Best local currency bond individuals 2022

Asset Benchmark Research

The region's best local currency bond individuals

in research, sales and trading for 2022

Indian rupee bonds

Research

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Kaushik Das ☆	Deutsche Bank
2	Pranjul Bhandari ☆	HSBC
3	Sajjid Chinoy ☆	J.P.Morgan
4	Samiran Chakraborty ☆	Citi
5	Prasanna Ananthasubramanian ☆	ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
Highly commended	Soumya Kanti Ghosh ☆	State Bank of India
	Siddharth Kothari	Sunidhi Securities & Finance Ltd.
	Neelkanth Mishra	Credit Suisse
	Anubhuti Sahay	Standard Chartered
	Gautam Singh	Spark Capital
	Abhishek Upadhyay ☆	ICICI Securities Primary Dealership

Sales

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Saket Banka ☆	HSBC
2	Neha Saraf ☆	Nomura
3	Dhawal Kumar ☆	Bank of America
4	Sanket Tandon	ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
5	Karan Ahuja ☆	ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
Highly commended	Avishake Choudhary	HDFC Bank
	Suraj Gandhi	Standard Chartered
	Sejal Gupta	Bank of America
	Amit Mundra	HSBC
	Kritika Nema	Morgan Stanley
	Chaitanya Sampat ☆	Standard Chartered
	Naveen Saproo	Axis Bank
	Vikram Swaminathan	ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
	Kanika Uppal	Bank of America
	Unnati Vyas ☆	ICICI Bank

Trading

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Maneesh Pathak ☆	Morgan Stanley
2	Vikas Jain ☆	Bank of America
3	Naveen Sharma	Credit Suisse
4	Ankit Maheshwari	ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
5	Shantanu Godambe	Yes Bank
5	Parul Mittal	Standard Chartered
Highly commended	Deepan Bafna ☆	HDFC Bank
	Ravi Jagwani	Kotak Mahindra Bank
	Bhavin Savla	Barclays
	Sheena Sharma	HDFC Bank
	Abhijit Vakharkar	ICICI Bank

Indonesia rupiah bonds

Research

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Fakhrul Fulvian ☆	PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk
2	Handy Yunianto ☆	Mandiri Sekuritas
3	Helmi Arman ☆	Citi
4	Leo Putra Rinaldy ☆	Mandiri Sekuritas
5	Satria Sambijantoro ☆	Bahana Sekuritas
Highly commended	Ahmad Mikail Zaini	Sucor Sekuritas
	Aldian Taloputra ☆	Standard Chartered
	Jahangir Aziz	J.P.Morgan

Sales

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Alfani Rachma	PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk
2	Jonathan Raharja ☆	Citi
3	Dewa Ayu Putu Novita Angelia	CIMB Niaga
4	Ranny Rianovita	UOB
Highly commended	Tito Husein Batubara	Citi
	Sigit Indriyatma	PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk
	Bianca Salim	HSBC

Trading

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Ferry Lisman ☆	Citi
2	Daniel Buntardjo ☆	Citi
3	Fandi Winna Ikhsani	Bank Rakyat Indonesia
4	Francis Soetopo ☆	Deutsche Bank
Highly commended	Daud Purwasabda	Bank Danamon
	Michael Agung Isprihanto ☆	CIMB Niaga
	Kreshna Narendra Ksatriya	PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk

Malaysian ringgit bonds

Research

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Winson Phoon ☆	Maybank
2	Julia Goh ☆	UOB
3	Sri Raman ☆	Hong Leong Bank
4	Suhaimi Ilias ☆	Maybank
5	Nik Ahmad Mukharriz ☆	CIMB
Highly commended	Michelle Chia	CIMB
	Anthony Dass ☆	AmBank
	Chang Wai Ming ☆	RHB Bank
	Choong Yin Pheng ☆	Hong Leong Bank
	Se Tho Mun Yi	Maybank

Sales

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Ho Su Farn ☆	AmBank
2	Louis Goh Kok Kit ☆	Hong Leong Bank
3	Daniel Ng Cheng Khoon ☆	RHB
4	Palvinder Singh	CIMB
5	Farhanah Azman ☆	Affin Bank
Highly commended	Filda Adnin	UOB
	Shah Aminudin bin Dato' Md Akhir	CIMB
	Muhamad Saifullah Bin Alias	RHB Bank
	Asma Dewi Sidon	CIMB
	Chris Lau Hock Yan ☆	Maybank
	Sheryl Lim	UOB
	Nicole Ling	RHB Bank
	Heidi Raman ☆	CIMB
	Aniq Taqiyuddin Bin Roduan	Hong Leong Bank
	Mandeep Singh Sandhu	BNP Paribas
	Steen Saw Teik Meng	CIMB
	Shera Shah Shaharudin ☆	Citi
	Badrul Syahfendy Bin Mohamad ☆	Hong Leong Bank
	Nurul Syamim	Maybank
	Quintin Tan	Hong Leong Bank
	Jessica Yee Pik Yuen	Maybank
	Faten Zahira	Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Trading

