Relationships with family-run businesses matter more to bankers in Asia than anywhere else. FinanceAsia has analysed which tycoons turn to which banks when they want to get a deal done.
The list of top investment bankers for 35 of Asia’s tycoons was generated in collaboration with data provider Dealogic. Inclusion is based on FinanceAsia’s ranking of Asia’s 75 richest business families in Asia ex-Japan, based on dividends from listed entities the list was published last September, and updated for this project to accommodate newcomers such as Alibaba and Dalian Wanda.
Dealogic tallied fees paid for investment banking advice by the companies since 2000, and the...