The Awards commend the outstanding firms and individuals across the emerging markets, corporate, financial institution and public sector bond markets.
This year, the Bond Awards also incorporate GlobalCapital’s Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards, which for several years have commended the outstanding players in SRI and green debt markets.
A full list of the results is below.
We announced the Awards during a virtual ceremony at 3pm London time on June 16.
Please watch the ceremony here:
GlobalCapital Bonds Awards 2021 from Euromoney PLC on Vimeo.
The Awards were decided by a poll in which we asked market participants to vote for whom they thought had performed best during the period July 2020 to March 2021.
Borrowers chose the best banks and bankers, and bankers picked the best borrowers. There are also Awards for investors, rating agencies, advisers, law firms and trading platforms. These institutions were also encouraged to vote. We allowed one vote per institution.
GlobalCapital would like to thank all those who voted and those who took part in our Awards ceremony by contributing acceptance videos.
We hope you enjoy the Awards ceremony. Many congratulations to our winners and runners-up.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Bernd Bode
Volkswagen Financial Services
Peter Zirwes
Daimler
Supranational, Sovereign and Agency Bonds
SSA BOND INVESTMENT BANK AWARDS
Most Impressive Bank for SSA Bonds
2 BNP Paribas
3 Citigroup
Coming Force in SSA Bonds
BMO Capital Markets
2 TD Securities
3= Danske Bank, NatWest Markets
Most Impressive Investment Bank for SSA Green/SRI Capital Markets
2 HSBC
3 BNP Paribas
Most Impressive SSA Coverage Team
Bank of America, TD Securities
(joint winners)
2 JP Morgan
3 Citigroup
Most Impressive Syndicate Team for SSA Bonds
JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Bank of America
Most Impressive SSA House in Euros
BNP Paribas
2 JP Morgan
3 Crédit Agricole
Most Impressive SSA House in Dollars
JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Bank of America
Most Impressive SSA House in Sterling
Barclays
2 RBC Capital Markets
3 NatWest Markets
Most Impressive SSA House in Non-Core Currencies
Danske Bank, RBC Capital Markets
(joint winners)
2 TD Securities
3 Nordea
Most Impressive SSA House for the Canadian Market
2 BMO Capital Markets
3 TD Securities
Most Impressive SSA House for the Japanese Market
Daiwa
2 Nomura
3 MUFG
Most Impressive MTN Dealer for SSAs
JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Crédit Agricole
Most Impressive SSA House for Post-Libor Solutions
RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities
(joint winners)
2= Citi, Bank of America, HSBC
SSA BOND INVESTMENT BANKER AWARDS
Most Impressive SSA Origination Banker
Ebba Wexler, Citigroup
2 François Planque, Bank of America
3 Hector Snuggs, HSBC
Most Impressive SSA Syndicate Banker
Asif Sherani, HSBC
2 Keith Price, JP Morgan
3 Benjamin Moulle, Crédit Agricole
Rising Star SSA Bond Banker
Alexander Malitsky, TD Securities
2 Clark Gard, JP Morgan
3 Tim Pinchen, Barclays
SSA BORROWER AWARDS
Overall Most Impressive SSA Funding Team
European Investment Bank
2 European Union
3 World Bank
Most Innovative SSA Issuer
World Bank
2 European Investment Bank
3 Germany
Most Impressive Sovereign Funding Team
Italy
2 UK
3 Spain
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Team
European Investment Bank
2 EU
3 World Bank
Best Explicitly Guaranteed Agency Funding Team
KfW
2 Unédic
3 Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
Best Implicitly Guaranteed Agency Funding Team
BNG Bank
2 Agence Française de Développement
3 Kommunalbanken Norge
Most Impressive State, Regional or Municipal Funding Team
North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Ontario
3 Quebec
Most Impressive Supranational Green/SRI Bond Issuer
European Investment Bank
2 European Union
3 World Bank
Most Impressive Government Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Germany
2 France
3 Italy
Most Impressive Agency Green/SRI Bond Issuer
KfW
2 Société du Grand Paris
3 Cades
