Here are some of the facts, figures and highlights of the 2016 All-Asia Research Team, Institutional Investor’s 23rd annual ranking of the nation’s leading sell-side equity analysts.

Most popular crews (as measured by number of votes cast):

Kam Keung [Oscar] Choi & team, Citi, Property

Kevin Luo, Huaxiang [Edward] Xu & team, Morgan Stanley, Industrials

Jack [Yuhin] Yeung & team, Morgan Stanley, Autos & Auto Parts

Sanjay Jain & team, Credit Suisse, Banks

Hanzhi Ding, Kyung [Sonia] Song & team, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Oil & Gas

Most popular sectors (as measured by number of voters*):

• Banks (winner: Sanjay Jain & team, Credit Suisse)

• China (Huaxiang [Edward] Xu, Ran (Richard) Xu & team, Morgan Stanley)

• Consumer/Discretionary (Young-Ah Han, Chen Luo & team, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)

• Autos & Auto Parts (Jack [Yuhin] Yeung & team, Morgan Stanley)

• Economics (Chetan Ahya & team, Morgan Stanley)

Most popular sectors (as measured by number of votes*):

• Banks (winner: Sanjay Jain & team, Credit Suisse)

• Consumer/Discretionary (Young-Ah Han, Chen Luo & team, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)

• China (Huaxiang [Edward] Xu, Ran [Richard] Xu & team, Morgan Stanley)

• Autos & Auto Parts (Jack [Yuhin] Yeung & team, Morgan Stanley)

• Consumer/Staples (Young-Ah Han, Yuanyuan [Tina] Long & team, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)

(*Survey participants may name up to four analysts per sector.)

Four analysts lead or co-lead more than one top-ranked team:

• Sean Gardiner of Morgan Stanley

— Indonesia (with Mulya Chandra)

— Singapore (with Nicholas Lord)

— Also directs the No. 3 team in Malaysia (with Navin Killa) and a runner-up squad in Thailand (with Mayank Maheshwari)

• Young-Ah Han of Bank of America Merrill Lynch

— Consumer/Discretionary (with Chen Luo)

— Consumer/Staples (with Yuanyuan [Tina] Long)

— South Korea (with Bryan Song)

• Jasmine Lu of Morgan Stanley

— Taiwan

— Technology/Hardware

• Huaxiang (Edward) Xu of Morgan Stanley

— China (with Ran [Richard] Xu)

— Industrials (with Kevin Luo)

— Transportation

Eight more oversee teams that top one sector and rank in at least one other:

• Randy Abrams of Credit Suisse

— Taiwan, runner-up

— Technology/Semiconductors (with Manish Nigam), first place

• Kam Keung (Oscar) Choi of Citi

— China, runner-up

— Property, first place

• Praveen Choudhary of Morgan Stanley

— Gaming & Lodging, runner-up

— Hong Kong (with Simon Lee), first place

— Property (with Chun Hung [John] Lam), runner-up

• Navin Killa of Morgan Stanley

— Malaysia (with Sean Gardiner), third place

— Telecommunications, first place

• Tak Hung (Eric) Lau of Citi

— Industrials, runner-up

— Small- & Midcapitalization Stocks, first place

• Simon Lee of Morgan Stanley

— Hong Kong (with Praveen Choudhary), first place

— Power, second place

• Manish Nigam of Credit Suisse

— Technology/Hardware, second place

— Technology/IT Services & Software (with Anantha Narayan), third place

— Technology/Semiconductors (with Randy Abrams), first place

• Bryan Song of Bank of America Merrill Lynch

— Banks (with Yi [Winnie] Wu), third place

— South Korea (with Young-Ah Han), first place

A total of 16 team leaders celebrate their first appearance in first place:

• Randy Abrams of Credit Suisse, Technology/Semiconductors (with Manish Nigam)

• Mulya Chandra of Morgan Stanley, Indonesia (with Sean Gardiner)

• Kam Chung (Kenneth) Fong of Credit Suisse, Gaming & Lodging

• Sean Gardiner of Morgan Stanley, Indonesia (with Mulya Chandra) and Singapore (with Nicholas Lord)

• Parag Gupta of Morgan Stanley, Technology/IT Services & Software

• Young-Ah Han of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, South Korea (with Bryan Song)

• Sanjay Jain of Credit Suisse, Banks

• Yuanyuan (Tina) Long of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Consumer/Staples (with Young-Ah Han)

• Nicholas Lord of Morgan Stanley, Singapore (with Sean Gardiner)

• Manish Nigam of Credit Suisse, Technology/Semiconductors (with Randy Abrams)

• Guo Xiang (Kelvin) Pang of Morgan Stanley, Credit Strategy

• Shengji (Sean) Wu of Morgan Stanley, Health Care & Pharmaceuticals

• Huaxiang (Edward) Xu of Morgan Stanley, China (with Ran [Richard] Xu)

• Ran (Richard) Xu of Morgan Stanley, China (with Huaxiang [Edward] Xu)

• Cheng (Charles) Zhou of Credit Suisse, Insurance

• Zhiran (Evan) Zhou of Credit Suisse, Internet (with Di [Dick] Wei)

Number of team leaders who appear on the roster: 218

Number of firms they represent: 12

Number of analysts making their first appearances on the team: 30 (the full list can be found here)

Number of analysts who meet the survey’s eligibility criteria: 2,347*

Number of firms they represent: 60*

*Data regarding analysts and firms not appearing here are available from the Institutional Investor Research Group; for information please contact Esther Weisz at 212-224-3307 or eweisz@iiresearchgroup.com.

Number of participating buy-side individuals: 3,760

Number of participating buy-side institutions: 1,100

Total Asia (ex-Japan) equity assets managed by participating buy-side institutions: $1.68 trillion