Best managed companies in Asia 2010: The best go from strength to strength

January 20, 2010

Asia’s best-managed companies have come out of the financial crisis in better shape than their peers. That’s no surprise: prudent gearing, transparency, good governance and clear strategy have characterized the leaders, highlighted in Euromoney’s Asia’s best managed companies poll. Chris Wright reports.

Asia’s best companies 2010
The best go from strength to strength
Overall Awards
Most convincing and coherent strategy	Most improved
Most transparent accounts	Most accessible senior management
Most useful and informative website	Best newly listed
Best corporate governance
Country Awards
Most convincing and coherent strategy	Best corporate governance
Sectoral Awards
Most convincing and coherent strategy
Methodology

THINGS HAVE NOT been easy in the past year for any of Asia’s companies, even the best-run ones. Take CapitaLand. For many years the favourite Singapore blue chip among Asia portfolio managers, this time last year its whole approach to business was being questioned. "As global liquidity tightened and real estate transaction volumes dried up, analysts were raising concerns that our business model – which focuses on capital recycling and capital productivity – was broken," recalls Olivier Lim, group chief financial officer at CapitaLand. "What they forgot was that all real estate businesses need to recycle capital.

Best managed companies in Asia 2010: The best go from strength to strength

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