For the first time in five years since the Awards' relaunch, GlobalCapital’s Equity Capital Markets Awards were not presented at a gala dinner in London. The event was cancelled because of the Covid-19 coronavirus. We intend that the dinner will return next year.
However, GlobalCapital is as proud as ever to recognise the winners and nominees, who deserve praise for their work last year.
As in the past, equity capital markets participants voted on the best deals of the year and other market participants, while GlobalCapital’s editorial team decided the awards for banks.
Below are this year’s winners. For the deal winners this year we embedded a link to some of our coverage of these momentous transactions as they happened throughout last year. For a summary of the awards please follow this link.
Thank you to all of you who took part in voting on our Awards poll and to the banks who took the time to pitch to us this year.
We look forward to seeing you at next year’s dinner.
Bank Awards
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year
Morgan Stanley
2 JP Morgan
3 Goldman Sachs
IPO Bank of the Year
Citigroup
2 JP Morgan
3 Goldman Sachs
Block Trade Bank of the Year
Goldman Sachs
2 JP Morgan
3 Morgan Stanley
Equity-Linked Debt Bank of the Year
HSBC
2 BNP Paribas
3 JP Morgan
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ECM Bank of the Year for Rights Issues and Strategic Capital Raising
Morgan Stanley
2 RBC Capital Markets
3 JP Morgan
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year for Emerging Markets
JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Goldman Sachs
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Credit Suisse
2 UBS
3 Berenberg
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in the UK and Ireland
Barclays
2 Morgan Stanley
3 JP Morgan
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in France and the Benelux
Société Générale
2 Citigroup
3= Natixis, BNP Paribas
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Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in the Nordic Region
Carnegie
2 ABG Sundal Collier
3 SEB
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in Italy
UniCredit
2 Bank of America
3 UBS
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in Iberia
Morgan Stanley
2 Goldman Sachs
3 JP Morgan
ECM Bank of the Year for Financial Institutions
UBS
2 Morgan Stanley
3 JP Morgan
ECM Bank of the Year for Financial Sponsors
JP Morgan
2 Morgan Stanley
3 Goldman Sachs
Best Bank for Privatisations
Natixis
2 Société Générale
3 HSBC
Best Bank for Small Cap Equity Capital Markets
Berenberg
2 RBC Capital Markets
3 Peel Hunt
Best Corporate Broker
Investec
2 JP Morgan
3 Numis Securities
Deals of the Year
Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year
€1.8bn IPO
20 November 2018
2 AstraZeneca
£2.7bn block trade
29 March 2019
3 Network International
£1.2bn IPO
10 April 2019
IPO of the Year
€1.8bn IPO
20 November 2019
2 Network International
£1.2bn IPO
10 April 2019
3 Saudi Aramco
SR110.4bn IPO
5 December 2019
Block Trade of the Year
£2.7bn
29 March 2019
2 Adyen
€1.4bn
12 March 2019
€784.5m
6 November 2019
Equity-Linked Bond Deal of the Year
Cellnex Telecom
€850m convertible bond
25 June 2019
2 Sika
Sfr1.3bn convertible bond
22 January 2019
€600m convertible bond
25 July 2019
Best Equity Capital Raising by a Listed Company
€2.5bn rights issue
31 October 2019
£601m rights issue
13 June 2019
€715m follow-on
25 June 2019
Privatisation of the Year
€1.8bn IPO
20 November 2019
2 Saudi Aramco
SR110.4bn IPO
5 December 2019
3 Neste
€145m block trade
7 June 2019
Financial Institution ECM Deal of the Year
Skr13.5bn IPO
24 September 2019
2 Tikehau Capital
€715m follow-on
25 June 2019
3 Mediobanca
€784.5m block trade
6 November 2019
Technology or Biotech IPO of the Year
£1bn IPO
21 June 2019
2 Network International
£1.2bn IPO
10 April 2019
3 TeamViewer
€1.97bn IPO
24 September 2019
IPO of the Year under $300m
€176m IPO
6 December 2019
Most Innovative ECM Deal
SR110.4bn IPO
5 December 2019
Most Impressive Sustainable ECM Deal
€200m convertible bond
2 October 2019
Structured Equity Deal of the Year
Atos exchangeable bond into Worldline combined with block trade
30 October 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in the UK and Ireland
£1bn IPO
21 June 2019
2 AstraZeneca
£2.7bn block trade
29 March 2019
3 Marks & Spencer
£601m rights issue
13 June 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
€1.97bn IPO
24 September 2019
Sfr752m IPO
25 October 2019
3 Traton
€1.4bn IPO
27 June 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in France
€1.8bn IPO
20 November 2019
2 Tikehau Capital
€715m Follow-on
25 June 2019
3 Atos exchangeable bond into Worldline combined with block trade
30 October 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in the Benelux
€1.4bn block trade
12 March 2019
Block trade and convertible bond
18 January 2019
3 Groupe Bruxelles Lambert exchangeable bond into LafargeHolcim
€750m
6 September 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in the Nordic Region
Skr13.5bn
24 September 2019
2 Orsted
Dkr5.3bn
8 November 2019
3 Marel
€370m SPO
7 June 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in Italy
€2bn IPO
12 April 2019
2 Mediobanca
€784.5m block trade
6 November 2019
3 Sanlorenzo
€176m IPO
6 December 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in Iberia
€2.5bn rights issue
31 October 2019
2 Cellnex Telecom
€850m convertible bond
25 June 2019
3 Enagas
€500m block trade
19 December 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in Turkey, the Middle East and Africa
£1.2bn IPO
10 April 2019
2 Saudi Aramco
SR110.4bn IPO
5 December 2019
Sar2.5bn IPO
14 May 2019
ECM Deal of the Year in CEE, Russia and the CIS
Rb36.2bn block trade
March 13 2019
2 Polyus
$389.5m block trade
4 April 2019
$300m follow-on
27 June 2019
Best Non-Bank Market Participants
Most Influential Long-Only Equity Investor
BlackRock
2 Fidelity
3 Capital Group
Most Influential Hedge Fund Equity Investor
Millennium Management
2 Marshall Wace
3 DE Shaw
Most Influential Equity-Linked Investor
JP Morgan Asset Management
2 Sculptor Capital Management (formerly Och-Ziff)
3 Advent Capital Management
Best Equity Capital Markets Adviser
Rothschild
2 Moelis and Co
3 Lazard
Best Law Firm for Equity Capital Markets
White & Case
2 Linklaters
3 Jones Day
Best Private Equity Firm at Using the Equity Capital Markets
KKR
2 Bain Capital
3 EQT