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Lifetime Achievement Awards
Paul Tregidgo
Supranational, Sovereign and Agency Bonds
SSA Investment Banks
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 BNP Paribas
Coming Force in SSA Banking
1 BMO Capital Markets
2 Scotia Capital
3= Commerzbank
Mizuho
Most Impressive SSA Bond House in Sterling
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 RBC Capital Markets
Most Impressive SSA Bond House in Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Dollars
1 TD Securities
2 RBC Capital Markets
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive SSA Bond House in Emerging Market Currencies
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 TD Securities
Most Impressive SSA Bond Research
1 Citigroup
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Barclays
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for SSAs
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3= Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Barclays
Most Impressive Structured MTNs Dealer for SSAs
1 JP Morgan
2 Goldman Sachs
3 Citigroup
Most Impressive Uridashi Dealer for SSAs
1 Nomura
2 MUFG
3 JP Morgan
SSA Investment Banks - Attributes
Best SSA Bond Bank for Giving Timely and Consistent Updates on the Market
1 Barclays
2 Citigroup
3 TD Securities
Best SSA Bond Bank for Depth and Quality of Experience in Difficult Markets
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Citigroup
Best SSA Bond Bank for Creative and Useful Funding Ideas
1 JP Morgan
2 BNP Paribas
3 Citigroup
Best Bank for Providing Swaps and other Derivatives to SSA Borrowers
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 BNP Paribas
Best SSA Bond Bank for Willingness to Extend Balance Sheet
1 BNP Paribas
2 TD Securities
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Best Contributor of Secondary Liquidity in SSA Bonds
1 TD Securities
2 JP Morgan
3 BNP Paribas
Best SSA Bond Bank for Sales Expertise
1 HSBC
2= Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
SSA Investment Banks – Teams and Individuals
Most Impressive SSA Bond Syndicate Team
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive SSA Debt Capital Markets Team
1 JP Morgan
2 TD Securities
3 HSBC
Most Impressive SSA Bond Syndicate Banker
1 Keith Price, JP Morgan
2 Adrien de Naurois, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Alex Barnes, Citigroup
Most Impressive SSA Bond Origination Banker
1 Lee Cumbes, Barclays
2 Salvatore Aloisi, TD Securities
3= John Lee-Tin, JP Morgan
Ebba Wexler, Citigroup
Mark Yeomans, Nomura
Rising Star SSA Bond Banker
1 James Taunton, RBC Capital Markets
2 Laura O’Connor, TD Securities
3 François Planque, Barclays
SSA Issuers
Overall Most Impressive SSA Funding Team
1 European Stability Mechanism/European Financial Stability Facility
2 European Investment Bank
3 World Bank
Overall Most Impressive SSA Funding Official
1 Siegfried Ruhl, ESM/EFSF
2 Petra Wehlert, KfW
3 George Richardson, World Bank
Most Impressive Sovereign Funding Team
1 UK Debt Management Office
2 Spanish Treasury
3 Belgian Debt Agency
Most Impressive Sovereign Funding Official
1 Martin Duffell, UK DMO
2 Pablo de Ramón-Laca Clausen, Spanish Treasury
3 Anne Leclercq, Belgian Debt Agency
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Team in Euros
1 European Investment Bank
2 European Stability Mechanism/European Financial Stability Facility
3 Council of Europe Development Bank
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Team in Dollars
1 World Bank
2 European Investment Bank
3 Inter-American Development Bank
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Official
1 Laura Fan, IADB
2 Hassatou N’Sele, AfDB
3 Sandeep Dhawan, EIB
Most Impressive Agency Funding Team — Explicit Government Guarantee
1 KfW
2 Rentenbank
3 Export Development Canada
Most Impressive Agency Funding Official — Explicit Government Guarantee
1 Petra Wehlert, KfW
