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SRI/GREEN BONDS
Overall Most Impressive SRI or Green Bond Issuer
1 EIB
2 World Bank
3 KfW
Overall Most Impressive SRI or Green Bond Lead Manager
1 Crédit Agricole CIB
2 SEB
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Overall Most Impressive SRI or Green Bond Funding Official
1 Aldo Romani, EIB
2 Heike Reichelt, World Bank
3 Laura Fan, IADB
Overall Most Impressive SRI or Green Bond Banker
1 Christopher Flensborg, SEB
2 Tanguy Claquin, Crédit Agricole
3 Hans Biemans, Rabobank
Best SRI or Green Bond Research or Ratings Firm
1 Sustainalytics
2 Oekom
3 Vigeo
EMERGING MARKETS
Borrower Awards
Overall Most Impressive Global Emerging Markets Borrower
1 United Mexican States
2 Republic of Turkey
3 = Petróleos Mexicanos
3 = Turkiye Garanti Bankasi
Most Impressive Borrower in Central & Eastern Europe
1 The Republic of Bulgaria
2 The Republic of Slovenia
3 Montenegro
Most Impressive Borrower in the Middle East
1 First Gulf Bank
2 Emirates NBD
3 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
Most Impressive Borrower in Africa
1 Republic of Kenya
2 The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
3 The Republic of Senegal
Most Impressive Borrower in Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa
1 Republic of Turkey
2 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
3 Akbank
Most Impressive Emerging Markets Debut
1 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
2 Republic of Kenya
3 Republic of Azerbaijan
Most Impressive Borrower in Latin America
1 United Mexican States
2 Petróleos Mexicanos, Cemex
Most Impressive Emerging Markets Corporate Borrower
1 = OCP Group
1= Petróleos Mexicanos
2 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
Most Impressive Emerging Markets Financial Institution Borrower
1 Emirates NBD
2 VakifBank
3 First Gulf Bank
Most Impressive Emerging Markets Sovereign Borrower
1 Republic of Turkey
2 United Mexican States
3 Montenegro
Most Impressive Sukuk Borrower
1 Emaar Malls Group
2 = Republic of Turkey
2 = Saudi Electricity Company
Most Impressive Funding Official in Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa
1 Çağatay Imirgi, Turkish Treasury
2 László Búzás, Hungarian Government Debt
Management Agency
Bank Awards
Most Impressive House for Central & Eastern Europe
1 BNP Paribas
Runners up: Citigroup, Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive House for the Middle East
1 HSBC
Runners up: BNP Paribas, Citigroup
Most Impressive House for Africa
1 Standard Bank
Runners up: Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup
Most Impressive House for Latin America
1 JP Morgan
Runners up: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive House for Sukuk
1 HSBC
Runners up: BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered Bank
Most Impressive Global Emerging Markets Banker — Origination
1 Alexis Taffin de Tilques, BNP Paribas
Runners up: Stefan Weiler, JP Morgan; Odilbek Isakov, HSBC
Most Impressive Global Emerging Markets Banker — Syndicate
1 Nick Darrant, BNP Paribas
Runners up: Peter Charles, Citi; Neil Shuttleworth, Deutsche Bank
Rising Star Emerging Markets Banker — Syndicate
1 John Wright, Barclays
Runners up: Aubélia Louédin, UBS; Alexander Karolev, HSBC
Rising Star Emerging Markets Banker — Origination
1 Rajiv Shah, BNP Paribas
Runners up: Blazej Dankowski, Citi; Sergey Sudakov, BNP Paribas
Overall Most Impressive Global Emerging Markets House
1 Citigroup
Runners up: HSBC, JP Morgan
Rising Star Emerging Markets House
1 National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Runners up: Sociéte Générale, Itaú
Ratings Agency Award
Best Ratings Agency for Emerging Markets Credits
1 Moody’s Investors Service
2 = Standard & Poor’s
2 = Fitch Ratings
MTNs
Borrower Awards
Most Impressive MTN Borrower
1 World Bank
2 = KfW
2 = Lloyds Bank
Most Impressive Sub-Sovereign Borrower, MTNs
1 State of North Rhine-Westphalia
2 State of Saxony-Anhalt
3 Communauté Française de Belgique
Most Impressive Emerging Markets Borrower, MTNs
1 Akbank
2 Qatar National Bank
3 Garanti Bank
Most Impressive Sovereign, Supranational or Agency Borrower, MTNs
1 World Bank
2 Municipality Finance
3 Kommunalbanken
Most Impressive Corporate Borrower, MTNs
1 Volkswagen
2 Toyota
3 BMW
Most Impressive Financial Institution Borrower, MTNs
1 Lloyds Bank
2 Rabobank
3 BPCE
