The Most Astute Investors in Asian local currency bonds for 2022

Pan Asia

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Chow Yang Ang ☆	Schroders
2	Dimitrios Bitsos	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
3	Howe Chung Wan	Principal Global Investors
4	Prakash Gopalakrishnan	Principal Global Investors
5	Edward Ng ☆	Nikko Asset Management
=	Joevin Chin Ker Teo ☆	Amundi
Highly commended	Prateek Gupta	Millennium Investment Partners
	Arsa Indaravijaya ☆	Government Pension Fund
	Daniel Lam ☆	HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong)
	Jin Yang Lee	abrdn
	Wai Ho Leong	Modular Asset Management
	Adam Tan	Fullerton Fund Management

Greater China

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Paula Chan ☆	Manulife Investment Management
Highly commended	Honyu Fung	AXA Investment Managers
	Ming Leap	HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong)
	Max Leung	Bank for International Settlements
	Kelvin Ng ☆	Hang Seng Investment Management

China

Onshore

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
Highly commended	黄德龙	CITIC Securities
	经惠云	Taikang Asset Management
	龙艺	Xinyuan Fund
	Shawn Yuan	Dymon Asia
	苏宁	Ping An Asset Management
	王志飞	Penghua Fund Management
	Wilfred Wee	Ninety One
	张芊	GF Fund Management
	郑猛	Huaxia Jiuying Asset Management

Offshore

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Christine Cheung ☆	Gavekal Capital
2	Helen Lam ☆	Allianz Global Investors
Highly commended	Chris Tang ☆	Fubon Bank (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong dollar

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Ken Yung ☆	Manulife Investment Management
2	Kiat Hau Siaw	Principal Global Investors
3	Louisa Lee ☆	BOCI-Prudential Asset Management
4	Angus Hui	Fullerton Fund Management
5	Jenny Chau ☆	Shanghai Commercial Bank
6	Jeanette Lee ☆	HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong)
7	Fiona Kwok	First Sentier Investors

Indian rupee

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Badrish Kulhalli ☆	HDFC Life
2	Rahul Goswami ☆	ICICI Prudential Asset Management
3	Durgadutt Dhar	Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
4	Vidya Iyer	ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
5	Pankaj Khetan ☆	Tata AIA Life Insurance
6	Abhishek Bisen	Kotak Mutual Fund
7	Nirmal Gandhi	SBI Life Insurance
8	Koushik Gopinath	Tata AIG General Insurance
9	Deepak Agarwal	Kotak Mutual Fund
10	Anurag Mittal ☆	UTI Asset Management
Highly commended	Dinesh Ahuja ☆	SBI Mutual Fund
	Sachin Bajaj	Max Life Insurance
	Anil Bamboli	HDFC Asset Management
	Vikram Chopra	DSP Mutual Fund
	Ankur Khandelwal	Bharti AXA Life Insurance
	Shobheta Manglik	PNB MetLife Insurance
	Kashyap Mody	Reliance Industries
	Saurabh Passi	SBI Life Insurance
	Rajeev Radhakrishnan	SBI Mutual Fund
	Mansi Sajeja	SBI Mutual Fund
	Devang Shah ☆	Axis Mutual Fund
	Hardik Bharat Shah ☆	Axis Mutual Fund
	Vivek Sharma	Nippon India Mutual Fund
	Devendra Singhvi	Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
	Arun Srinivasan	ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
	Amit Tripathi	Nippon India Mutual Fund

Indonesian rupiah

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Ezra Nazula Ridha ☆	Manulife Asset Management
2	Angky Hendra ☆	Batavia Prosperindo Asset Management
3	Akbar Syarief ☆	PT Danareksa Investment Management
4	Anil Kumar ☆	Ashmore Asset Management
5	Djumala Sutedja ☆	BNP Paribas Asset Management
6	Soufat Hartawan ☆	Schroders
7	Syuhada Arief ☆	Manulife Asset Management
8	Thomas C. Kaloko ☆	Batavia Prosperindo Asset Management
9	Akuntino Mandhany	PT Mandiri Manajemen Investasi
10	Andy Rachman ☆	Bahana TCW Investment Management
Highly commended	Genta Wira Anjalu ☆	Sinarmas Asset Management
	Rony Hanityo Aprianto	PT TASPEN (Persero)
	Edwin Ridwan	BPJS Ketenagakerjaan
	Ari Rizaldi	Bank Mandiri
	Benjamin Siahaan	BNP Paribas Asset Management
	Hengky Tambunan ☆	Eastspring Investments
	Melissa Tjahyasurya ☆	Batavia Prosperindo Asset Management
	Andre Varian	AIA
	Darma Yudha	Trimegah Asset Management
	Dimas Yusuf	Sucor Asset Management

Malaysian ringgit

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Teng Yue Xiang ☆	AmFunds Management Berhad
2	Hasaliza Hassan ☆	Etiqa Insurance & Takaful
3	Raziq Rahman ☆	Affin Hwang Asset Management
4	Chu Keng Pang ☆	Etiqa Insurance & Takaful
5	Chan Yin Mei ☆	Great Eastern Life
=	Edward Teo	AIA
7	Ng Pei Chen ☆	AIA
8	Zaharudin Haji Ghazali ☆	Public Mutual
9	Khok Lee Kuan ☆	Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan)
10	Leo Lai Yan Cherng	Great Eastern Life
Highly commended	Hetty Marini bt Syed Ahmad	Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan)
	Oscar Chong	Manulife Asset Management
	Ben Eeh	Maybank Asset Management
	Low Kah Kit ☆	RHB Asset Management
	Melissa Lee Li Mei	Etiqa Insurance & Takaful
	Lee Fei Ing	Zurich Insurance Berhad
	Raymond Lew Wei Chien	AmFunds Management Berhad
	Mazhar bin Mazlan	Etiqa Insurance & Takaful
	Asnul Badrisyah Morni	Maybank Islamic Asset Management
	Siti Hajar Binti Khalid	Employees Provident Fund
	Muhamad Fairuz bin Nazmi	Lembaga Tabung Haji
	Liza Noor	Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad
	Taufiq Saifuddin ☆	Affin Hwang Asset Management
	Elsie Tham	Manulife Asset Management
	Yew Yang Ng	Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan)
	Celeste Yap Poh Kam	Hong Leong Assurance
	Husain Zaman	Eastspring Investments