2 Otto Weyhausen-Brinkmann, KfW
3 Leopold Olma, Rentenbank
Most Impressive Agency Funding Team — Implicit Government Guarantee
1 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten
2 Kommunalbanken
3 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank
Most Impressive Agency Funding Official — Implicit Government Guarantee
1 Bart van Dooren, BNG
2 Thomas Møller, KBN
3 Tom Meuwissen, NWB
Most Impressive Funding Team at a State, Municipality or Region
1 Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Province of Quebec
3 Province of Ontario
SSA Issuers by Region
Best SSA Issuer in Italy and Iberia
1 Spanish Treasury
2 Italian Treasury
3 Instituto de Crédito Oficial
Best SSA Issuer in France and the Benelux
1 Unédic
2 Cades
3 Agence France Trésor
Best SSA Issuer in the UK and Ireland
1 UK Debt Management Office
2 Irish National Treasury Management Agency
3 Bank of England
Best SSA Issuer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
1 KfW
2 Rentenbank
3 Austrian Treasury
Best SSA Issuer in the Nordic Region
1 Kommunalbanken
2 KommuneKredit
3 Municipality Finance
SSA Rating Agency, Law Firm and Investor
Best Rating Agency for SSA Bonds
1 S&P Global
2 Moody’s
3 Fitch Ratings
Best Law Firm for SSA Bonds
1 Allen & Overy
2 Clifford Chance
3 Linklaters
Best Investor in SSA Bonds
1 BlackRock
2 Pimco
3 Norges Bank Investment Management
Financial Institution Bonds
FIG Investment Banks
FIG Bond House of the Year
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Goldman Sachs
Coming Force in FIG Bonds
1 Nomura
2 Mizuho
3 Santander
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Capital
1 Goldman Sachs
2 UBS
3 HSBC
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Senior Unsecured
1 HSBC
2= Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Insurance Debt
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive FIG Bond House for Regulatory Advice
1 BNP Paribas
2 HSBC
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Dollars
1 JP Morgan
2 Goldman Sachs
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Euros
1 UBS
2 HSBC
3 BNP Paribas
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Sterling
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 Nomura
Most Impressive FIG Bond House in Yen
1 Nomura
2 Mizuho
3 Daiwa
Most Impressive FIG Bond House for Liability Management
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Citigroup
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive FIG Bond Research
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Goldman Sachs
3= JP Morgan
Citigroup
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for FIG Borrowers
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3= Barclays
Citigroup
Most Impressive Structured MTNs Dealer for FIG Borrowers
1 Citigroup
2 JP Morgan
3 BNP Paribas
FIG Investment Banks - Attributes
Best FIG Bond Bank for Giving Timely and Consistent Updates on the Market
1 Goldman Sachs
2 JP Morgan
3 HSBC
Best FIG Bond Bank for Depth and Quality of Experience in Difficult Markets
1 Goldman Sachs
2 Morgan Stanley
3 JP Morgan
Best FIG Bond Bank for Creative and Useful Funding Ideas
1 Nomura
2 Goldman Sachs
3 HSBC
Best Bank for Providing Swaps and other Derivatives to FIG Borrowers
1 HSBC
2 BNP Paribas
3 Goldman Sachs
Best FIG Bond Bank for Offering Unbiased Advice on Funding Options
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 JP Morgan
Best FIG Bond Bank for Willingness to Extend Balance Sheet
1 HSBC
2 Credit Suisse
3 Citigroup
Best FIG Bond Bank for Information on Investor Trends
1 JP Morgan
2 Barclays
3 Deutsche Bank
Best FIG Bond Bank for Investor Education and Diversification
1 UBS
2 JP Morgan
3 Barclays
Best Contributor of Secondary Liquidity in FIG Bonds
1 JP Morgan
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3= Deutsche Bank
HSBC
Bank Most Likely to Win Repeat Mandates for FIG Bonds
1 JP Morgan
2 Goldman Sachs
3 HSBC
FIG Investment Banks – Teams and Individuals
