Top stories | Opinion & MPU
Top stories | Opinion & MPU
Top Stories
Citi franchises boost UOB’s Asean ambitions
UOB’s acquisition of Citi’s consumer assets in four southeast Asia markets strengthens its status in one of the world’s fastest growing regions. The Singapore lender’s CEO Wee Ee Cheong talks to Euromoney about why this matters and what comes next.
A lack of consensus on whether recent under-performance of Asian currencies will impact China’s willingness to let its own currency weaken is leading to disparate views on near-term valuations.
Spilling the tea on Hong Kong IPOs
Several Chinese bubble-tea makers are looking at Hong Kong IPOs. When high-end tea maker Nayuki listed three years ago the market drank it up, but the deal now trades 90% below its listing price. Can a new group of issuers revive the market?
Airwallex takes pain and cost out of international payments
Corporates’ longstanding complaint on banks’ payments offerings is that they don’t know what they are being charged for but suspect it is too much. Airwallex now provides an alternative at global scale.
A lack of consensus on whether recent under-performance of Asian currencies will impact China’s willingness to let its own currency weaken is leading to disparate views on near-term valuations.
Long Reads
Video Hub
AWARDS | MPU2
AWARDS | MPU2
-
Which banks in each market have excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months?
-
Business in the Greater Bay Area has declined in the past three years because of Covid restrictions. But firms that had made the GBA a core part of their business strategy persevered – and remain well-positioned to capture fresh opportunities arising from China’s reopening. In the 2023 awards, Asiamoney identifies the banks and brokers leading the way across different products in the GBA
-
The Asiamoney private banking awards recognise the institutions that were critical to the region's wealthy individuals and families, helping them navigate the worst of the volatility of the past year.
-
Which banks in each market have excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months?
-
Asian securities houses enjoyed opportunities for growth over the past year thanks to a pick-up in primary deal flow and buoyant secondary trading in most markets across the region. Asiamoney selects firms that not only made the most of the turnaround but also positioned themselves for the ensuing volatility
-
In the second year of Asiamoney’s best bank awards for the Greater Bay Area, an ambitious project linking nine cities in mainland China with Hong Kong and Macau, we unveil the leading banks in the region across seven categories
-
The Greater Bay Area, linking nine cities in Mainland China with Hong Kong and Macau, is an ambitious project that has rapidly caught banks’ interest. Asiamoney unveils its first set of awards for banks operating in the GBA
-
Asia’s securities houses really came into their own in the last 18 months, as they found opportunities for growth – for themselves and their clients – during an exceptionally difficult period. Asiamoney picks firms across the region that have made the most of a tough year
-
Which banks in each market have excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months?
-
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
-
Which banks in each market have excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months?
-
The Chinese asset-backed securities market saw a boom in 2019, marked by relentless innovation and cutthroat competition. The winners of Asiamoney’s second China ABS awards have driven this growth
-
Asiamoney has dived deep into China’s burgeoning corporate and investment banking markets to reveal the best banks and securities firms
-
Which banks in each market have excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months?
-
Which banks and other service providers continue to lead the charge in China green finance?
-
View the results of the 2019 Asiamoney best transaction banks in China awards here
-
As the wealth management industry deepens, here are the firms that stand out.
-
The inaugural Asiamoney China Gold Awards seek to recognise Chinese banks that have excelled in serving corporate and retail clients in the gold market. In making our decisions, banks were asked to prove their credentials through a range of products and services, customer base and the introduction of innovative offerings
-
In a challenging market, some have been nimble in transforming themselves in to winners, often through good use of technology
-
How do China's private banks handle the increasing amount of wealth that is generated outside the country?
-
Asia’s importance in global trade, helped by China’s ideas, innovation and growth and allied to the Middle East’s drive to improve living standards and diversify should profit every regional bank.
-
In Chinese banking, government-owned doesn’t always mean stodgy and slow to innovate. State-owned banks across the country are absorbing fintech into traditional models to meet surging consumer demand for sharper financial tools. Here’s a few that we've liked this year.
