The decisions were not always easy, but we hope you agree that we have managed to pick a series of winners that truly highlight the breadth of potential in Australia's capital market. It was a good year for the overall market. It was a great year for the winners below.
Best M&A Deal
Transurban, AustralianSuper and Tawreed Investments’ A$7.057bn acquisition of 100% of Queensland Motorways from Queensland Investment Corp
Advisers to QIC: Macquarie Capital and UBS
Advisers to Transurban, AustralianSuper and Tawreed Investments: Aquasia, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Lazard
Best Securitization
Resimac Premier Series 2014-1 A$750m dual-currency prime RMBS
Bookrunners: JP Morgan, NAB
Best International Bond
Scentre Group's €2.1bn multi-tranche bond
Bookrunners: Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC
Best Local Currency Bond
Australian Commonwealth Government's A$7bn 2037
Bookrunners: ANZ, Citi, Westpac, UBS
Best Equity-Linked Deal
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's A$292m CPS2 tier one
Bookrunners: Australia and New Zealand Bank, Evans and Partners, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Best Project Finance Deal
Roy Hill Iron Ore Project US$7.2bn project finance
Mandated Lead Arrangers: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank of China, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BNP Paribas, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, HSBC, ING Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Korea Finance Corp, Mizuho Bank, National Australia Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, Westpac Banking Corp
Best Leveraged Finance Deal
Aristocrat Leisure's US$1.3bn US Term Loan B
Bookrunners: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Nomura, UBS
Best Syndicated Loan
Aristocrat Leisure's US$1.3bn US Term Loan B
Bookrunners: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Nomura, UBS
Best IPO
Medibank Private Ltd's A$5.679bn IPO
Bookrunners: Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie
Best Follow-On/ABB
Transurban's A$2.34bn accelerated renounceable entitlement offer
Bookrunners: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Best Local Currency Bond House
Australia and New Zealand Bank
Best International Bond House
Citi
Best M&A Adviser
Goldman Sachs
Best Equity House
Macquarie Capital
Best Loans House
ANZ
Best Investment Bank