Philippine peso

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Angelique Aquino ☆	BDO Unibank
2	Lodevico Ulpo Jr. ☆	ATR Asset Management
3	Jerome Briz ☆	BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation
4	Gail Pineda ☆	BDO Unibank
5	Joe Lucero	BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation
6	Dino Aquino ☆	Security Bank
7	Angelo Cerin ☆	BDO Private Bank Trust
8	Jan Patrick Ching ☆	UnionBank of the Philippines
9	Jean De Castro ☆	Manulife Asset Management
10	Giovanni Ong ☆	ATR Asset Management
Highly commended	Jose Antonio Lontok	Metrobank
	Joel Caniza	Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
	Denise Dimaunahan	Metrobank
	Kathrina J Dizon ☆	AIA
	Charmaine Kan	UnionBank of the Philippines
	Jose Miguel B Liboro ☆	ATRAM Trust Corporation
	Ginny Pecana ☆	Metrobank
	Starlyn See	Manulife Asset Management

Singapore dollar

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Prakash Gopalakrishnan	Principal Global Investors
2	Wei Ming Cheong ☆	Eastspring Investments
3	Wayne Chew ☆	Allianz Global Investors
4	Desmond Soon	Western Asset Management
=	San-San Goh ☆	Lion Global Investors
Highly commended	Ian Chong	Nikko Asset Management
	Nigel Foo	First Sentier Investors
	Xiangle Heng ☆	UBS
	Shiva Iyer	Eaton Vance
	Imran Khan	State Street
	Vikram Mathur	Schroders
	Alvin Ong ☆	Manulife Investment Management
	Cynthia Peck ☆	Tokio Marine Life Insurance
	Ivan Phang	Great Eastern Life
	Vaninder Singh	Millennium Investment Partners
	Joyce Tan	UOB Asset Management
	Ek Pon Tay	BNP Paribas Asset Management
	Kwee Peng Ong ☆	AIA
	Evan Wu	DE Shaw

Taiwan dollar

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Jessica Hsu 许雅菁 ☆	Agricultural Bank of Taiwan
2	Greenland Chen 陈孟麟 ☆	Fubon Bank
Highly commended	Shou-Jen Chan 詹守仁 ☆	Taiwan Cooperative Bank
	Jackie Chen 陈文杰	Entie Commercial Bank
	Sendra Chen	Fubon Insurance
	Edward Chang 张培忠	Fubon Bank
	Kevin Chang 张秋杰	E.SUN Commercial Bank
	Vanessa Hsieh 谢采纹 ☆	Bank SinoPac
	Kate Hou 侯季淳	Fubon Insurance
	郭政铨	Chang Hwa Bank
	Jeff Lee 李荣州 ☆	Yuanta Commercial Bank
	Ryan Peng	TransGlobe Life Insurance

Thai baht

Rank	Name of Investor	Institution
1	Tanandon Cholitkul ☆	Kasikorn Asset Management
2	Mayura Tinthanasan ☆	SCB Asset Management
3	Chajchai Sarit-Apirak ☆	Kasikorn Asset Management
4	Surajak Kotikula	Allianz Ayudhya
5	Yuttapon Wittayapanitchagorn ☆	SCB Asset Management
Highly commended	Sorakrit Atcharanuwat	Social Security Office
	Atikarn Bhanijkasem	BBL Asset Management
	Charl Chaikittikorn ☆	Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance
	Chaiyaporn Direkpokar	Kasikorn Asset Management
	Nattaphicha Kitidamrongcharoen	Generali Thailand
	Tuntika Nimitphong	MFC Asset Management
	Surachai Pornchaitipparut ☆	TISCO Asset Management
	Chuensumol Pornsakulsak	Government Pension Fund
	Worrawat Siripanich	Social Security Office
	Pardung Songatigamas ☆	AIA
	Teerasan Dutiyabodhi ☆	TMBAM Eastspring
	Panodphol Tantawichian	Kasikorn Asset Management
	Linda Ubolriabroy	UOB Asset Management

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

Note: Highly commended investors are ranked in alphabetical order by their last name.Some individuals are featured in several of the rankings according to the local currency bond market(s) they cover.

*Featuring investors covering the onshore renminbi bond market and at least one of the following markets: Taiwan dollar, Hong Kong dollar or offshore renminbi bond markets.

Methodology

In 2022, almost 150 individuals including analysts, economists and strategists, salespeople and traders in Asian local currency bonds were invited by the Asset Benchmark Research to nominate the ten most Astute investors, based on their knowledge of the credits and markets, trading skill and acumen in making investment decisions.

As such the ranking also includes investors who are not included in absolute return or performance assessments. The nominations collected are subject to the rating of the individual casting the vote.

Based on the nominations received, the top ten Astute Investors with the highest weighted score are ranked by geographic location.