GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the launch of its Equity Capital Markets and M&A Awards for 2023 and calls for pitches.
The ECM Awards, running in their present form since 2016, are the only bespoke awards dedicated to equity capital markets in EMEA, where they commend innovation and excellence. For the first time this year, we will also be adding six categories recognising excellence in M&A.
Following another tough year for executing trades last year, it is important to recognise who thrived in such difficult markets.
For much of last year, banks were wrestling with a very capricious and reluctant market for IPOs. At the same time, there were few of the big ticket recapitalisations that have kept market participants busy in previous downturns.
This was mitigated somewhat by a significant flow of giant block trades in large cap stocks, as well as healthy IPO issuance in the Middle East, and a modest resurgence of the convertible bond market.
The ECM and M&A Awards for Banks of the Year and Deals of the Year will be chosen by GlobalCapital’s editorial team, based on our dedicated research and expertise in ECM, including the merits of Awards pitches.
We invite banks to pitch for the ECM Awards in 13 categories for banks, and for the Deals of the Year and in 6 categories for the M&A Awards (see categories below).
To arrange pitches for ECM categories, please contact Aidan Gregory, equities editor, at aidan.gregory@globalcapital.com or +44 207 779 7365.
If you would like to pitch for an M&A award, please contact David Rothnie
The pitching window will be open from Monday, February 5 until Friday, March 8.
We hope you enjoy the Awards and I look forward to discussing the pitches and prospects with you.
With best regards,
Aidan
The ECM Awards categories are as follows:
Bank Awards
Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year
IPO Bank of the Year
Block Trade Bank of the Year
Equity-Linked Bank of the Year
Bank of the Year for Primary Capital Raising
Bank of the Year for Small Cap ECM
ECM Bank of the Year in Emerging Markets
ECM Bank of the Year in the UK and Ireland
ECM Bank of the Year in France
ECM Bank of the Year in Benelux
ECM Bank of the Year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
ECM Bank of the Year in Italy
ECM Bank of the Year in Iberia
ECM Bank of the Year in the Nordic Region
Deals of the Year
Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year
Five Outstanding Equity Capital Markets Deals of 2023
The M&A Awards categories are as follows:
M&A Bank of the Year
M&A Deal of the Year
Mid-Cap M&A Bank/Boutique of the Year
Sponsor M&A Deal of the Year
Western Europe Deal of the Year
CEEMEA Deal of the Year
