We would like to congratulate all the companies mentioned in these lists. They are the result of a poll FinanceAsia has carried out over the past two months asking fund managers, portfolio managers, equity investors and research analysts who they think are the best companies in Asia. We had 424 respondents, making this the largest response we have ever received. We thank all those who took the time to take part and will be annoucing the winners of the weekends away in Singapore and Bangkok, the five iPods and the trial subscriptions to FinanceAsia magazine next week.
Hong Kong
| Best Managed Company: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (-) Li and Fung | 72 |
| 2. (2) Hutchison Whampoa | 65 |
| 3. (3) Sun Hung Kai Properties | 57 |
| 4. (=6)Swire Pacific | 36 |
| 5. (=4)Cathay Pacific | 33 |
| 6. (9) Cheung Kong | 26 |
| 7. (=4)China Light & Power | 23 |
| 8. (8) Esprit | 21 |
| 8. (=6) Hang Seng Bank | 21 |
| 9. (-) ASM Pacific | 18 |
| Best Corporate Governance: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (9) Li and Fung | 70 |
| 2. (2) Sun Hung Kai Properties | 50 |
| 3. (3) China Light & Power | 42 |
| 4. (4) Swire Pacific | 35 |
| 5. (6) MTRC | 27 |
| 6. (5) Hutchsion Whampoa | 27 |
| 7. (7) Hang Seng Bank | 25 |
| 8. (-) HK Land | 22 |
| 9. (-) Cathay Pacific | 21 |
| 9. (8) Esprit | 21 |
| Best Investor Relations: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (7) Li and Fung | 56 |
| 2. (10)Cheung Kong | 34 |
| 3. (-)Cathay Pacific | 33 |
| 4. (5) MTRC | 31 |
| 5. (2) Hutchison Whampoa | 29 |
| 6. (3) Sun Hung Kai Properties | 27 |
| 7. (8) Esprit | 21 |
| 8. (-) Techtronic | 21 |
| 9. (6) China Light & Power | 20 |
| Most Committed to Strong Dividend Policy: | |
| Totals: | Votes: |
| 1. Hang Seng Bank - 104 | 104 |
| 2. China Light & Power - 75 | 75 |
| 3. HK Electric- 26 | 26 |
| 4. Cheung Kong- 23 | 23 |
| 4. Hutchison Whampoa - 23 | 23 |
| 6. Li and Fung- 22 | 22 |
| 6. MTRC- 22 | 22 |
| 8. Hang Lung Properties- 14 | 14 |
| 8. Sun Hung Kai Properties- 14 | 14 |
| 10. HK Land- 13 | 13 |
| Best Small Cap: |
| Totals: |
| 1. Proview |
| Best CFO: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Frank Sixt, Hutchison Whampoa |
| 2nd:Frank Leung, Li and Fung |
| 3rd: (tied) Patrick Chen, Hang Seng Bank |
| 3rd: (tied) Peter Tse, CLP |
| Best IR Representative: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Rocky Leung, Wharf |
Philippines
| Best Managed Company: | |
| Total: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (8) PLDT/Smart | 51 |
| 2. (1) Ayala Corporation | 31 |
| 3. (4) SM Prime | 28 |
| 4. (2) Globe Telecom | 25 |
| 5. (5) Jollibee Foods | 16 |
| 6. (6) BPI | 15 |
| 7. (3) San Miguel | 14 |
| 8. (7) Ayala Land | 13 |
| 9. (-) Megaworld | 5 |
| 10. (-) JG Summit | 3 |
| Best Corporate Governance: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) Ayala Corporation | 50 |
| 2. (7)PLDT/Smart | 33 |
| 3. (3) BPl | 28 |
| 4. (2) Globe Telecom | 26 |
| 5. (6) Jollibee Foods | 15 |
| 6. (8) Ayala Land | 11 |
| 7. (5) SM Prime | 7 |
| 8. (9) Petron Corp. | 6 |