-
China’s asset-backed securitization market, already the largest in Asia, still has plenty more room for growth. The winners of Asiamoney’s China ABS awards are helping to push that expansion – one deal at a time
-
View the results of the 2018 Asiamoney China corporate and investment banking awards here
-
View the results of the 2018 Asiamoney awards for green finance in China here
-
The country’s wealth management industry is slowly but surely moving from growing pains to growing opportunities. Asiamoney profiles the leaders in an increasingly competitive field
-
View the results of the 2018 Asiamoney best transaction banks in China awards here
-
China’s retail banks must overcome their own inertia and challenges from fintech if they are to maintain profitability
-
As ever in this country, the numbers are extraordinary – whether it’s rate of growth or just the overall total. But Asiamoney has identified China’s best banks in 2018 to help high net-worth individuals with planning, diversification and wealth transfer
-
This new set of Asiamoney awards recognizes the banks from the region that have done the most to help develop their local clients’ Asian operations and facilitated financing for Asian companies looking to build their businesses in the Gulf
-
Forget the impression that China’s banks are out-dated and too traditional – they are rapidly embracing the importance of technology and often partnering with the country’s disruptors to modernize their products, services and business performance. Here are the leaders in Chinese fintech.
-
Through the internationalization of the renminbi, capital markets activity, mergers and acquisitions and the funding of some remarkable projects, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has taken root in financial markets. These are the banks leading the way
-
China’s corporates are growing fast – both domestically and in the international markets. This has presented a unique set of challenges for the institutions that provide core banking services to them. Asiamoney presents China’s best banks in payments, cash management and trade and supply chain finance
-
Independent wealth management firms have sprung up in China in recent years to serve the fast-expanding wealthy population. While many of them are young with a limited product range and no proven expertise, a small handful have stood out in serving clients with a wide array of product offerings and a track record of generating steady investment returns
-
China’s initial attempts to address environmental improvements were met with considerable scepticism. But its banks have embraced the challenge much faster than its industrial companies. These new Asiamoney awards recognize the financial institutions and individuals that have done the most to promote China’s booming green-finance market over the last year
-
China’s private banking industry is growing in leaps and bounds. In recognition of China’s advances in the field, Asiamoney is proud to announce the winners of its awards for best mainland private banks
POLLS - Latest | Vote now | Related features
POLLS - Latest | Vote now | Related features
-
Asia’s best cash management banks are revealed in a survey from Asiamoney and its sister publication Euromoney
-
Asiamoney’s 2023 Brokers Poll reveals the names of the brokerages, strategists and analysts that helped investors navigate a difficult year
-
The Asia’s Outstanding Companies Poll is designed to acknowledge the listed companies that have excelled in areas such as financial performance, management team excellence, investor relations and CSR initiatives
-
The 2023 Euromoney-Asiamoney Trade Finance Survey identifies the leading providers of trade finance products and services in Asia
-
Asia’s best cash management banks are revealed in a survey from Asiamoney and its sister publication Euromoney
-
Asiamoney’s 2022 Brokers Poll reveals the names of the brokerages, strategists and analysts that made an impact during a difficult year
Related Feature
Sponsored
Sponsored
-
Sponsored by UBLThe mobile-savvy customer is king at United Bank Limited. Having created Pakistan’s top banking app following a radical digital revamp, the bank now leads adoption of cutting edge tech, such as AI and machine learning, to create services that fit seamlessly into digitally literate people’s lives.
-
Sponsored by OCBC BankThe significant acceleration in the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – the engine of the global and Southeast Asian economies – in recent years is expected to drive higher revenues and increase productivity, supporting economic growth and development in the region. Christie Chu, head of emerging business and commercial banking cash, global commercial banking at OCBC Bank, explores how SMEs are navigating the opportunities and challenges in digitalisation, and how the bank is supporting them in their efforts.
-
Sponsored Standard CharteredEarlier this year Standard Chartered opened its Greater Bay Area Centre in Guangzhou, strengthening the bank’s on-the-ground presence and commitment to the economic region. Serving the cross-border needs of clients across consumer, private, business, corporate, commercial, and institutional banking, the centre is at the vanguard of the bank’s push in China, says Anthony Lin, CEO, the Greater Bay Area at Standard Chartered.
Regions lists