
The Asset Triple A
Country Awards 2015
Country Awards 2015
South East Asia

Indonesia
Best Houses
Best Deals
Best bank
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✯Most well rounded global bank operating within Indonesia offering a range of services for its customers from cash management to debt financing solutions
Best corporate and institutional bank - Global
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A dominant corporate bank that has facilitated Indonesian clients to raise over US$10 billion during the review period
Best corporate and institutional bank - Domestic
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✯Solid foothold on both the equity and debt side and was involved in the most significant deals in a challenging market
Best equity house
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A mainstay in the equity market and once again involved in several equity fund-raising during the review period
Best bond house - Global
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The only bank to win mandates for all G3 bond issuances coming from Indonesia during the past 12 months
Best bond house - Domestic
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✯The only private domestic arranger that is able to maintain a strong position within Indonesia’s bond market dominated by state-linked competitors
Best loan house
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A strong market participant and led a number of in interesting syndications and club loans
Best brokerage house
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✯The firm manages over 15,000 accounts in Indonesia and has best-in-class execution services involving consulting and program trading

Malaysia
Best Houses
Best Deals
Best bank - Global
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✯Still the bank to beat as it is able to straddle between conventional and Islamic giving Malaysian corporates a range of offerings
Best bank - Domestic
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✯The undisputed champion in Malaysia consistently achieving higher revenues come rain or shine and with the longest run of profitability among domestic banks
Best corporate and institutional bank
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Dominant in investment banking in Malaysia, it has built a solid team with the ability and experience to work on the most complex deals and put them across the line
Best equity house
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✯Equity underwriting is a standout as it retains the title of bank of choice for equity deals despite the drop in overall market activity
Best bond house - Global
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It is the the top bond house especially for corporates and institutions that are looking to go cross-border executing a number of firsts for clients
Best bond house - Domestic
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✯First among equals in a highly competitive market and coming into its own especially in broadening the issuer based with different types of deals in ringgit and beyond
Best M&A house
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Led the way in Malaysia having worked on a number of sole-led deals reflecting clients trust in the bank
Best loan house
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With a solid presence in Malaysia’s loan market, it arranged a number of deals to finance the country’s key infrastructure projects
Best brokerage house
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A clear leader in the Malaysian market backed by its robust trading platform that connects to various other exchanges outside of Malaysia

Philippines
Best Houses
Best Deals
Best bank - Global
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✯Continuing a strong legacy of winning mandates from the public and private sector
Best bank - Domestic
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✯As the largest bank in the Philippines, it was able to achieve record net income in 2014 and is poised for further growth in the years to come
Best corporate and institutional bank
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A prolific house that was able to take part in the biggest deals in the Philippines
Best equity house
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Took advantage of the appetite for preferred shares to lead a deals for a number of top corporates
Best bond house - Global
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Most aggressive debt team able to offer issuers a wide array of financing solutions
Best bond house - Domestic
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✯Executed significant bond deals in the corporate and government sectors
Best loan house
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Showcased its strength financing both Philippine peso and US dollar deals
Best M&A house
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In a thin market for M&A, it advised on a number of notable deals
Best brokerage house
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Was able to leverage on its ASEAN footprint to give its Philippine clients a full range of trading solutions

Singapore
Best Houses
Best Deals
Best bank - Global
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✯Operating at the hub of Citi’s business in Asean, the bank draws on this position to offer full service expertise across multiple sectors
Best bank - Domestic
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✯Firing on all engines, it operates across all businesses with a large retail customer base, a leading investment bank and a dominant private banking franchise
Best corporate and institutional bank - Global
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Recorded strong performance across equity and debt capital markets as well as M&A
Best corporate and institutional bank - Domestic
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✯A one-stop shop for debt financing in the region and a top performer in the equity capital market
Best equity house
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✯The bank stood out by sponsoring the largest number and the largest value of equity deals on the Singapore Exchange that raised about US$1.6 billion for issuers
Best bond house - Global
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A consistent bookrunner of choice by Singapore borrowers accessing different pools of liquidity across US dollar, Singapore dollar, Japanese yen and offshore renminbi
Best bond house - Domestic
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✯A dominant player in the Singapore dollar bond market and with growing capability to arrange US dollar and offshore renminbi-denominated deals
Best loan house
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Demonstrates consistent leadership in the loan market by providing financing solutions to key M&A and event-driven transactions, and anchoring several of the largest loan deals in the Singapore market
Best M&A house
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The independent investment house earns plaudits from clients for its objectivity in dispensing advice to clients
Best brokerage house
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✯Deliver trading solutions to clients with its product suite, leveraging on its flexible and scalable integrated technology network
Best Houses
Best Deals

Thailand
Best bank - Global
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✯The bank continues to build on its position with a strong franchise across corporate and investment banking, and a robust transaction services platform
Best bank - Domestic
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✯Posted good results in past 12 months despite the challenging economic environment and maintained a solid capital structure to provide it the flexibility to support future growth
Best equity house
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✯Led various equity offerings, including IPOs, real estate investment trust and property funds
Best bond house - Global
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Ability to execute cross-border local currency transactions for both local and international issuers
Best bond house - Domestic
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✯Consistently ranked among the top underwriters of Thai baht corporate bonds with innovative structuring capability
Best M&A house
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It manifested its capability in handling both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions
Best brokerage house
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✯A leading brokerage house offering trade ideas and strategies based on its deep understanding of the local market

Vietnam
Best bank
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Establishing a prominent position in consumer banking with a growing market share in key businesses such as credit cards it also is able to provide comprehensive treasury and trade services to corporate customers
Best corporate and institutional bank
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Expanded its role in institutional businesses acting as financial adviser and lead arranger in key equity and debt capital markets transactions
Best bond house
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Guided the sovereign when it returned to the international bond market and played a pivotal role in arranging the first-ever bond in Vietnam guaranteed by Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility
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Indicates a consecutive winner of this award category.
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