| 9. (4) San Miguel | 5 |
| Best Investor Relations: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) PLDT/Smart | 62 |
| 2. (2) Ayala Corporation | 23 |
| 3. (4) Globe Telecom | 22 |
| 4. (8) SM Prime | 13 |
| 5. (5) BPI | 11 |
| 5. (9) Meralco | 11 |
| 5. (-) Megaworld | 11 |
| 8. (3) San Miguel | 8 |
| 9. (7) Ayala Land | 6 |
| 10. (6) Jollibee Foods | 6 |
| Most Committed to Strong Dividend Policy: | |
| Totals: | Votes: |
| 1.BPI | 38 |
| 2. Petron | 23 |
| 3. Globe Telecom | 21 |
| 4. Ayala Corporation | 18 |
| 5. San Miguel | 16 |
| 6. Ayala Land | 15 |
| 7. PLDT/Smart | 11 |
| 8. Alaska Milk | 6 |
| 9. Aboitiz | 5 |
| 10. Metrobank | 4 |
| Best Small Cap: |
| Totals: |
| 1. Alaska Milk |
| Best CFO: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Christopher Young, PLDT |
| 2nd:Delfin (Chito) Gonzales, Globe Telecom |
| 3rd:Jaime Ysmael, Ayala Land |
| Best IR Representative: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Anna Bengson, PLDT |
| 2nd:Luke Tan, Megaworld |
| 3rd:Gertie Sinio, BPI |
Singapore
| Best Managed Company: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (6) Singapore Telecom | 52 |
| 2. (1) SIA | 47 |
| 3. (3) Noble Group | 44 |
| 4. (=9) UOB | 30 |
| 5. (5) DBS | 24 |
| 6. (8) Keppel Corporation | 20 |
| 7. (2) Venture Manufacturing | 16 |
| 8. (-) Mobile One | 14 |
| 9. (=9) OCBC | 12 |
| 10. (-) CapitaMall Trust | 10 |
| Best Corporate Governance: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (3) Singapore Telecom | 47 |
| 2. (2) SIA | 41 |
| 3. (1) DBS | 36 |
| 4. (5) Noble Group | 33 |
| 5. (6) Keppel Corporation | 22 |
| 6. (4) ST Engineering | 12 |
| 7. (-) CapitaMall Trust | 8 |
| 8. (10) Venture Manufacturing | 8 |
| 8. (-) Singapore Food Industries | 8 |
| 8. (-) Chartered Semiconductor | 8 |
| 8. (-)UOB | 8 |
| Best Investor Relations: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (5) Singapore Telecom | 56 |
| 2. (2) DBS | 36 |
| 3. (4) Noble Group | 31 |
| 4. (1) SIA | 28 |
| 5. (-) Keppel Corporation | 22 |
| 6. (6) CapitaLand | 12 |
| 7. (-) Mobile One | 10 |
| 8. (7) OCBC | 8 |
| 9. (9) UOB | 5 |
| Most Committed to Strong Dividend Policy: | |
| Totals: | Votes: |
| 1. Singapore Press Holdings | 40 |
| 2. Mobile One | 28 |
| 3. SGX | 20 |
| 4. Noble Group | 18 |
| 5. Keppel Corporation | 16 |
| 6. CapitaMall Trust | 14 |
| 6. Ascendas | 14 |
| 7. Singapore Telecom | 11 |
| 8. UOB | 13 |
| 9. SIA | 8 |
| 10. OCBC | 7 |
| Best Small Cap: |
| Totals: |
| 1. Raffles La Salle |
| Best CFO: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Chua Sock Koong, Singapore Telecom |
| 2nd:Lui Chong Chee, CapitaLand |
| 3rd:Karen Kooi, Mobile One |
| Best IR Representative: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Sin Yang Fong, Singapore Telecom |
| 2nd:Din Razack, CapitaLand |
| 3rd: Tony Raza, DBS |
India
| Best Managed Companies: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) Infosys Technologies | 48 |
| 2. (6) Reliance | 22 |
| 3. (2) HDFC Ltd. | 16 |
| 4. (-) HDFC Bank | 15 |
| 5. (3) Bharti Tele-Ventures | 13 |