Most Impressive FIG Debt Capital Markets Team
1 Barclays
2 Goldman Sachs
3 HSBC
Most Impressive FIG Syndicate Team
1 Goldman Sachs
2 HSBC
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive FIG Bond Sales and Trading Team
1 JP Morgan
2 UBS
3 Barclays
Most Impressive FIG Bond Origination Banker
1 Tommy Paxeus, Deutsche Bank
2 David Sismey, Goldman Sachs
3 Nik Dhanani, HSBC
Most Impressive FIG Bond Syndicate Banker
1 Dimis Theodorou, JP Morgan
2= David Bourne, Deutsche Bank
Nick Dent, Nomura
FIG Issuers
Most Innovative FIG Borrower
1 Crédit Agricole
2 Santander
3 ING
Most Impressive FIG Issuer of Capital
1 Standard Chartered
2 Crédit Agricole
3= ABN Amro
BNP Paribas
Most Impressive FIG Issuer of Senior Unsecured Debt
1 Swedbank
2 Wells Fargo
3 Lloyds Bank
Most Impressive FIG Issuer for Liability Management
1 Lloyds Bank
2 Barclays
3 Crédit Agricole
Most Impressive FIG Funding Official
1 Nadine Fedon, Crédit Agricole
2 Richard Staff, Standard Chartered
3 Max Kepel, ABN Amro
Rising Star FIG Funding Official
1 Aurelien Harff, Crédit Agricole
2 David Kirby, Nationwide
3 Fadi Yakoub, Rabobank
FIG Rating Agency, Law Firm and Investor
Best Rating Agency for FIG Bonds
1 Moody’s Investors Service
2 S&P Global
3 Fitch Ratings
Best Law Firm for FIG Bonds
1 Allen & Overy
2 Linklaters
3 Clifford Chance
Best Investor in FIG Bonds
1 Pimco
2 Amundi
3 Algebris Investments
Corporate Bonds
Corporate Bond Investment Banks
Corporate Bond House of the Year
1 BNP Paribas
2 Deutsche Bank
3 Barclays
4= Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Société Générale
5 Citigroup
Coming Force in Corporate Debt Capital Markets
1 MUFG
2= Mizuho
RBC Capital Markets
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Dollars
1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2= Citigroup
JP Morgan
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Euros
1 BNP Paribas
2 Deutsche Bank
3= Barclays
Société Générale
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Sterling
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 Lloyds Bank
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Yen
1 MUFG
2 Mizuho
3 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Swiss Francs
1 Credit Suisse
2= BNP Paribas
UBS
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Niche Currencies
1 Deutsche Bank
2 HSBC
3 UBS
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Debt Capital Markets in Nordic Currencies
1 Nordea
2 SEB
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Hybrid Capital
1 Barclays
2= BNP Paribas
Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Liability Management
1 BNP Paribas
2 Société Générale
3= Barclays
Deutsche Bank
HSBC
JP Morgan
Most Impressive Corporate Bond Research
1 Barclays
2 Citigroup
3= Deutsche Bank
Santander
UniCredit
Most Impressive MTNs Dealer for Corporate Borrowers
1 BNP Paribas
2 Societe Generale
3 Barclays
Corporate Bond Investment Banks - Attributes
Best Corporate Bond Bank for Giving Timely and Consistent Updates on the Market
1= Barclays
Deutsche Bank
2 BNP Paribas
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Best Corporate Bond Bank for Depth and Quality of Experience in Difficult Markets
1 Barclays
2 Deutsche Bank
3 BNP Paribas
Best Corporate Bond Bank for Creative and Useful Funding Ideas
1= Citigroup
HSBC
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Deutsche Bank
Best Bank for Providing Swaps and other Derivatives to Corporate Borrowers
1 Societe Generale
2 BNP Paribas
3= Barclays
Citigroup
Best Corporate Bond Bank for Offering Unbiased Advice on Funding Options
1 BNP Paribas
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Barclays
Best Corporate Bond Bank for Willingness to Extend Balance Sheet
1 BNP Paribas
2 Société Générale, UniCredit
3 HSBC
Boldest Bank in Securing the Best Pricing for Corporate Issuers
1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2 BNP Paribas
3 Citigroup