Most Impressive Local Government Green/SRI Bond Issuer
North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Ile-de-France
3 MuniFin
Most Impressive SSA MTN Issuer
World Bank
2 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
3 International Finance Corp
Most Impressive Issuer for Post-Libor Solutions
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank
(joint winners)
2 World Bank
3 International Finance Corp
SSA FUNDING OFFICIAL AWARDS
Most Impressive Sovereign Funding Official
Davide Iacovoni, Italy
2 Martin Duffell, UK
3 Anthony Requin, France
Most Impressive Supranational Funding Official
Andrea Dore, World Bank
2 Sandeep Dhawan, European Investment Bank
3 Maria Lomotan, Asian Development Bank
Most Impressive Agency Funding Official
Otto Weyhausen-Brinkmann, KfW
2 Bart van Dooren, BNG
3 Jörg Graupner, KfW
SSA AWARDS FOR OTHER MARKET PARTICIPANTS
Most Influential Investor in SSA Bonds
Pimco
2 BlackRock
3 Amundi
Best Law Firm for SSA Bonds
Clifford Chance
2 Linklaters
3 Allen & Overy
Best SSA Bond Trading Platform
2 Bloomberg
3 JP Morgan
Best Fintech for SSA Primary Market Operations
2 Agora
3 DirectBooks
Financial Institution Bonds
FIG BOND INVESTMENT BANK AWARDS
Most Impressive Bank for Financial Institution Bonds
2 JP Morgan
3 Citigroup
Coming Force in Financial Institution Bonds
2 NatWest Markets
3 ING
Most Impressive Financial Institution Coverage Team
JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Morgan Stanley
Most Impressive Syndicate Team for Financial Institutions
Goldman Sachs
2 Citigroup
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive Bank for Financial Institution Capital
2 Goldman Sachs
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive Bank for Senior Unsecured Financial Institution Debt
JP Morgan
2 HSBC
3 Bank of America
Most Impressive Bank for Insurance Debt
HSBC
2 JP Morgan
3= Citigroup, Crédit Agricole
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Financial Institution SRI/Green Capital Markets
2 HSBC
3 ABN Amro
Most Impressive Bank for Regulatory Advice for Financial Institutions
2 Citigroup
3 UBS
Most Impressive Bank for Liability Management for Financial Institutions
Bank of America
2 UBS
3 Citigroup
Most Impressive FIG House in Euros
BNP Paribas
2 Deutsche Bank
3 HSBC
Most Impressive FIG House in Dollars
JP Morgan
2 Citigroup
3 Goldman Sachs
Most Impressive FIG House in Sterling
Barclays
2 HSBC
3 TD Securities
Most Impressive FIG House in Yen
Nomura
2 SMBC Nikko
3 Daiwa
FIG BOND INVESTMENT BANKER AWARDS
Most Impressive FIG Origination Banker
Howard Brocklehurst, Morgan Stanley
2 Alex Hayes-Griffin, Citigroup
3 David Marks, JP Morgan
Most Impressive FIG Syndicate Banker
Edward Markham, Goldman Sachs
2 Tim Christian, Citigroup
Rising Star FIG Bond Banker
Raphaël Gindre, JP Morgan
2 Guy Linch, Morgan Stanley
FIG BORROWER AWARDS
Most Impressive Financial Institution Borrower
Banco Santander
2 Standard Chartered
3 NatWest Group
Most Innovative Financial Institution Borrower
BBVA
2 Berlin Hyp
3 Nationwide Building Society
Most Impressive Financial Institution Issuer of Capital
Intesa Sanpaolo
2 Rabobank
3= Allianz, Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Financial Institution Issuer of Senior Unsecured Debt
Banco Santander
2 BPCE
3 Deutsche Bank
Most Impressive Debut or Return after Long Absence Financial Institution Issuer
Illimity Bank
2= Leeds Building Society, LSE Group, Volksbank Wien
Most Impressive Financial Institution Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Berlin Hyp
2 NatWest Group
3 Rabobank
Most Impressive Financial Institution MTN Issuer
Crédit Agricole
2= BPCE, Santander
FIG FUNDING OFFICIAL AWARDS
Most Impressive Financial Institution Funding Official
Alessandro Lolli, Intesa Sanpaolo
2 Antonio Torio, Santander
3 Silvana Borgatti, Santander
Rising Star Financial Institution Funding Official
Sietske De Bruine, ING
2 Krishan Hirani, Nationwide Building Society
FIG AWARDS FOR OTHER MARKET PARTICIPANTS
Most Influential Investor in Financial Institution Bonds
Pimco
2 BlackRock
3 APG
Best Rating Agency for Financial Institution Bonds
2 S&P Global
