Malaysia

Don’t get used to it. This, essentially, is what chief executive Abdul Farid Alias told investors recently when Maybank, Malaysia’s largest listed company, managed to beat first-quarter forecasts.

Affin Hwang Capital

Credit Suisse

Maybank

CIMB Private Banking

CIMB Private Banking

CIMB Private Banking

Toppling a political dynasty is one thing, stabilizing Malaysia’s corruption-riddled finances is quite another, as finance minister Lim Guan Eng has discovered in his first 18 months in the job.

The 30th annual Asiamoney Brokers Poll invited chief investment officers, fund managers and investment analysts to take part. Voters represented fund management houses, insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and wealth managers from around the world.