GlobalCapital ECM Award winners revealed
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GlobalCapital ECM Award winners revealed

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GlobalCapital announced the winners of its 2018 Equity Capital Markets Awards at our annual Awards dinner in London on Tuesday night. Adyen, Knorr-Bremse, Netcompany and Neoen were among the deals that won prizes as company founders, CFOs and senior managers mingled with leading investment bankers.

Iceland's Arion Banki won Best Privatisation, Swiss Re the Award for Structured Equity Deal of the Year for its equity-neutral convertible contingent capital bonds. Sabanci Holding's Enerjisa Enerji was commended for its standout IPO in a difficult year for Turkey.

JP Morgan, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley all won Awards for performance in what was one of the toughest periods for ECM for several years.

Full results are below. Further commentary and photographs from the Awards dinner will follow.

GlobalCapital congratulates all the winners and nominees. 


Banks of the Year


Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year

JP Morgan

2 Citigroup

3 Morgan Stanley

4 Goldman Sachs

IPO Bank of the Year

Citigroup

2 Morgan Stanley

3 JP Morgan

Block Trade Bank of the Year

Morgan Stanley

2 Goldman Sachs

3 Credit Suisse

Equity-Linked Debt Bank of the Year

Deutsche Bank

2 Citigroup

3= Société Générale

3= UBS

ECM Bank of the Year for Financial Institutions

Citigroup

2 Barclays

3 JP Morgan

ECM Bank of the Year for Financial Sponsors

Morgan Stanley

2 JP Morgan

3 Goldman Sachs

Best Bank for Privatisations

Credit Suisse

2 Citigroup

3 Morgan Stanley

Best Bank for Small Cap Equity Capital Markets

Berenberg

2 Numis Securities

3 Jefferies

Best Corporate Broker

Barclays

2 JP Morgan

3 Numis Securities

Banks of the Year by Region


Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year for Emerging Markets

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2 Citigroup

3 JP Morgan

Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

UBS

1 JP Morgan

2 Berenberg

Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in the UK and Ireland

Goldman Sachs

2 Barclays

3 Numis Securities

Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in France and the Benelux

Société Générale

2 Goldman Sachs

3 BNP Paribas

Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in the Nordic Region

Citigroup

2 Carnegie

3 SEB

Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in Italy

Mediobanca

2 Credit Suisse

3 UniCredit

Equity Capital Markets Bank of the Year in Iberia

Goldman Sachs

2 Morgan Stanley

3 Citigroup

Best Non-Bank Market Participants


Best Equity Capital Markets Adviser

Lazard

2 Rothschild

3 Evercore

Best Law Firm for Equity Capital Markets

Linklaters

2 White & Case

3 Allen & Overy

Best Private Equity Firm at using the Equity Capital Markets

Bain Capital

2 CVC

3 EQT

Most Influential Long-Only Equity Investor

BlackRock

2 Fidelity

3 Janus Henderson


Most Influential Hedge Fund Equity Investor

Millennium Management

2 Marshall Wace

3 Pelham Capital

Most Influential Equity-Linked Debt Investor

Och-Ziff

2 Highbridge Capital Management

3 Lombard Odier

Deals of the Year


Equity Capital Markets Deal of the Year

Adyen

€947m IPO

12 June 2018

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

ABN Amro, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup (bookrunners)

2 Knorr-Bremse

€3.85bn IPO

10 October 2018

Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

Berenberg, Commerzbank, UBS, UniCredit (bookrunners)

3 Siemens Healthineers

€4.2bn IPO

15 March 2018

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, UBS (bookrunners)

IPO of the Year


Adyen

€947m IPO

12 June 2018

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

ABN Amro, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup (bookrunners)

2 Knorr-Bremse

€3.85bn IPO

10 October 2018

Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

Berenberg, Commerzbank, UBS, UniCredit (bookrunners)

3 Siemens Healthineers

€4.2bn IPO

15 March 2018

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, UBS (bookrunners)

Block Trade of the Year


UbiSoft Entertainment

€883m block trade as part of €2bn sale of stake by Vivendi with share buyback, investment by Tencent, cornerstone investment and collar financing for Guillemot brothers

21 March 2018

JP Morgan (global coordinator)

Crédit Agricole (bookrunner)

2 Covestro

€1.8bn block trade

11 January 2018

Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs (bookrunners)

3 Adyen

€1.65bn block trade

13 September 2018

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (bookrunners)

Equity-Linked Bond Deal of the Year


Sika

Sfr1.65bn convertible bond to finance share buyback ending Saint-Gobain takeover battle

15 May 2018

UBS (global coordinator)

2 Cellnex Telecom

€600m convertible bond

8 January 2018

BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

Citigroup, Société Générale (bookrunners)

3 Adidas

€520m convertible bond

5 September 2018

Citigroup (global coordinator)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, UniCredit (bookrunners)

Best Equity Capital Raising by a Listed Company


Cineworld

£1.75bn rights issue

20 February 2018

Barclays, HSBC (global coordinators)

Investec (bookrunner)

2 Phoenix Group

£962m rights issue

10 July 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

BNP Paribas (bookrunner)

3 Aryzta

Sfr900m rights issue

15 November 2018

UBS, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC (global coordinators)

Mizuho, Rabobank, Crédit Agricole (bookrunners)

Privatisation of the Year


Arion Banki

Ikr39bn IPO

15 June 2018

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Carnegie, Arion Banki (global coordinators)

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs (bookrunners)

2 Kazatomprom

$449m IPO

13 November 2018

Credit Suisse, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

China International Capital Corp, Mizuho (bookrunners)

3 Port of Tallinn

€147m IPO

7 June 2018

Carnegie, Citigroup (global coordinators)

Erste Group, Swedbank (bookrunners)

