Which banks in each market have excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months?

Most governments in Asia have resorted to some form of economic shock therapy, but there is only so much the monetary and fiscal authorities can do.

It has been a pattern in Indonesia for the best part of 15 years: whenever southeast Asia’s largest economy is engulfed in crisis, it turns to Indonesia's minister of finance – but she has never faced a challenge like this.

Creative strategies to avoid the appearance of non-payment are becoming more common in China’s domestic bond market.

Local firms have rapidly gone from being a reliable source of liquidity for dollar loans to taking a big step back from lending this year.

Street protests and a pandemic have forced Hong Kong’s bankers and investors to experiment with how they work and raise funds for clients – their innovations have been surprisingly successful and could well outlast the crises.

The bank has put international expansion at the centre of its strategy, and will not be deterred, despite a worsening trade war and the spread of the coronavirus.

Chinese issuers responded to Covid-19 by selling bonds that were designed to help fight the pandemic – in reality, only a fraction of the money raised was used to tackle problems created by the virus.

Family offices in China have grown from practically nothing 15 years ago to a hyper-competitive industry now.

Banks in Bangladesh were struggling with poor performance even before coronavirus spread to the country; the pandemic is worsening the impact of a recent policy misstep.

Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s leading financial centre is being undermined by politics.

Banks are better prepared than in 2008, because lessons were learned from the last crisis.

Silk Capital is making a big bet on the liberalization of the country’s financial system – a crucial test case of international demand for the nation will be the boutique investment bank’s own offshore IPO.

Uzbekistan’s state-owned banks dominate the local financial system; a mix of local, privately owned banks and eager foreign players are helping the country to open up, but it will not be easy.

Asia’s first virtual roadshows have paved the way for a new digital approach to IPO executions; they are a necessity at the moment, but they could become the new normal.

Cash is still king in Myanmar; banks are still trying to figure out what to do with the power of technology.

The financial industry has been a mess, hit by defaults, rising bad loans, corporate governance scandals, frauds and, most recently, the government rescue of Yes Bank - the worst may be over, but things aren’t tidy yet.

The spectacular collapse of a fast-growing private lender in early March has dealt yet another blow to India’s already shaky finance industry, led to the arrest of its founder and thrown a spotlight on the bank’s aggressive lending practices.

President Joko Widodo is planning southeast Asia’s biggest infrastructure project in building his new capital city in remote Kalimantan; it promises to be a party for bankers – but first they will have to negotiate some quirky local characters.