Awards

It may have been one of the tougher years to execute a transaction in Asia ex-Japan, but there was plenty of innovation and interest in 2015 across loans, equities and bonds. After considering a bumper selection of awards pitches from firms across the region, we have picked our standout transactions. Our thanks to all those firms that took the time to pitch. Full write-ups of each award will be published in the next Asiamoney supplement in late March.

On Tuesday night the loan market gathered in all its finery to hear the winners of the 13th Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards at the Guildhall, in London. The results are below.

GlobalCapital has launched its Equity Capital Markets Awards for 2015, to be presented at our first ECM Awards Dinner, in London on March 16. We invite you to vote in our poll.

GlobalCapital Asia held a New Year drinks and awards reception at Isono in Hong Kong on January 20, 2016.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the financial institutions, public sector, emerging markets and corporate bond markets. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The FIG Deals of the Year 2015 winners are presented here.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the Corporate Deals of the Year 2015. We selected the trades that we think will be remembered for their success in challenging conditions, for making the best use of the demand available to them, or for having made a longer lasting impact, such as the re-opening of a market. The winners are presented here.

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, high yield, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the High Yield Deals of the Year 2015.

In 2015 GlobalCapital asked loan market participants for their votes for the Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards 2016.

It has not been an easy year for investors. Extreme bouts of volatility have damaged sentiment. Expectations of a US rate hike have buckled nerves. It is in times like this that banks really prove their value – and the most valuable of all this year has been UBS, according to voters in Asiamoney's Brokers Poll. Matthew Thomas reports.

Asian analysts face one of the most exciting markets in the world. But they also face one of the most complex, dealing with a region that is vulnerable to macro factors while having country-specific risk factors in almost every sector. The following winners of Asiamoney's 2015 Brokers Poll proved adept at the juggling act this year.

Plenty of change in the winners of this year's Asiamoney Corporate Governance Poll. Hong Kong emerges as the best country while across the region new companies are setting the standard in their home market by going above and beyond the regulatory requirements, writes Anthony Chan.