LHV Pank (lead manager)

Financial Institution ECM Deal of the Year


DWS Group

€1.3bn IPO

22 March 2018

Deutsche Bank (global coordinator)

Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, ING, Morgan Stanley, UBS, UniCredit (bookrunners)

2 Nova Ljubljanska Banka

€670m IPO

9 November 2018

Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

Citigroup (bookrunner)

3 Royal Bank of Scotland

£2.5bn block trade

5 June 2018

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (bookrunners)

Technology or Biotech IPO of the Year

Avast

£602m IPO

10 May 2018

Morgan Stanley, UBS (global coordinators)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Jefferies (bookrunners)

2 Adyen

€947m IPO

12 June 2018

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

ABN Amro, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup (bookrunners)

3 Siemens Healthineers

€4.2bn IPO

15 March 2018

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, UBS (bookrunners)

IPO of the Year under $300m


Team17 Group

£108m IPO

18 May 2018

Berenberg (global coordinator)

2 AJ Bell

£173m IPO

7 December 2018

Numis Securities (bookrunner)

3 Quilter

£243m IPO

25 June 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

BNP Paribas (bookrunner)

Avior Capital Markets (lead manager)

Fixed Price IPO of the Year


SPAXS

€600m IPO

29 January 2018

Banca Imi, Credit Suisse (global coordinators)

Equita (bookrunner)

2 Gabelli Value for Italy

€110m IPO

20 April 2018

UBI Banca, UniCredit (global coordinators)

3 Yellow Cake

£152m IPO

26 June 2018

Numis Securities, Berenberg (bookrunners)

Most Innovative ECM Deal


Phoenix Group

£962m rights issue

10 July 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

BNP Paribas (bookrunner)

Structured Equity Deal of the Year


Swiss Re (ELM BV)

$500m equity-neutral, contingent capital convertible bond

6 June 2018

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, UBS (bookrunners)

Deals of the Year by Region


ECM Deal of the Year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland


Knorr-Bremse

€3.85bn IPO

10 October 2018

Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

Berenberg, Commerzbank, UBS, UniCredit (bookrunners)

2 Siemens Healthineers

€4.2bn IPO

15 March 2018

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, UBS (bookrunners)

3 DWS Group

€1.3bn IPO

22 March 2018

Deutsche Bank (global coordinator)

Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, ING, Morgan Stanley, UBS, UniCredit (bookrunners)

ECM Deal of the Year in the UK and Ireland


Cineworld

£1.75bn rights issue

20 February 2018

Barclays, HSBC (global coordinators)

Investec (bookrunner)

2 AJ Bell

£173m IPO

7 December 2018

Numis Securities (bookrunner)

3 DS Smith

£1bn rights issue

25 July 2018

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan (bookrunners)

ECM Deal of the Year in France


Neoen

€697m IPO

16 October 2018

JP Morgan, Natixis (global coordinators)

Barclays, Société Générale (bookrunners)

2 UbiSoft Entertainment

€883m block trade as part of €2bn sale of stake by Vivendi with share buyback, investment by Tencent, cornerstone investment and collar financing for Guillemot brothers

21 March 2018

JP Morgan (global coordinator)

Crédit Agricole (bookrunner)

3 Altran Technologies

€750m rights issue

13 April 2018

Crédit Agricole, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

ECM Deal of the Year in the Benelux


Adyen

€947m IPO

12 June 2018

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

ABN Amro, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup (bookrunners)

2 Shurgard Self Storage

€575m IPO

12 October 2018

JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, Société Générale (global coordinators)

HSBC, Kempen (bookrunners)

3 Philips Lighting

€521m block trade

27 February 2018

ABN Amro, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale (bookrunners)

ECM Deal of the Year in the Nordic Region


Netcompany Group

Dkr3.57bn IPO

7 June 2018

Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

SEB (bookrunner)

2 Arion Banki

Ikr39bn IPO

15 June 2018

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Carnegie, Arion Banki (global coordinators)

Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs (bookrunners)

3 Telia

Skr5.2bn block trade

8 February 2018

Citigroup (bookrunner)

ECM Deal of the Year in Italy


Carel Industries

€290m IPO

7 June 2018

Goldman Sachs, Mediobanca (global coordinators)

2 Piovan

€171m IPO

17 October 2018

Goldman Sachs, UniCredit (global coordinators)

3 Anima Holding

€300m rights Issue

17 April 2018

Banca Akros, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mediobanca, MPS Capital Services (global coordinators)

ECM Deal of the Year in Iberia


Cellnex Telecom

€600m convertible bond

8 January 2018

BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley (global coordinators)

Citigroup, Société Générale (bookrunners)

2 Aena SME

€697m block trade

16 May 2018

Citigroup, UBS (bookrunners)

3 Solarpack Corp Tecnologica

€100m IPO

3 December 2018

CaixaBank, Société Générale (global coordinators)

JB Capital Markets (bookrunner)

ECM Deal of the Year in Turkey, the Middle East and Africa


Enerjisa Enerji

TL1.33bn IPO

5 February 2018

Citigroup, HSBC (global coordinators)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, AK Yatirim (bookrunners)

2 Bank Leumi

NIS1.89bn bought deal

5 September 2018

Citigroup (bookrunner)

3 Israel Chemicals

NIS2.4bn block trade

16 January 2018

UBS (bookrunner)

ECM Deal of the Year in CEE, Russia and the CIS


Kazatomprom

$449m IPO

13 November 2018

Credit Suisse, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

China International Capital Corp, Mizuho (bookrunners)

2 Nova Ljubljanska Banka

€670m IPO

9 November 2018

Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan (global coordinators)

Citigroup (bookrunner)

3 LUKoil

$178m block trade

23 January 2018

Goldman Sachs (bookrunner)

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