| 6. (4) Wipro | 12 |
| 7. (-) Maruti | 6 |
| 8. (9) ICICI Bank | 5 |
| 9. (7) Ranbaxy Laboratories | 4 |
| Best Corporate Governance: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) Infosys | 53 |
| 2. (2) HDFC Ltd | 21 |
| 3. (4) Wipro- | 16 |
| 4. (-) HDFC Bank- | 12 |
| 5. (3) Bharti Tele-Ventures | 10 |
| 6. (6) ICICI Bank | 6 |
| 7. (-) Godrej Consumer Products | 5 |
| 8. (5) Hindustan Lever | 4 |
| Best Investor Relations: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) Infosys | 53 |
| 2. (5) Wipro | 16 |
| 3. (2) Bharti Televentures | 15 |
| 4. (4) ICICI Bank | 13 |
| 5. (3) HDFC Ltd. | 11 |
| 6. (-) HDFC Bank | 8 |
| 7. (7) Hindustan Lever | 6 |
| 8. (6) Reliance | 5 |
| 9. (-) Mphasis BFL- Software | 4 |
| 9. (8) Ranbaxy Laboratories | 4 |
| 9. (-) Larsen and Toubro | 4 |
| Most Committed to Strong Dividend Policy: | |
| Totals: | Votes: |
| 1. Hindustan Lever | 21 |
| 1. Hero Honda | 21 |
| 3. HDFC Ltd. | 14 |
| 3. Infosys | 14 |
| 5. Indian Oil Corporation | 9 |
| 6. ONGC | 6 |
| 6. Great Eastern Shipping | 6 |
| 8. Larsen and Toubro | 5 |
| 9. Reliance | 4 |
| 9. Baja Auto | 4 |
| Best Small Cap: |
| Totals: |
| 1. Balaji Telefilms |
| Best CFO: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Mohandas Pai, Infosys |
| 2nd:Alok Agarwal, Reliance |
| 3rd:Akhil Gupta, Bharti Televentures |
| Best IR Representative: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Sonal Kapasi, Bharti Televentures |
| 2nd(tied):Paresh Sukhtankar, HDFC Bank |
| 2nd(tied):KR Lakshminarayana, Wipro |
Taiwan
| Best Managed Companies: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) TSMC | 55 |
| 2. (4) AU Optronics | 25 |
| 3. (8) Chinatrust | 20 |
| 4. (2) HonHai Precision | 13 |
| 5. (6) Quanta Computer | 12 |
| 6. (-) Cathay FHC | 10 |
| 6. (3) UMC | 10 |
| 8. (-) Fubon Financial | 9 |
| 9. (-) Nan Ya Plastics | 8 |
| Best Corporate Governance: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) TSMC | 61 |
| 2. (6) AU Optronics | 17 |
| 3. (4) Chinatrust | 15 |
| 4. (-) Taiwan Cellular | 14 |
| 5. (2) UMC | 13 |
| 6. (-) Nan Ya Plastics | 8 |
| 7. (-) Formosa Plastics | 6 |
| 8. (8) Fubon Financial | 6 |
| 9. (-) Quanta Computer | 5 |
| Best Investor Relations: | |
| Totals: (Last Year) | Votes: |
| 1. (1) TSMC | 41 |
| 2. (2) UMC | 26 |
| 3. (4) AU Optronics | 19 |
| 4. (3) Chinatrust | 17 |
| 5. (7) Quanta Computer | 10 |
| 6. (-) Fubon Financial | 9 |
| 7. (-) Nan Ya Plastics | 7 |
| 8. (-) Cathay FHC | 5 |
| 9. (-) SunPlus | 5 |
| Most Committed to Strong Dividend Policy: | |
| Totals: | Votes: |
| 1. China Steel | 36 |
| 2. Chunghwa Telecom | 21 |
| 3. TSMC | 17 |
| 4. Formosa Plastics | 12 |
| 5. Chinatrust | 10 |
| 5. Hon Hai Precision | 10 |
| 7. Taiwan Cellular | 7 |
| 7. Cathay FHC | 7 |
| 9. Quanta Computer | 6 |
| Best Small Cap: |
| Totals: |
| 1. Taiflex |
| Best CFO: |
| Totals: |
| 1st: Max Cheng, AU Optronics |
| 2nd:Victor Kung, Fubon Financial |
| 3rd:Champion Lee, Far Eastern Group |
| Best IR Representative: |
| Totals: |
| 1st:Grace Wu, AU Optronics |
| 2nd:Justine Shen, Chinatrust |
