed some impressive transactions on the back of a resurgent equity market and companies conducting acquisitions, especially SoftBank. ASIAMONEY reveals the top deals of 2013. By Peter McGill.

Several banks impressed in 2013, during a year of renewed capital markets activity. ASIAMONEY reveals which banks stood tallest. By Peter McGill.

The Islamic finance industry continues to grow quickly, in terms of both assets and users. Yet within this fast-growing sector a number of banks tend to stand out for the quality of their services. ASIAMONEY picks the stand-out Islamic banks in Asia and the Middle East for the past year. By Chris Wright.

Russian hydroelectric generator RusHydro has signed a brace of export credit agency-backed long term credit facilities totalling €190m.

Each year ASIAMONEY chooses the standout capital markets transaction from each major country in ex-Japan Asia. In Thailand BTS makes several records with the initial public offering of an infrastructure fund based upon the revenues of the Bangkok SkyTrain.

Each year ASIAMONEY chooses the standout transaction from each major market across Asia ex-Japan. In 2013, Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing giant conducted a debut foray into the bond market for funding to great acclaim.

Each year we reveal the most impressive individual transaction to have taken place in each major Asian market. In South Korea, the Export-Import Bank of Korea sets a milestone by issuing the first Green bond in Asia ex-Japan, setting a potential benchmark for other environmentally-conscious borrowers.

Each year we reveal the most impressive individual transaction to have taken place in each major Asian market. In Singapore, United Overseas Bank's Basel III-compliant bond offering helps to set a milestone for regional bank capital issuance.

An impressive privatisation sale of state ports, a successful state divestment of railway shares, an airport’s competitive euro-denominated bond debut, the country’s second-largest corporate loan refinancing and its biggest project finance package; some spectacular transactions were executed in Australia in 2013. ASIAMONEY reveals its winners for the year. Ben Power and Richard Morrow report.

Each year we reveal the most impressive individual transaction to have taken place in each major Asian market. In Singapore, United Overseas Bank's Basel III-compliant bond offering helps to set a milestone for regional bank capital issuance.