Asset Management

Overview Overall Leaders Leaders by Category Leaders by Attribute

June 3, 2026

The quality of the relationship between corporations and asset managers is paramount for the long-term success of publicly-traded companies, and the investment success of the managers. This two-way street relies on extensive knowledge and transparency so investors can deliver investment performance, and a familiar group of names is getting it right, according to Extel’s annual survey.

Capital Group, Fidelity Management & Research and GIC are recognized in the Top 3 of Extel’s second annual ranking of asset managers by investor relations officers at Asian publicly traded companies.

Rounding out the Top 10 are (listed alphabetically): BlackRock Investment Management, FIL Ltd, JP Morgan Asset Management, Point72 Asset Management, Schroder Investment Management, T Rowe Price and Wellington Management.

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Overall Leaders Leaders by Category Leaders by Attribute

Methodology summary

The buy-side rankings are based on Asian corporate (IRO) input collected in our Corporate Insights survey. 363 buy-side firms were nominated and 155 corporates voted. In this survey, we asked investor relations officers to identify best asset management firms across the following attributes:

· Transparency on their Investment Style
· Knowledge of Your Sector
· Best Active Engagement to Support & Encourage Long-term Business
· Efficient Engagement Across Funds
· Ongoing Feedback

Results were aggregated to produce overall and category level results.

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