For the 16th year FinanceAsia has asked investors for their views on which listed companies around Asia they consider to be the best managed, with the best senior executives and the best policies around dividend payments and other matters.
FinanceAsia received responses from 129 portfolio managers and buy-side analysts from around the world, running mandates that included, or were dedicated to, Asian listed companies. We thank participants for their votes.
Today we release the results for China, Taiwan and the Philippines. More country results will be dsplayed throughout the week and we will also publish the list of best companies by sector.
For part two, covering Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, click here.
For last year's winners, see here, here and here.
China
| Best managed companies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
China Telecom
|
44 | ||||||
2 |
China Unicom | 40 | ||||||
3 |
Tencent | 27 | ||||||
4 |
China Mobile | 23 | ||||||
5 |
Ping An Insurance | 20 | ||||||
6 |
CNOOC | 18 | ||||||
7 |
Vanke | 16 | ||||||
8 |
China Merchants Bank | 15 | ||||||
9= |
China Yangtze Power | 14 | ||||||
9= |
Datan Power | 14 | ||||||
| Most committed to corporate governance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
China Telecom
|
40 | ||||||
2 |
China Unicom | 29 | ||||||
3 |
Tencent | 23 | ||||||
4 |
China Mobile | 20 | ||||||
5= |
CNOOC | 17 | ||||||
5= |
Vanke | 17 | ||||||
7 |
China Overseas Land & Investment |
15 | ||||||
8= |
China Merchants Bank | 14 | ||||||
8= |
Sunny Optical | 14 | ||||||
| Best at investor relations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
China Telecom
|
55 | ||||||
2 |
China Unicom | 47 | ||||||
3 |
China Mobile | 28 | ||||||
4 |
Tencent | 20 | ||||||
5= |
Vanke | 15 | ||||||
5= |
China Resources Cement | 15 | ||||||
7 |
China Shenhua Energy | 14 | ||||||
8 |
Country Garden | 13 | ||||||
| Best at corporate social responsibility | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
China Telecom
|
37 | ||||||
2 |
China Unicom | 25 | ||||||
3 |
China Mobile | 22 | ||||||
4 |
Tencent | 19 | ||||||
5 |
Ping An Insurance | 17 | ||||||
6 |
China Merchants Bank | 15 | ||||||
7= |
China Yangtze Power | 14 | ||||||
7= |
Wangsu Science & Technology |
14 | ||||||
For more China stories from FinanceAsia, click here.
| Best mid-cap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Li Ning
|
16 | ||||||
| Best small-cap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Sinosoft Technology Group
|
19 | ||||||
| Best CEO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Wang Xiaochu,
China Unicom |
36 | ||||||
2 |
Yang Jie, China Telecom |
25 | ||||||
3 |
Mingzhe Ma, Ping An Insurance |
18 | ||||||
| Best CFO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Ke Ruiwen,
China Telecom |
38 | ||||||
2 |
Li Fushen, China Unicom |
27 | ||||||
3 |
Xue Taohai, China Mobile |
18 | ||||||
Taiwan
| Best managed companies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
TSMC
|
28 | ||||||
2 |
Sercomm Corporation | 24 | ||||||
3 |
Far EasTone | 22 | ||||||
4 |
Taiwan Mobile | 13 | ||||||
5 |
Chunghwa Telecom | 12 | ||||||
6 |
E.Sun Financial Holding | 11 | ||||||
7 |
Delta Electronics | 10 | ||||||
8 |
Cathay Financial Holdings |
9 | ||||||
9= |
Largan Precision | 8 | ||||||
9= |
Mediatek | 8 | ||||||
| Most committed to corporate governance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
TSMC
|
23 | ||||||
2 |
Secomm Corporation | 18 | ||||||
3 |
Far EasTone | 14 | ||||||
4 |
E.Sun Financial Holding | 12 | ||||||
5 |
Taiwan Mobile | 11 | ||||||
6 |
Chunghwa Telecom | 10 | ||||||
7 |
Fubon Financial Holding | 8 | ||||||
8 |
Cathay Financial Holdings |
6 | ||||||
| Best at investor relations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Sercomm Corporation
|
24 | ||||||
2 |
Far EasTone | 20 | ||||||
3 |
Taiwan Mobile | 19 | ||||||
4 |
TSMC | 16 | ||||||
5 |
Chunghwa Telecom | 14 | ||||||
6 |
E.Sun Financial Holding | 12 | ||||||
7 |
Fubon Financial Holding | 8 | ||||||
8= |
Cathay Financial Holdings |
6 | ||||||
8= |
Mediatek | 6 | ||||||
For more Taiwan stories from FinanceAsia, click here.
