BORROWER AWARDS
Overall Most Impressive
Global Emerging Markets Borrower
1 United Mexican States
2 Republic of Turkey
3 = Petróleos Mexicanos
3 = Turkiye Garanti Bankasi
Most Impressive Borrower in
Central & Eastern Europe
1 The Republic of Bulgaria
2 The Republic of Slovenia
3 Montenegro
Most Impressive Borrower
in the Middle East
1 First Gulf Bank
2 Emirates NBD
3 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
Most Impressive Borrower in Africa
1 Republic of Kenya
2 The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
3 The Republic of Senegal
Most Impressive Borrower in Central
& Eastern Europe, the Middle East
and Africa
1 Republic of Turkey
2 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
3 Akbank
Most Impressive
Emerging Markets Debut
1 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
2 Republic of Kenya
3 Republic of Azerbaijan
Most Impressive Borrower
in Latin America
1 United Mexican States
2 Petróleos Mexicanos, Cemex
Most Impressive Emerging Markets
Corporate Borrower
1 = OCP Group
1 = Petróleos Mexicanos
2 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
Most Impressive Emerging Markets Financial Institution Borrower
1 Emirates NBD
2 VakifBank
3 First Gulf Bank
Most Impressive Emerging Markets
Sovereign Borrower
1 Republic of Turkey
2 United Mexican States
3 Montenegro
Most Impressive Sukuk Borrower
1 Emaar Malls Group
2 = Republic of Turkey
2 = Saudi Electricity Company
Most Impressive Funding Official in
Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East
and Africa
1 Çağatay Imirgi, Turkish Treasury
2 László Búzás, Hungarian Government Debt
Management Agency
BANKER AWARDS
Most Impressive House for
Central & Eastern Europe
1 BNP Paribas
Runners up: Citigroup, Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive House
for the Middle East
1 HSBC
Runners up: BNP Paribas, Citigroup
Most Impressive House for Africa
1 Standard Bank
Runners up: Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Standard Bank
Most Impressive House for Latin America
1 JP Morgan
Runners up: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive House for Sukuk
1 HSBC
Runners up: BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered Bank
Most Impressive Global Emerging
Markets Banker — Origination
1 Alexis Taffin de Tilques, BNP Paribas
Runners up: Stefan Weiler, JP Morgan; Odilbek Isakov, HSBC
Most Impressive Global
Emerging Markets Banker — Syndicate
1 Nick Darrant, BNP Paribas
Runners up: Peter Charles, Citi; Neil Shuttleworth, Deutsche Bank
Rising Star
Emerging Markets Banker — Syndicate
1 John Wright, Barclays
Runners up: Aubelia Louedin, UBS; Alex Karolev, HSBC
Rising Star
Emerging Markets Banker — Origination
1 Rajiv Shah, BNP Paribas
Runners up: Blazej Dankowski, Citi; Sergei Sudakov, BNP Paribas
Overall Most Impressive
Global Emerging Markets House
1 Citigroup
Runners up: HSBC, JP Morgan
Rising Star
Emerging Markets House
1 National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Runners up: Sociéte Générale, Itaú
RATINGS AGENCY AWARD
Best Ratings Agency for
Emerging Markets Credits
1 Moody’s Investors Service
Runners up: Standard & Poor’s, Fitch Ratings