Asia Risk honours Deutsche Bank for a quarter-century of leadership and resilience in Asia Pacific markets

(IN BRIEF) Deutsche Bank has received Asia Risk’s Best of the Best: 25 Years of Excellence award in recognition of its quarter-century of leadership and innovation in Asia Pacific. Over the years, the bank has helped shape the region’s financial markets through pioneering trades, product innovation, and strong regulatory partnerships. Ashok Das, Head of Global Emerging Markets and FIC Trading for Asia, reflected on the evolution of Asia Pacific from a frontier region with limited market access to a sophisticated, resilient financial hub. Deutsche Bank’s milestones include Taiwan’s wind farm financing, asset-liability solutions in India, and the first trade under South Korea’s RFI programme. With platforms like Autobahn and HausFX, the bank continues to provide advanced solutions in FX, fixed income, and risk management, serving both global and local clients. Looking forward, Deutsche Bank plans to remain a central player as digitalisation, self-reliance, and evolving market structures shape Asia Pacific’s financial future.

(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 26-Sep-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Bank has been honoured with Asia Risk’s Best of the Best: 25 Years of Excellence award, highlighting its long-standing role as a trusted partner for clients across the Asia Pacific region. The recognition underscores the bank’s enduring commitment to financial innovation, market development, and collaborative relationships with both clients and regulators.

Reflecting on the bank’s journey, Ashok Das, Head of Global Emerging Markets and FIC Trading for Asia, emphasised how Deutsche Bank has been instrumental in shaping Asia Pacific’s financial landscape over the past quarter century. “When I first entered the industry, Asia’s markets were viewed as relatively closed and underdeveloped, offering only a limited selection of fixed income products. Today, the region has transformed into a far more liquid, sophisticated, and resilient marketplace,” he noted.

According to Das, pivotal events such as the Asian Financial Crisis, the Global Financial Crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic have left lasting marks on the region, prompting improvements in regulations, fiscal safeguards, and market structures. These developments, he explained, have resulted in stronger financial foundations and greater resilience across the region’s economies.

Deutsche Bank’s growth in Asia Pacific has gone hand in hand with the evolution of its clients. Over the years, the bank has expanded its product suite to meet increasingly complex needs, from risk management strategies to digital execution platforms. It has also broadened its client base, serving not only global institutions but also a growing number of local corporates and financial players.

The bank has been at the forefront of numerous milestones in the region, including its work on Taiwan’s wind farm financing projects, asset-liability management solutions in India, and pioneering long-dated hedging strategies in China. Deutsche Bank also made history by becoming the first bank to execute a trade under South Korea’s Registered Financial Institutions programme.

Looking ahead, Deutsche Bank expects the next 25 years to be marked by further digitalisation, evolving geopolitical dynamics, and continued deepening of Asia’s capital markets. Das highlighted the importance of supporting clients with innovative tools such as Autobahn, the bank’s digital platform that integrates trading and workflow functions, and HausFX, its FX-as-a-Service solution that embeds currency capabilities directly for clients.

Through its Fixed Income & Currencies (FIC) platform, Deutsche Bank remains committed to serving institutional investors, hedge funds, and corporates across the region with comprehensive access to FX, rates, emerging markets, financing, and credit trading solutions. This, combined with strong collaboration with regulators and industry stakeholders, positions the bank to continue driving innovation and resilience across Asia Pacific’s financial markets well into the future.

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SOURCE: Deutsche Bank AG