| Best at corporate social responsibility | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
TSMC
|
20 | ||||||
2 |
E.Sun Financial Holding | 16 | ||||||
3 |
Sercomm Corporation | 14 | ||||||
4 |
Cathay Financial Holdings |
12 | ||||||
5 |
Far EasTone | 11 | ||||||
6 |
Chunghwa Telecom | 10 | ||||||
7= |
CTBC Financial Holding | 8 | ||||||
7= |
Fubon Financial Holding | 8 | ||||||
| Best mid-cap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Sercomm Corporation
|
24 | ||||||
2= |
Chailease Holding | 16 | ||||||
2= |
Makalot Industrial | 16 | ||||||
4 |
Chipbond Technology | 15 | ||||||
| Best small-cap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1= |
ASPEED Technology
|
16 | ||||||
1= |
Macauto Industrial | 16 | ||||||
3 |
Hu Lane Associate | 14 | ||||||
| Best CEO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Joseph Huang,
E.Sun Financial Holding |
17 | ||||||
2 |
Morris Chang, TSMC |
16 | ||||||
3 |
Rick Tsai, Chunghwa Telecom |
15 | ||||||
| Best CFO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Magi Chen,
E.Sun Financial Holding |
17 | ||||||
2 |
T.Y. Yin, Far EasTone |
13 | ||||||
The Philippines
| Best managed companies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Ayala Corporation
|
29 | ||||||
2 |
Ayala Land | 25 | ||||||
3 |
Metro Pacific Investments | 19 | ||||||
4 |
Philex Mining Corporation | 16 | ||||||
5 |
Universal Robina Corporation | 14 | ||||||
6 |
SM Investments | 12 | ||||||
7 |
Jollibee Foods Corporation | 10 | ||||||
8 |
Meralco | 9 | ||||||
9 |
PLDT | 8 | ||||||
10 |
Aboitiz Power Corporation | 7 | ||||||
| Most committed to corporate governance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Ayala Corporation
|
38 | ||||||
2 |
Ayala Land | 22 | ||||||
3= |
Metro Pacific Investments | 21 | ||||||
3= |
Philex Mining Corporation | 21 | ||||||
5 |
PLDT | 19 | ||||||
6 |
Universal Robina Corporation | 13 | ||||||
7 |
Globe Telecom | 10 | ||||||
8 |
Aboitiz Power Corporation | 9 | ||||||
| Best at investor relations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Metro Pacific Investments
|
28 | ||||||
2 |
PLDT | 27 | ||||||
3 |
Philex Mining Corporation | 19 | ||||||
4 |
Ayala Corporation | 15 | ||||||
5 |
Universal Robina Corporation | 11 | ||||||
6 |
Ayala Land | 10 | ||||||
7 |
BDO Unibank | 8 | ||||||
8 |
Global Telecom | 7 | ||||||
For more Philippines stories from FinanceAsia, click here.
| Best at corporate social responsibility | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Ayala Corporation
|
38 | ||||||
2 |
Ayala Land | 24 | ||||||
3 |
Philex Mining Corporation | 18 | ||||||
4 |
SM Investments | 12 | ||||||
5 |
Meralco | 9 | ||||||
6= |
Metro Pacific Investments | 8 | ||||||
6= |
SM Prime | 8 | ||||||
8 |
PLDT | 7 | ||||||
| Best mid-cap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
D&L Industries
|
19 | ||||||
2 |
Filinvest Land | 15 | ||||||
3 |
Philex Mining Corporation | 14 | ||||||
| Best small-cap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Concepcion Industrial Corporation
|
12 | ||||||
2 |
EEI Corporation | 11 | ||||||
3 |
Max's Group | 9 | ||||||
| Best CEO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Jose Ma Lim,
Metro Pacific Investments |
30 | ||||||
2 |
Lance Y. Gokongwei, Universal Robina Corporation |
21 | ||||||
3 |
Ernest Cu, Globe Telecom |
13 | ||||||
| Best CFO | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Company | Score | ||||||
1 |
Jaime E Ysmael,
Ayala Land |
23 | ||||||
2 |
David John Nicol, Metro Pacific Investments |
14 | ||||||
3 |
Jose T Sio, SM Investments |
11 | ||||||
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