Asia Awards
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GlobalCapital is pleased to invite pitches for our annual Asia capital markets and investment banking awards
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A remarkable 2021 brought out the best of deals in Asia, and highlighted banks’ growing ability to adapt to unprecedented circumstances
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DBS Bank is a force to be reckoned with among Asian financial institutions, given its strength across all parts of investment banking, be it equity capital markets, debt capital markets, loan syndication or M&A advisory.
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The motto at Citi’s Asian investment bank is that it is the bank for all seasons.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Investment Grade Syndicated Loan of 2021 is Indonesia Asahan Aluminimum's $1.5bn loan, split between a $750m five year term loan and $750m three year revolving credit facility.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best High Yield Syndicated Loan and Best Loan of 2021 is Grab Holdings' $2bn term loan B.
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GlobalCapital Asia's 2021 winner of the Best Leveraged/Acquisition Finance award is Blackstone's $817.9m five year loan for the leveraged buyout of Mphasis.
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For 2021, GlobalCapital Asia's winner of the Best Bond and Best SSA Bond awards is the Republic of Indonesia's $1.25bn and €500m SDG bonds with a concurrent tender offer of $1.25bn.
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GlobalCapital Asia's 2021 winner of the Best High Yield Corporate Bond award is Pakuwon Jati's $300m 4.875% seven non-call four year bond.
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The GlobalCapital Asia award for Best Investment Grade Corporate Bond for 2021 goes to Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur’s $1.75bn bond, split between a $1.15bn 3.398% 10 year and $600m 4.745% 30 year bond.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Structured Finance Deal of 2021 is Bayfront Infrastructure Management's landmark $401.2m multi-tranche infrastructure ABS.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Financial Bond of 2021 is insurance firm AIA’s €750m 12 non-call seven year 0.88% tier two bond.
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GlobalCapital Asia's choice for 2021's Best ESG bond is JSW Hydro Energy’s $707m 10 non-call five year 144A/Reg S green bond.
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In the first award of its kind for GlobalCapital Asia, BNP Paribas is named the Most Transformed Loan House for 2021.
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In yet another challenging year for Asian loans, one bank stood out for its ability and willingness to step up for its clients, for making bold calls when others shied away and for remaining a leader in the market.
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In 2021, when the world stepped into the second year of pandemic and credit markets started witnessing more volatility and stress, one bank stood out from the pack — HSBC.
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Last year was one of the toughest periods for Asia’s high yield debt market.
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At a time when almost every bank is brandishing its ESG credentials in some way, HSBC has doubled down on its ESG work, making it GlobalCapital Asia’s pick for Best House for ESG/SRI Financing in 2021.
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Wild swings in the equity market, unpredictable moves by Chinese regulators and multiple resurgences of Covid-19 across Asia made 2021 a remarkable year. Banks had to move quickly, adapt and retool their ECM franchises to remain relevant.
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The GlobalCapital Asia Best IPO for 2021 is South Korean firm KakaoBank Corp's W2.55tr ($2.1bn) IPO.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Follow-on/Accelerated Offering and Best ECM Deal for 2021 is Prosus' HK$114.17bn ($15bn) sell-down of shares in Tencent Holdings.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Equity-Linked Deal and Best ECM Deal of 2021 is Posco's €1.1bn ($1.25bn) zero coupon convertible bond.
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Bank of China continued to lead its peers in the Panda bond market during our awards period, making it GlobalCapital China’s winner of the Best Panda Bond House award for 2021.
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An active foreign underwriter in China’s onshore ABS market, BNP Paribas notably expanded its presence during our awards period, a feat that makes it the Best Bank for ABS in 2021.
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As a leading Chinese financial institution and one of the savviest issuers from the country, Bank of China made the most of different pockets of liquidity it had available during GlobalCapital China’s awards period, including tapping into a variety of currencies like Australian dollars, Hong Kong dollars, US dollars, euros, sterling and onshore and offshore renminbi.
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BMW’s story as a renminbi bond issuer is a perfect demonstration of how much potential China’s domestic market holds when it comes to supporting the local funding needs of foreign institutions doing business in the country.
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Manila-based Asian Development Bank was one of the first two foreign issuers to tap China’s onshore bond market. In 2005, ADB, together with International Finance Corp, opened the Panda bond market with a Rmb1bn ($157m) 10 year deal.
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In the final instalment of GlobalCapital Asia’s awards announcements, we reveal the best Asian investment bank and the best investment bank in the region for 2020, as well as the bank that stands out for its response to the Covid pandemic.
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In part three of GlobalCapital Asia's awards results announcements, we reveal the winning bond deals across different categories, as well as the best debt houses and the best bank for SRI financing.
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In the second part of GlobalCapital Asia’s awards announcements, we reveal the standout deals and banks in the equity capital market.
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GlobalCapital Asia has spent the last two months talking to banks and their clients to determine the most impressive capital markets transactions and advisers across Asia ex-Japan in 2020, a volatile and unpredictable year. We are pleased to begin our awards announcements in the loan market.
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GlobalCapital Asia is pleased to invite pitches for our annual capital markets and investment banking awards, which recognise the most impressive transactions and investment banks of 2020.
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In the fourth and final instalment of GlobalCapital Asia’s capital markets awards announcements, find out which firms have been named the Best Asian Investment Bank and the Best Investment Bank in the region for 2019.
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In the second part of our results announcements, we reveal the winning equity deals and banks, including the Best Follow-on/Accelerated Bookbuild, Best Equity-Linked Deal, Best IPO, Best ECM Deal and Best ECM House. Our congratulations to all the winners!
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GlobalCapital Asia spent the last two months talking to banks and their clients to determine the most impressive capital markets transactions and advisers across Asia ex-Japan in 2019. We are pleased to begin our awards announcements in the loan market.
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GlobalCapital Asia is pleased to invite pitches for our annual capital markets and investment banking awards, which reward the most impressive transactions and investment banks of 2019.