EM Bond Awards 2021 – the winners

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EM Bond Awards 2021 – the winners

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GlobalCapital is pleased to uncover the winners of this year’s Emerging Market Bond Awards, which celebrate the top issuers, arrangers, investors and service providers in the capital markets.

This year’s Awards reflect performance in the nine months between July 2020 and March 2021, which have been an exceptionally active period for those in the market.

Sovereigns and companies alike stormed into markets, with record-breaking levels of debt being raised across emerging markets, as issuers sought to defend themselves against the impacts of the pandemic.

Some went above and beyond, entering relatively untapped markets for the first time, with interest in ESG-linked financing growing despite the troubling times.

Banks were on hand to support their clients, with some bankers in particular impressing market participants.

The winners of the GlobalCapital Bond Awards are determined by a poll.

The issuers, bankers and institutions that have most impressed market participants have been selected in their respective categories.

As the impacts of the pandemic continue to preclude us from meeting in person, this year we announced our results in a virtual ceremony, which is available to view here: 

https://www.globalcapital.com/article/b1s9bgryprxwqt/welcome-to-the-globalcapital-bond-awards-2021

Thank you very much for voting in our poll, and congratulations to the winners listed below:

 

Emerging Market Bond Awards

EM BOND INVESTMENT BANK AWARDS

Most Impressive Bank for CEE Bonds

BNP Paribas

2 JP Morgan

3 Citigroup

 

Most Impressive Bank for Russian, CIS and former CIS Bonds

JP Morgan

2 VTB Capital

3 Citigroup

 

Most Impressive Bank for Middle Eastern Bonds

Standard Chartered

2 JP Morgan

3 Citigroup

4 HSBC

 

Most Impressive Bank for African Bonds

Standard Chartered

2 JP Morgan

3 BNP Paribas

 

Most Impressive Bank for Latin American Bonds

JP Morgan

2 Bank of America

3 Citigroup

 

Most Impressive Local Bank for Middle Eastern Bonds

First Abu Dhabi Bank

2 Emirates NBD

3 Qatar National Bank

 

Most Impressive Local Bank for African Bonds

Rand Merchant Bank

2 Standard Bank

3 Absa

 

Most Impressive Investment Bank for CEEMEA Green/SRI Capital Markets

BNP Paribas

2 JP Morgan

3 UniCredit

 

 

EM BOND INVESTMENT BANKER AWARDS

Most Impressive Emerging Market Origination Banker

Kirill Kondrashin, JP Morgan

2 Baiju Ganatra, BNP Paribas

3 Samad Sirohey, Citigroup

 

Most Impressive Emerging Market Syndicate Banker

Alex Karolev, JP Morgan

2 Nick Darrant, Citigroup

3 Matt Doherty, BNP Paribas

 

Rising Star Emerging Market Bond Banker

Boris Vladislavlev, JP Morgan

2 Ali Siddiqui, BNP Paribas

3 Borys Matiash, BNP Paribas

 

 

EM BORROWER AWARDS

Most Impressive Emerging Market Issuer

Saudi Arabia

2 Morocco

3 Turkey

 

Most Impressive CEE Issuer

Romania

2 Slovenia

3 Hungary

 

Most Impressive Russian, CIS and former CIS Issuer

Gazprom

2 Ukraine

 

Most Impressive Middle East Sovereign Issuer

Saudi Arabia

2 Abu Dhabi

3 Qatar

 

Most Impressive Middle East Bank Issuer

First Abu Dhabi Bank

2 Qatar National Bank

3 Emirates NBD

 

Most Impressive Middle East Corporate Issuer

Mubadala

2 Saudi Aramco

3= Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, DP World

 

Most Impressive Sukuk Issuer outside Asia

Islamic Development Bank

2= Dubai, Sharjah

3 Saudi Arabia

 

Most Impressive African Issuer

Morocco

2 Egypt

3 Benin

 

Most Impressive CEEMEA Green/SRI Bond Issuer

Egypt

2= Etihad Airways, Qatar National Bank

 

Most Impressive Latin American Sovereign Issuer

Mexico

2 Chile

3 Peru

 

Most Impressive Latin American Bank Issuer

Itaú Unibanco

2 BBVA Bancomer

 

Most Impressive Latin American Green/SRI Debt Issuer

Chile

2 Suzano

 

Most Impressive Emerging Market Debut Issuer

Galaxy Pipeline Assets

2 Mercado Libre

3 Istanbul

 

 

EM FUNDING OFFICIAL AWARDS

Most Impressive CEE Funding Official

Mustafa Turan, Turkey

2 Yuriy Butsa, Ukraine

3= Diana Popescu, Romania; Marjan Divjak, Slovenia

 

Most Impressive Middle East Funding Official

Rula AlQadi, First Abu Dhabi Bank

2 Ioannis Karadimitris, Abu Dhabi

3 Fahad Al-Saif, Saudi Arabia

 

Most Impressive African Funding Official

Abdelhakim Jouahri, Morocco

2 Romuald Wadagni, Benin

 

 

OTHER EM AWARDS

Best Rating Agency for Emerging Market Bonds

Moody’s

2 Fitch Ratings

3 S&P Global

 

Best Law Firm for Emerging Market Bonds

Allen & Overy

2 Clifford Chance

3 Linklaters

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