Most Innovative Issuer, MTNs
1 Swedish Export Credit Corporation
2 Rabobank
3 Lloyds Bank
Most Improved Issuer, MTNs
1 Macquarie Bank
2 Akbank
Most Flexible Issuer, MTNs
1 Lloyds Bank
2 Rabobank
Most Impressive Structured MTN Issuer
1 Lloyds Bank
2 World Bank
3 Rabobank
Bank Awards
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Goldman Sachs
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for Emerging Markets
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Commerzbank
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for Sovereign, Supranational and Agency Borrowers
1 JP Morgan
2 Deutsche Bank
3 HSBC
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for Corporate Borrowers
1 Citigroup
2 Morgan Stanley
3 Barclays
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for Financial Institution Borrowers
1 Citigroup
2 Barclays
3 Goldman Sachs
Most Innovative MTNs Dealer
1 Morgan Stanley
2 Goldman Sachs
3 Citigroup
Most Impressive Uridashi Dealer, MTNs
1 Nomura
2 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
3 Mizuho
Most Impressive Third Party Swaps Dealer, Private Placements
1 JP Morgan
2 Natixis
3 Crédit Agricole
Most Improved MTNs Dealer
1 Crédit Agricole CIB
2 ING
3 Nomura
Most Impressive Bank for Sourcing New Borrowers for the MTN Market
1 Morgan Stanley
2 HSBC
3 Société Générale
Most Impressive Structured MTNs Dealer
1 JP Morgan
2 Société Générale
3 Morgan Stanley
HIGH YIELD
Borrower Awards
Most Impressive Funding Team at a High Yield Issuer
1 Liberty Global
2 Schaeffler
3 Fresenius
Most Impressive Private Equity Firm at Using the High Yield Bond Market
1 CVC
2 Triton
3 = Bain
3 = Onex
3 = Blackstone
3 = EQT
3 = TDR
Most Impressive High Yield Issuer in European Currencies
1 Schaeffler
2 = Merlin Entertainments
2 = GTech/IGT
2 = Lindorff
2 = Wind Telecomunicazioni
2 = Picard Surgelés
Most Impressive LBO-Related Bond Funding
1 SIG Combibloc
2 = Picard Surgelés
2 = Siemens Audiology
2 = AAG
2 = Lindorff
2 = Keepmoat
2 = Gea Heat Exchangers
Most Impressive High Yield Issuer in Dollars
1 Schaeffler
2 Valeant Pharmaceuticals
3 Altice/Numericable
Bank Awards
Most Impressive Bank for High Yield Bonds in Dollars
1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2 JP Morgan
3 Goldman Sachs
Overall Most Impressive Bank for High Yield Bonds
1 Goldman Sachs
2 JP Morgan
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive High Yield Banker
1 = Henrik Johnsson, Deutsche Bank
1 = Michael Marsh, Goldman Sachs
2 = Jason Bruhl, Citigroup
2 = Stan Hartman, BNP Paribas
Most Impressive Bank for High Yield Bonds in European Currencies
1 Goldman Sachs
2 = JP Morgan
2 = BNP Paribas
2 = Deutsche Bank
Best Aspiring High Yield Dealer
1 BNP Paribas
2 HSBC
3 Citigroup
Ratings Agency Award
Best Ratings Agency for High Yield
1 Moody’s Investors Service
2 Standard & Poor’s
3 Fitch Ratings
CORPORATES
Borrower Awards
Most Impressive Investment Grade Corporate Funding Team
1 Volkswagen
2 BMW
3 BP
Most Innovative Investment Grade Corporate Issuer
1 GDF Suez
2 Volkswagen
3 Coca-Cola
Most Impressive Investment Grade Corporate Funding Official
1 Kai Otto, Volkswagen
2 Gary Admans, BP
3 Andrew Efiong, Heathrow
Most Impressive Investment Grade Corporate Issuer
1 Coca-Cola
2 Volkswagen
3 Total
Most Impressive Debut Corporate Bond Issuer
1 Sky
2 Infineon
3 Apple
Most Impressive Corporate Hybrid Issuer
1 Total
2 Volkswagen
3 Bayer
Most Impressive Non-European Issuer in European Currencies
1 Coca-Cola
2 AT&T
3 APT Pipelines
Most Impressive Unrated Corporate Issuer
1 Air France-KLM
2 Pirelli
3 UCB
Bank Awards
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Yen
1 Mizuho
2 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
3 HSBC
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Sterling
1 HSBC
2 Barclays
3 Royal Bank of Scotland
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Dollars
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Hybrid Capital
1 Barclays
2 BNP Paribas
3 HSBC
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Euros
1 BNP Paribas
2 Deutsche Bank
3 Barclays
Overall Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets
1 BNP Paribas
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Barclays
Most Improved Corporate Debt Capital Markets Bank
1 Société Générale
2 Barclays
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Liability Management
1 Citigroup
2 = BNP Paribas
