Asia Awards

GlobalCapital Asia's choice for 2021's Best ESG bond is JSW Hydro Energy’s $707m 10 non-call five year 144A/Reg S green bond.

In the first award of its kind for GlobalCapital Asia, BNP Paribas is named the Most Transformed Loan House for 2021.

In yet another challenging year for Asian loans, one bank stood out for its ability and willingness to step up for its clients, for making bold calls when others shied away and for remaining a leader in the market.

In 2021, when the world stepped into the second year of pandemic and credit markets started witnessing more volatility and stress, one bank stood out from the pack — HSBC.

Last year was one of the toughest periods for Asia’s high yield debt market.

At a time when almost every bank is brandishing its ESG credentials in some way, HSBC has doubled down on its ESG work, making it GlobalCapital Asia’s pick for Best House for ESG/SRI Financing in 2021.

Wild swings in the equity market, unpredictable moves by Chinese regulators and multiple resurgences of Covid-19 across Asia made 2021 a remarkable year. Banks had to move quickly, adapt and retool their ECM franchises to remain relevant.

The GlobalCapital Asia Best IPO for 2021 is South Korean firm KakaoBank Corp's W2.55tr ($2.1bn) IPO.

GlobalCapital Asia's Best Follow-on/Accelerated Offering and Best ECM Deal for 2021 is Prosus' HK$114.17bn ($15bn) sell-down of shares in Tencent Holdings.

GlobalCapital Asia's Best Equity-Linked Deal and Best ECM Deal of 2021 is Posco's €1.1bn ($1.25bn) zero coupon convertible bond.

Bank of China continued to lead its peers in the Panda bond market during our awards period, making it GlobalCapital China’s winner of the Best Panda Bond House award for 2021.

An active foreign underwriter in China’s onshore ABS market, BNP Paribas notably expanded its presence during our awards period, a feat that makes it the Best Bank for ABS in 2021.