Emerging markets bond awards

For CEEMEA bonds, 2016 was a boom year punctuated by large, volatility-inducing shock events that culminated with a game-changing US election. But such events did little to dampen enthusiasm for EM debt from issuers and investors alike. CEEMEA corporates and sovereigns issued almost double the debt raised in 2015, printing $152.4bn up to the second week in December.