Research firm Universum surveys business students in Asia each year to see where they most want to work. Here are the top employers they selected.
HSBC registered a massive improvement in 2013, bettering its 2012 ranking by 18 places.
The London-based bank has a very large operating base in Asia -- and especially in the former British colony of Hong Kong.
HSBC has 120,000 employees in the region, according to its website. The bank has 1,100 offices in Asia, which it describes as its most profitable region.