2 = Deutsche Bank
3 Barclays
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Nordic Currencies
1 SEB
2 Deutsche Bank
3 HSBC
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Swiss Francs
1 Credit Suisse
2 UBS
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Niche Currencies
1 HSBC
2 BNP Paribas
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive Bank for Supporting Corporate Bonds in the Secondary Market
1 BNP Paribas
2 HSBC
3 = Barclays
3 = Deutsche Bank
Ratings Agency Award
Best Rating Agency for
Investment Grade Corporates
1 Standard & Poor's
2 Moody’s Investors Service
3 Fitch Ratings
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Borrower Awards
Most Impressive FIG Issuer of Senior Unsecured Debt
1 Rabobank
2 Crédit Agricole SA
3 Nordea
Most Impressive FIG Borrower for Liability Management
1 Lloyds
2 Crédit Agricole SA
3 BNP Paribas
Overall Most Innovative Financial Institution Borrower
1 Crédit Agricole SA
2 Lloyds
3 = Santander
3 = Rabobank
Rising Star FIG Funding Official
1 Fadi Yakoub, Rabobank
Most Impressive Funding Official at a Financial Institution
1 Nadine Fedon, Crédit Agricole SA
2 Sjaak-Jan Baars, Rabobank
3 Erik Schotkamp, BBVA
Most Impressive FIG Issuer of Hybrid Capital
1 Crédit Agricole
2 Nordea
3 Standard Chartered
Most Impressive FIG Issuer of Subordinated Debt (Ex-Hybrid Capital)
1 Crédit Agricole
2 BPCE
3 Santander
Most Impressive FIG Issuer of Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Bonds
1 Rabobank
2 Crédit Agricole
3 BNP Paribas
Bank Awards
Most Impressive FIG Team in Dollars
1 JP Morgan
2 Goldman Sachs
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive FIG Team in Niche Currencies
1 HSBC
2= Nomura
2= Standard Chartered
3= Nordea
3= Credit Suisse
3= TD Securities
Most Impressive FIG Team in Sterling
1 Barclays
2 Lloyds
3 HSBC
Most Impressive FIG Team in Yen
1 Nomura
2 Daiwa
3 Mizuho
Most Impressive House for FIG Floating Rate Senior Unsecured Debt
1 BNP Paribas
2 Deutsche Bank
3 Goldman Sachs
Most Impressive House for FIG Subordinated Debt (Ex-Hybrid)
1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2= Goldman Sachs
2= Morgan Stanley
3= Barclays
3= Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive House for FIG Hybrid Capital
1= Bank of America Merrill Lynch
1= Morgan Stanley
2 UBS
3= Barclays
3= Citigroup
3= JP Morgan
Most Impressive House for FIG Capital Structuring
1 UBS
2 Morgan Stanley
3 Citigroup
Rising Star FIG Banker — Syndicate
1 Chris Cote, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2 Dimis Theodorou, JP Morgan
3 Adekunle Ademakinwa, Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive FIG Banker — Syndicate
1= Adam Bothamley, HSBC
1= Derry Hubbard, BNP Paribas
2 Derek Mills, Deutsche Bank
3 David Bourne, Deutsche Bank
Most Improved FIG House
1 Crédit Agricole CIB
2 Nomura
3 Lloyds
Overall Most Impressive FIG House
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Goldman Sachs
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive FIG Banker —Origination
1 Peter Diamond, Deutsche Bank
2 David Hague, Nomura
Most Impressive House for FIG Regulatory Advice
1 Citigroup
2 Credit Suisse
3= Barclays
3= Goldman Sachs
Most Impressive House for FIG Senior Unsecured Debt
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Goldman Sachs
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive House for FIG Liability Management
1 Goldman Sachs
2= Citigroup
2= Morgan Stanley
2= UBS
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive FIG Team in Euros
1 Deutsche Bank
2 BNP Paribas
3 Goldman Sachs
Pioneer: Best Bank for Helping FIG Borrowers Break into New Markets
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Nomura
Pioneer: Best Bank for Bringing New FIG Borrowers to Bond Markets
1 JP Morgan
2 Deutsche Bank
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Ratings Agency Awards
Best Ratings Agency in FIG
1 Fitch Ratings
2 Moody’s Investors Service
3 Standard & Poor’s
SSAs
Bank Awards
SSA Rising Star Bank in Niche Currencies
1 Scotiabank
2 TD Securities
3 RBC Capital Markets
Rising Star Bank in Sovereigns
1 Nomura
2 Crédit Agricole
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
SSA Rising Star Bank in Euros
1 Crédit Agricole
2 = Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2 = Nomura
SSA Rising Star Overall
1 TD Securities
2 Crédit Agricole