3 Fitch Ratings
Best Law Firm for Financial Institution Bonds
Allen & Overy
2 Linklaters
3 Clifford Chance
Corporate Bonds
CORPORATE BOND INVESTMENT BANK AWARDS
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Bonds
Bank of America
2 BNP Paribas
3 JP Morgan
Coming Force in Corporate Bonds
Mizuho
2= SMBC Nikko, Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Corporate Bond House in Euros
2 Société Générale
3= Deutsche Bank, UniCredit
Most Impressive Corporate Bond House in Dollars
Bank of America
2 JP Morgan
3 Citigroup
Most Impressive Corporate Bond House in Sterling
Barclays
2 HSBC
3 NatWest Markets
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Green/SRI Capital Markets
BNP Paribas
2 JP Morgan
3 Crédit Agricole
Most Impressive Investment Bank for Sustainability-Linked Finance
2= Goldman Sachs, ING, Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Swaps and Other Derivatives
Barclays
2 Citigroup
3= BNP Paribas, Société Générale
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Hybrid Capital
2 Bank of America
3 Standard Chartered
Most Impressive Bank for Corporate Liability Management
Deutsche Bank
2 Bank of America
3 Barclays
Most Impressive Corporate Coverage Team
BNP Paribas
2 JP Morgan
3= Deutsche Bank, HSBC
Most Impressive Syndicate Team for Corporate Bonds
JP Morgan
2 Bank of America
3= BNP Paribas, Citigroup
CORPORATE BOND INVESTMENT BANKER AWARD
Most Impressive Corporate Bond Origination Banker
Mark Kitchen, Bank of America
CORPORATE BORROWER AWARDS
Most Impressive Corporate Borrower
BP
2 Iberdrola
3 Bayer
Most Impressive Non-European Corporate Borrower in European Currencies
Verizon Communications
2 Medtronic
3 Coca-Cola
Most Innovative Corporate Borrower
Verbund
2 Chanel
3 Enel
Most Impressive Corporate Funding Comeback after Covid-19 Pandemic
Heathrow, Ryanair (joint winners)
2 Easyjet
3 Lufthansa
Most Impressive Corporate Hybrid Capital Issuer
Iberdrola
2 Eni
3 Total
Most Impressive Debut Corporate Bond Issuer
Traton
2 Vantage Towers
3 Inwit
Most Impressive Corporate Green/SRI Bond Issuer
Iberdrola
2 Ørsted
3 Daimler
Most Impressive Sustainability-Linked Bond Issuer
Novartis
2 Enel
3 Ahold Delhaize
Most Impressive Corporate MTN Issuer
Volkswagen
2 National Grid
3 Toyota
Most Impressive Corporate Funding Team
BP
2 Total
3 BMW
CORPORATE FUNDING OFFICIAL AWARD
Most Impressive Corporate Funding Official
Gary Admans, BP
2 Alessandro Canta, Enel
3= Jason Bristow, Medtronic; Patrick Halpin, BP; Jamie Stead, Vodafone
CORPORATE BOND AWARDS FOR OTHER MARKET PARTICIPANTS
Best Debt Advisory Firm for Corporate Bonds
2 Ernst & Young
3 Société Générale
Most Influential Investor in Corporate Bonds
BlackRock
2 APG
3 Pimco
Best Rating Agency for Corporate Bonds
2 S&P Global
3 Fitch Ratings
Best Law Firm for Corporate Bonds
Linklaters
2 Allen & Overy
3 Clifford Chance
Emerging Market Bonds
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
2 JP Morgan
3 Citigroup
4 HSBC
Most Impressive Bank for African Bonds
2 JP Morgan
3 BNP Paribas
Most Impressive Bank for Latin American Bonds
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
2 Fitch Ratings
3 S&P Global
Best Law Firm for Emerging Market Bonds
Allen & Overy
2 Clifford Chance
3 Linklaters
General SRI Awards
INVESTMENT BANKS AND BANKERS
Overall Most Impressive Investment Bank for Green/SRI Capital Markets
2 Crédit Agricole CIB
3 JP Morgan
Most Impressive Green/SRI Investment Banker
Tanguy Claquin, Crédit Agricole CIB
2 Paul O’Connor, JP Morgan
3= Farnam Bidgoli, HSBC; Marilyn Ceci, JP Morgan
INVESTORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
Most Impressive Green/SRI Investment Firm
BlackRock, Amundi
(joint winners)
2 Pimco
3 Axa
Most Impressive Second Opinion Provider or Rating Agency
Sustainalytics
2 ISS ESG
3 Vigeo Eiris
GENERAL AWARDS
Most Influential Champion of the Market
2= BNP Paribas, JP Morgan
3 HSBC
Most Valuable Innovation for the Green Finance Market
Climate Transition Finance Handbook
2 Sustainability-linked bonds
3 EU Taxonomy
Most Valuable Innovation for the Social and Sustainability Finance Market
Sustainability-linked bonds
