Extel polled traders of Asian (ex-Japan/ANZ) equities asking them to rate brokers on various attributes for trading and execution. The attributes were aggregated to produce the best brokers overall. These results reflect the responses from 133 traders at 116 companies. Voters cast 2,135 votes for 63 brokers in 21 attributes.
The attributes were:
| High-Touch Sales Trading - Access to Block Liquidity | Electronic Trading - Transaction Cost Analysis |
| High-Touch Sales Trading - Access to Small- & Mid-cap Liquidity | Electronic Trading – Quality of Innovation |
| High-Touch Sales Trading - Maintaining Order Anonymity | Electronic Trading - Service Quality & Support |
| High-Touch Sales Trading - Minimize Market Impact | Portfolio/Program Trading - Reliability of Settlement/Back Office |
| High-Touch Sales Trading - Quality of IoIs | Portfolio/Program Trading - Client Service Quality & Support |
| High-Touch Sales Trading - Service Quality | Portfolio/Program Trading - Global Market Access |
| High-Touch Sales Trading – Willingness to Commit Capital | Portfolio/Program Trading - Index & Portfolio Research |
| Electronic Trading - Algorithm Customization | Portfolio/Program Trading - Pre and Post Trade |
| Electronic Trading - Algorithm Performance | Delta One/ETF - Access to Differential Liquidity |
| Electronic Trading - Market Access & Transparency | Delta One/ETF - Price Improvement |
| Electronic Trading – Market Structure Guidance |
