Asian League Tables: league of their own

Bankers love to keep score but hate to admit it. They pretend their fat bonuses are reward enough for their exhausting hours and cut-throat work. In reality, the bragging rights that go with working on a plumb deal are coveted nearly as much. That’s why league-table rankings of who worked on the most and biggest transactions are a talking point in client meetings as often as on golf courses. The obsession seems most acute in Asia. And the region’s record level of capital markets activity in the ...