2001

National Art Council

  • Patron of the Arts Award 2001



Singapore Children's Society for Outstanding Fund Raising Efforts

  • Merit Award



Community Chest for Corporate SHARE Program

  • Distinguished Platinum Award



Singapore 1000 2001/2002 Awards

  • An Award recipient for Highest Industry Growth (Finance) (By Industry Category)



Singapore 1000 2001/2002 Awards

  • An Award recipient in Highest Net Profit in the annual Singapore 1000 2001/2002 Awards



CFO Asia

  • First Best Annual Reports in Asia Contest:
  • Score Four and a Half out of a possible Five stars - Best Design and Visuals


CFO Asia

  • Achieved the score of 8:
  • - Most Transparent Companies in Asia

  • 2nd Annual Ranking of Corporate Finance Deals:
  • - Voted Top "Deal of the Year"
  • - DBS' US$5.9 billion Acquisition of Dao Heng Bank

The Asset

  • Asian Awards:
  • Singapore - Best Domestic Investment House
  • Singapore - Best Synthetic Securitisation Issue
  • Singapore - Block Sale of the Year

The Asset

  • Best in Corporate Governance in Singapore:
  • Ranked 2nd - DBS


Global Custodian

  • Top rated in 2001 in 2001 Major Market Agent Bank Review



Global Custodian

  • Winter 2001 DBS Thai Danu Bank Top Rated in 2001 in 2001 Agent Banks in Emerging Markets Survey



Asia Risk

  • Singapore Dollar-Interest Rate Swaps
  • Ranked 1st - DBS

  • Singapore Dollar - Cross-currency swaps
  • Ranked 1st - DBS

  • Thai Baht - Cross-currency swaps
  • Ranked 3rd - DBS

  • Interbank poll - top houses
  • Ranked 4th - DBS

  • Singapore Dollar - Currency options
  • Ranked 1st - DBS

  • Singapore Dollar - Currency forwards
  • Ranked 3rd - DBS

  • Thai Baht - Currency forwards
  • Ranked 1st - DBS

  • Singapore Dollar - Forward rated agreements
  • Ranked 3rd - DBS

Asia Risk

  • Awards 2001:
  • Domestic Derivatives House of the Year - South Asia


Global Custodian (US based)

  • Global Custodian survey 2001:
  • Top-rated in Custody Reviews


GSCS Beachmarks (UK based)

  • Top rating scoring stars in three categories:
  • Settlement, Safe-keeping & Overall Highest number of stars for Singapore market for Safekeeping services


IR Asia

Investors' Choice Awards 2001

  • The Most Transparent Company Award for the Finance Category:
  • Runner Up


FinanceAsia

  • Bank Relationships and Service Quality:
  • Bank most often used for primary issues

  • Bank Relationships and Service Quality:
  • Best overall in the local currency debt market for origination, sales and trading

Finance Asia & UBS Warburg

  • Top 250 Asian Banks:
  • Ranked 2nd: In terms of Market Capitalization
  • Ranked 8th: In terms of Asset Size

The Banker

  • Best Bank in Singapore



Investor Relations

  • Asia Awards:
  • Most Progress in IR
  • Best Roadshow
  • Best Board Communications
  • Best Annual Report

Global Finance

  • Best Trade Finance Bank in Singapore, Hong Kong and Asia



Finance Asia

  • 4th Annual Country Awards for Achievement:
  • Best Singapore Dollar Bond House (Singapore)
  • Best Local Equity House (Singapore)

Euromoney

Awards for Excellence 2001

  • Best Bank in Singapore



Asia Risk

  • In Annual Domestic Bank Rating 1st:
  • Singapore - Foreign Exchange Products
  • Singapore - Interest Rate Products
  • Singapore - Equity Derivative Products
  • Hong Kong - Interest Rate Products

Asian Banking Awards

  • Recipient of two winning projects under Credit Risk Management and Internet Banking



The Asset

  • The Best and the Brightest in 2001:
  • DBS Bank ranked 1st on best credits-unweighted in Singapore. Reported in the 3rd annual Benchmark Survey of Asian Credits


Asiamoney

  • Asia's strongest banks revealed:
  • Ranked 12th under the Asia's top 25 strongest banks


Asiamoney

  • Asiamoney deals of the year:
  • Asian wide award for the PSA S$ bond deal as best local currency bond deal in Asia for year 2000


Singapore 1000/Singapore SME 500

  • DBS wins the Highest Sales/Turnover for the financial sector, ranked 12th under the top 100 Singapore 1000 Companies category



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