Best Contributor of Secondary Liquidity in Corporate Bonds
1 Citigroup
2= BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank
UniCredit
3= Crédit Agricole
Morgan Stanley
Bank Most Likely to Win Repeat Mandates for Corporate Bonds
1 BNP Paribas
2 Citigroup
3 Barclays
Best Bank for Embracing Technology in Corporate Bond New Issue Markets
1 Deutsche Bank
2 JP Morgan
3= Citigroup
HSBC
Corporate Bond Investment Banks – Teams and Individuals
Most Impressive Corporate Bond Syndicate Team
1 Deutsche Bank
2 BNP Paribas
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive Corporate Debt Capital Markets Team
1 BNP Paribas
2 JP Morgan
3 HSBC
Most Impressive Corporate Bond Sales and Trading Team
1 BNP Paribas
2 Barclays, Morgan Stanley
3= Citigroup
Societe Generale
Most Impressive Corporate Bond Syndicate Banker
1 Frazer Ross, Deutsche Bank
2 Sarwat Faruqui, MUFG
3 Fred Zorzi, BNP Paribas
Most Impressive Corporate DCM Banker
1 Pascal Bay, BAML
2= Federica Sartori, BNP Paribas
Francesco Sebastiani, BNP Paribas
Michele Croci, JP Morgan
Tomas Lundquist, Citi
Corporate Issuers
Most Impressive Investment Grade Corporate Borrower
1 Air Liquide
2= Shire
Telefónica
3= BP
Deutsche Telekom
Most Impressive Non-European Borrower in European Currencies
1 Pfizer
2= Coca-Cola
Verizon Communications
3 McKesson
Most Innovative Investment Grade Corporate Borrower
1 Electricité de France
2 Vodafone
3 Snam
Most Impressive Debut Corporate Bond Borrower
1 Shire
2 SCA Hygiene
3 Italgas
Most Impressive Corporate Hybrid Borrower
1 Total
2 SSE
3 Telefónica
Most Impressive Unrated Corporate Borrower
1 Bureau Veritas
2 Louis Dreyfus
3 Bolloré
Most Impressive Investment Grade Corporate Funding Team
1 Telefónica
2 Shire
3 BP
Most Impressive Investment Grade Corporate Funding Official
1 Neil Garrod, Vodafone
2 Eduardo Álvarez Gómez, Telefónica
3 Stéphane Tortajada, EDF
Corporate Rating Agency, Law Firm and Investor
Best Rating Agency for Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
1 Moody’s
2 S&P Global
3 Fitch Ratings
Best Law Firm for Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
1 Allen & Overy
2 Clifford Chance
3 Linklaters
Best Investor in Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
1 Amundi
2 BlackRock
3 DWS Investments
Emerging Market Bonds
Emerging Market Investment Banks
Emerging Market Bond House of the Year
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 BNP Paribas
Coming Force in Emerging Market Bonds
1 Societe Generale
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3= Standard Chartered
UniCredit
Most Impressive House for African Bonds
1 Barclays
2 HSBC
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive House for CEE Bonds
1 BNP Paribas
2 Citigroup
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive House for Middle Eastern Bonds
1 Standard Chartered
2 Citigroup
3 BNP Paribas
Most Impressive House for Latin American Bonds
1 JP Morgan
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 Citigroup
Best Bank for Innovation in Emerging Market Bonds
1 JP Morgan
2 BNP Paribas
3= Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Emerging Market Bond Research
1 JP Morgan
2 BNP Paribas
3 Citigroup
Emerging Market Investment Banks – Attributes
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 BNP Paribas
Best Emerging Market Bond Bank for Depth and Quality of Experience in Difficult Markets
1 BNP Paribas
2 JP Morgan
3 Citigroup
Best Emerging Market Bond Bank for Creative and Useful Funding Ideas
1 JP Morgan
2= BNP Paribas
Standard Chartered
Best Bank for Providing Swaps and other Derivatives to Emerging Market Borrowers
1 BNP Paribas
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 JP Morgan
Best Emerging Market Bond Bank for Offering Unbiased Advice on Funding Options
1 Citigroup
2 BNP Paribas
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Best Emerging Market Bond Bank for Willingness to Extend Balance Sheet