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Chok Kwan Tsong ☆	Hong Leong Bank
2	Akmal Zaid Mansor ☆	AmBank
3	Azmi Mohd Salleh ☆	Citi
4	Wei Shan Ng	BNP Paribas
5	Chua Tuan Pey ☆	AmBank
Highly commended	Jessica Cheah ☆	Standard Chartered
	Joseph Ng ☆	Bank Islam
	Pang Kek Sheng	CIMB
	Ooi Pei Xuan ☆	J.P. Morgan

Philippines peso bonds

Research

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Michael Laxamana Ricafort ☆	RCBC
2	Emilio S. Neri Jr. ☆	Bank of the Philippine Islands
3	Jun Trinidad ☆	UnionBank of the Philippines
4	Ruben Zamora	Metrobank
Highly commended	Fred Neumann	HSBC

Sales

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Toni Bautista ☆	Standard Chartered
2	Rossanna Refuerzo ☆	UnionBank of the Philippines
3	Bernard Charles G. Paco	First Metro Investment Corp
4	Samantha Edyth A. Dayrit	Metrobank
5	Gabriel Liboro ☆	Metrobank
Highly commended	Bernie L. Balayan	China Bank
	Jessica Chico	ING
	Fourth Cobrador	Metrobank
	Darlene Cu	Citi
	Leikeesha Dungan	Security Bank
	Michaela Fernandez-Vita	UnionBank of the Philippines
	Rachel Guerrero	Eastwest Bank
	Jerrine Lim	ING
	Mary Grace Ong ☆	First Metro Investment Corp
	Maricel Peralejo	RCBC
	Angeline Sia-Uy ☆	Security Bank
	Jyka Aicitel Marie Balista	Security Bank

Trading

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Kathryn Abes ☆	Metrobank
2	Dave Estacio ☆	First Metro Investment Corp
3	Alfie Lacuesta ☆	Standard Chartered
4	Cristina P Arceo ☆	China Bank
Highly commended	Joel Caniza	RCBC
	Gerardo Cruz, Jr.	UnionBank of the Philippines
	Christopher Justine Mendoza	UnionBank of the Philippines
	Miki Sakaki	HSBC
	Jill Singian	Bank of the Philippine Islands
	Zheng Wu ☆	Metrobank

Singapore dollar bonds

Research

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Ong Sin Beng	J.P.Morgan

Sales

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Wei-Yu Yong ☆	DBS
2	Tina Yang	HSBC
3	Lau Wei Ling	OCBC Bank
Highly commended	Hemant Agarwal	Citi
	Ron Pangilinan	Bank of America

Trading

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Lionel Lim ☆	DBS
2	Hui Yi Ling	Standard Chartered
Highly commended	Inderdeep Batra	HSBC

Thai baht bonds

Research

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Kobsidthi Silpachai ☆	Kasikornbank
2	Tim Leelahaphan ☆	Standard Chartered
3	Pipat Luengnaruemitchai	Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group
4	Nalin Chutchotitham ☆	Citi
5	Amonthep Chawla	CIMB
Highly commended	Somprawin Manprasert	Bank of Ayudhya PCL

Sales

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Chut Trakoolngam ☆	Bank of America
2	Nattiya Yuarriyakul ☆	Standard Chartered
3	Nipaporn Wattanamongkolsiri ☆	CIMB
4	Nithiwat Khoosuwan ☆	Bank of Ayudhya
5	Thunyawat Tangwiwat	Krungthai Bank
Highly commended	Tadtawan Athipilai	KGI Securities
	Sasiwimon Parthanadee ☆	Kasikornbank
	Thapakorn Pianchupattana	Deutsche Bank

Trading

Rank	Name of Individual	Bank
1	Kaewritkrib Viriyawathana ☆	Deutsche Bank
2	Sanguan Jungsakul	Krungthai Bank
3	Danaya Wanitphakdeedecha	TISCO Bank

☆ Top ranked for the past three consecutive years or longer.

Note: Highly commended individuals are ranked in alphabetical order by their last name.

*Featuring sell-side individuals covering more than two of the following markets: the New Taiwan dollar bond market, the Hong Kong dollar bond market, and the onshore and offshore Renminbi bond markets.

Methodology

The 2022 Asian Local Currency Bond Benchmark Review surveyed over 400 institutional fixed income investors who are active in 10 Asian currency bond markets: China (onshore and offshore), Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

As part of the review, Asset Benchmark Research asked the investors to nominate the top sell-side individuals by function: research (including analysts and economists/strategists), salespeople and traders. The nominations collected are subject to two weightings: the first according to the rank in the nomination form and the second determined by the rating of the individual casting the vote.

Based on the nominations received, the top individuals with the highest weighted score are ranked according to their job function and geographic location. Those individuals that rank below the top, however, meet a required threshold score and votes are considered in the ‘Highly Commended’ category.

This year more than 500 sellside individuals active in Asian local currency bond markets were nominated and over 200 achieved a rank.