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  • Few dealmakers will remember 2020 positively. But the volatility inspired by Covid-19, and the spike in trading that came alongside it, has created opportunities for Asia’s securities houses. Asiamoney considers which firms have been making the most of a difficult year
  • The country’s economy has not been this hard hit since the Asian financial crisis. Political instability, global tensions and weak productivity mean the recovery is going to be slow – and painful.
  • The country’s banks have made impressive efforts to raise their digital game. But with the economy in trouble, bankers and regulators face some tough choices.
  • China Merchants Bank (CMB) provides its clients with advisory services beyond just lending and potential acquisitions; under its president Tian Huiyu, CMB has become one of the most tech-savvy banks in the country, using these skills to provide advice on financing strategy and deal structuring.
  • Bank of China (BOC) was involved in nearly 150 M&A projects worth a combined $62 billion during our awards period – between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020 – taking the total number of deals it has been involved in over the years to nearly 1,000.
  • Selecting the best international bank in Thailand is never easy given the competing claims of regional and global financial institutions who have scored high marks in capital markets business, M&A advisory, cross-border deals or digital banking. Often the bank that comes out top in one of these markets stumbles in another.
  • Thai bank customers are embracing technology in record numbers. That’s good news for the big lenders like Kasikornbank (KBank) and Siam Commercial Bank, which in recent years have invested heavily in digital banking. And with Covid-19 upending traditional branch banking concepts, the trend looks set to continue offering big dividends for the top players.
  • Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand has grown rapidly in recent years, reflecting the importance of this sector to the domestic economy. SMEs account for about 40% of GDP and employ close to 14 million of the work force.
  • Bank of Ayudhya, or Krungsri as it is known locally, is Thailand’s fifth-largest bank measured by assets. But many analysts still regard the Bangkok lender, which is 72% owned by Japan’s MUFJ, as a rising star in the industry and a potential long-term rival to the big local players such as KasikornBank, Bangkok Bank or Siam Commercial Bank.
  • If any financial institution traces Vietnam’s phoenix-like surge from the devastation of war to economic exemplar, it’s the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank. Founded in Hanoi in 1963, just as the ‘American war’ was heating up, the bank began its journey as a currency-exchange operation.
  • Since 1999, SSI Securities has been a cornerstone in Vietnam’s young investment banking industry. Its 15 branches and transaction centres around the nation fuel financial-sector growth. SSI still leads in deals done, funds raised and profits earned.