Brendan Wood has unveiled its annual Asian-Based TopGun “Investment Minds” list, which reveals the top investment execs in Asia.

The winners are by a panel of more than 700 leading sell-side analysts and institutional market professionals.

More than 360 candidates were nominated for this year’s TopGun designation within the Asian market, but only 37 were singled out. They were deemed as independent thinkers who are willing to be contrarian, and who have noteworthy investment experience.

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Markets are hard to navigate right now, so these professionals were chosen since they “inspired the entire community and their counterparts with sound thinking,” says Ajay Walia, managing director of Brendan Wood Asia.

“If I were a CEO of a multi-national or aspiring company in Asia, these are the managers I would want holding my stock,” adds Stewart Borden, partner at Brendan Wood International.

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According to Brendan Wood himself, “These players set the tone in Asia’s capital markets.”

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The 2013 TopGun Investment Minds of Asia are:

Platinum Class

  • Hiang Boon Teo of AIA Singapore Private Limited
  • William Fong of Baring Asset Management
  • Arthur Kwong of BNP Paribas Asset Management
  • Luke Sullivan of Cohen & Steers
  • Michael Yu of Harvest Global Investments
  • Mandy Chan of HSBC Global Asset Management
  • Lilian Co of LBN Advisers
  • Anthony Cheung of Pictet Asset Management

Gold Class

  • Agnes Deng of Baring Asset Management
  • Alethea Leung of BlackRock Asset Management
  • Frankie Lee of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Elizabeth Pang of JP Morgan Asset Management
  • Lei Fu of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group
  • William Leung of SAC Capital Advisors
  • Bin Shi of UBS Global Asset Management

Silver Class

  • Milton Low of AEW Global Advisors
  • Arvind Monie of AllianceBernstein
  • Charles Wong of AMP Capital Brookfield
  • Jim Chen of Baring Asset Management
  • Kai Yang Lee of Baring Asset Management
  • Warren Howe of Capital Group
  • Suang Eng Tsan of European Investors
  • Guillermo de Las Casas of Fidelity Investments
  • Min Wang of Harvest Global Investments Eric
  • Debbie Chan of HSBC Global Asset Management
  • Joseph Tang of Invesco Asset Management
  • Queeny Ho of Nomura Asset
  • Pearlyn Chong of Oaktree Capital Management
  • Neil MacKay of Prudential Asset Management
  • Ken Xu of SAC Capital Advisors
  • Ricky Liew of SAC Capital Advisors
  • Seok Hooi Teoh of Schroder Investment Management
  • Christopher Yip of T Rowe Price
  • Eric Moffett of T Rowe Price

Haider Ali of T Rowe Price