Last Friday, FinanceAsia held an awards dinner in Singapore to celebrate our Annual Country Awards for Achievement. These awards are announced each July and recognise excellence in commercial and investment banking for both foreign and domestic financial institutions across 10 Asian countries.
This marks the seventh year of our Country Awards, but the first time we have held a formal dinner to mark the occasion and we were delighted to welcome over 200 bankers and their clients from around the region. On the night, we also inaugurated a new award - Best Bank in Asia.
This award was judged on the basis of both Standard Poor's...