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive SSA House in Emerging Market Currencies
1 HSBC
2 TD Securities
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive SSA House in Non-Core Dollars
1 TD Securities
2 RBC Capital Markets
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive SSA House in Swiss Francs
1 Credit Suisse
2 UBS
3 ZKB
Most Impressive SSA House in Yen
1 Nomura
2 Daiwa
3 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Most Impressive SSA House in Dollars
1 JP Morgan
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Citi
Most Impressive SSA House in Euros
1 HSBC
2 Barclays
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive Sovereign Bond House
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive Supranational and Agency Bond House
1 Barclays
2 JP Morgan
3 HSBC
Most Impressive SSA Banker — Syndicate
1 Adrien de Naurois, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2 Keith Price, JP Morgan
3 Lars Humble, Goldman Sachs
Most Impressive SSA Banker — Origination
1 Lee Cumbes, Barclays
2 John Lee-Tin, JP Morgan
3 Raymond Seager, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive Sales and Trading Team for Sovereigns
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Barclays
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive Sales and Trading Team for Supranationals and Agencies
1 JP Morgan
2 Deutsche Bank
3 BNP Paribas
Best SSA House for Arbitrage Funding
1 JP Morgan
2 Nomura
3 HSBC
Best Bank for Advice on Regulatory Issues for SSA Borrowers
1 JP Morgan
2 Barclays
3 Citi
Pioneer: Best Bank for Helping Borrowers Break into New Markets
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Crédit Agricole
Pioneer: Best Bank for Bringing New Borrowers to Bond Markets
1 HSBC
2 JP Morgan
3 Barclays
Rising Star SSA Banker
1 Yu-Miao Yang, Deutsche Bank
2 Asif Sherani, HSBC
3 François Planque, Barclays
Rising Star Bank: Supranationals and Agencies
1 TD Securities
2 Crédit Agricole
3 BBVA
SSA Rising Star Bank in Dollars
1 TD Securities
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Mizuho
Most Impressive SSA House in Sterling
1 HSBC
2 RBC Capital Markets
3 Barclays
Borrower Awards
Most Impressive Agency Funding Team — Explicit Government Guarantee
1 KfW
2 OeKB
3 Rentenbank
Most Impressive Agency Funding Official — Explicit Government Guarantee
1 Horst Seissinger, KfW
2 Philippe Eberschweiler, Unédic
3 Stefan Goebel, Rentenbank
Most Impressive Agency Funding Team — Implicit Government Guarantee
1 Kommunalbanken
2 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten
3 Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale
Most Impressive Sovereign Funding Team
1 UK DMO
2 Swedish National Debt Office
3 Spanish Treasury
Overall Most Impressive SSA Funding Team
1 EFSF/ESM
2 World Bank
3 KfW
Most Impressive Agency Funding Official — Implicit Government Guarantee
1 Bart van Dooren, BNG
2 Thomas Møller, KBN
3 Philippe Noël, Cades
Most Impressive Sovereign Funding Official
1 Anne Leclercq, Belgian Debt Agency
2 Robert Stheeman, UK DMO
3 Maria Cannata, Italian Treasury
Overall Most Impressive SSA Funding Official
1 Eila Kreivi, EIB
2 George Richardson, World Bank
3 Robert Stheeman, UK DMO
Most Impressive Funding Official at a Region
1 Jim Devine, Province of Ontario
2 Axel Bendiek, NRW
3 Alain Bélanger, Province of Quebec
SSA Borrower with Most Improved Market Profile
1 African Development Bank
2 Portugal
3 FMO
Pioneer: Best SSA Borrower at Breaking Open New Markets
1 International Finance Corporation
2 World Bank
3 EIB
Most Impressive Funding Team at a Region
1 Province of Ontario
2 State of North Rhine-Westphalia
3 Province of Quebec
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Official in Dollars
1 Sandeep Dhawan, EIB
2 George Richardson, World Bank
3 Laura Fan, IADB
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Official in Euros
1 Siegfried Ruhl, ESM
2 Carlos Ferreira da Silva, EIB
3 Magnus Sandin, Council of Europe
Development Bank
Rising Star SSA Funding Official
1 Otto Weyhausen-Brinkmann, KfW
2 Felix Grote, Council of Europe
3 Marcin Bill, IFC
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Team in Euros
1 EFSF/ESM
2 EIB
3 European Union
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Team in Dollars
1 EIB
2 World Bank
3 IADB
Ratings Agency Award
Best Ratings Agency in SSAs
1 Standard & Poor’s
2 Moody’s Investors Service
3 Fitch Ratings