China's growing influence reflected in Asia Risk awards

Relaxation of Chinese currency controls may be the defining factor in the development of Asia's financial markets over the next five years

With monthly average temperatures of 29 degrees, the hottest June since records began in 1884, it just takes a few minutes standing outside in the Hong Kong sunshine to realise it's summertime in the city. For most people summer means hot days, sunny beaches and barbeques but for the Asia Risk editorial team it signifies the start of the awards season.

This is the fifteenth year that Asia Risk has handed out plaudits; and the changing face of the awards over this period reflects the