1= BNP Paribas
Citigroup
3 JP Morgan
Boldest Bank in Securing the Best Pricing for Emerging Market Issuers
1 JP Morgan
2 BNP Paribas
3 HSBC
Best Emerging Market Bond Bank at Providing Hard-Underwritten Deals
1 BNP Paribas
2 JP Morgan
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Best Contributor of Secondary Liquidity in Emerging Market Bonds
1 BNP Paribas
2 Citigroup
3 JP Morgan
Bank Most Likely to Win Repeat Mandates for Emerging Market Bonds
1 JP Morgan
2= BNP Paribas
Citigroup
Emerging Market Investment Banks – Teams and Individuals
Most Impressive Emerging Market Bond Syndicate Team
1 JP Morgan
2 BNP Paribas
3 Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Emerging Market Debt Capital Markets Team
1 Citigroup
2 JP Morgan
3 BNP Paribas
Most Impressive Emerging Market Bond Sales and Trading Team
1 JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Citigroup
Most Impressive Emerging Market Bond Syndicate banker
1 Alexander Karolev, BNP Paribas
2 Nick Darrant, JP Morgan
3 Hussain Zaidi, Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Emerging Market Bond Origination Banker
1 Alexis Taffin de Tilques, BNP Paribas
2 Kirill Kondrashin, JP Morgan
3= Odilbek Isakov, HSBC
Tommaso Ponsele, Citgroup
Rising Star Emerging Market Bond Banker
1 Trent Wilkins, Barclays
2= Borys Matiash, BNP Paribas
Kirill Dikijs, BNP Paribas
Emerging Market Issuers
Most Impressive Borrower in CEE
1 Poland
2 Slovenia
3 Turkey
Most Impressive Borrower in the Middle East
1 Saudi Arabia
2 Majid Al Futtaim
3 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Most Impressive Borrower in Africa
1 Nigeria
2 IHS Nigeria
3 Egypt
Most Impressive Borrower in Latin America
1 Argentina
2 Pemex
3 Mexico
Most Impressive Emerging Market Sovereign Borrower
1 Saudi Arabia
2 Argentina
3= Poland
Turkey
Most Impressive Emerging Market Financial Institution Borrower
1 Qatar National Bank
2= National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Qatar Insurance Co
Most Impressive Emerging Market Corporate Borrower
1 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
2 Gazprom
3 Taqa
Most Impressive Funding Official in CEEMEA
1 Marjan Divjak, Republic of Slovenia
2 Robert Zima, Republic of Poland
3 Zeynep Boğa, Republic of Turkey
Most Impressive Funding Official in Latin America
1 Luis Caputo, Argentine Republic
2 Roberto Cejudo, Pemex
3 Alberto Torres, United Mexican States
Emerging Market Rating Agency, Law Firm and Investor
Best Rating Agency for Emerging Market Bonds
1 Fitch Ratings
2 Moody’s Investors Service
3 S&P Global
Best Law Firm for Emerging Market Bonds
1 Allen & Overy
2 Clifford Chance
3 Linklaters
Best Investor in Emerging Market Bonds
1= Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Pimco
3 BlueBay Asset Management
High Yield Bonds
High Yield Investment Banks
High Yield Bond House of the Year
1 Deutsche Bank
2 BNP Paribas
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Most Impressive High Yield Syndicate Team
1 BNP Paribas
2= Deutsche Bank
NatWest Markets
3 JP Morgan
High Yield Issuers
Most Impressive High Yield Issuer
1 Schaeffler Group
2 Ardagh
3 Altice
Most Impressive Debut High Yield Issuer
1 DEA Deutsche Erdoel
2= Schoeller Allibert
NewDay
Spie
Saipem
Most Impressive Funding Team at a High Yield Issuer
1 Liberty Global
2 Altice
3= Schaeffler
Schmolz + Bickenbach
Most Impressive Private Equity Firm at Using the High Yield Bond Market
1 CVC
2 Cinven
3= Bain
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
High Yield Rating Agency
Best Rating Agency for High Yield Bonds
1 Moody’s Investors Service
2 S&P Global
3 Fitch Ratings
MTNs
MTN Investment Banks
Overall Most Impressive MTNs Dealer
1 JP Morgan
2 Barclays
3 Citigroup
Overall Most Impressive Structured MTNs Dealer
1 JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 BNP Paribas
Most Impressive Bank at Sourcing New Borrowers for the MTN Market
1 Crédit Agricole
2 Nomura
3 Societe Generale
