Awards

Last chance to vote for the best winning deals, individuals and organisations in the covered bond market

A commitment to coverage, network and data, and an aversion to complacency has seen MarketAxess claim the award for Best Secondary Market Trading Platform for Emerging Markets Bonds for the third successive time at this year’s GlobalCapital Bond Awards. We spoke to Dan Burke, the firm’s Global Head of Emerging Markets, about market dynamics, product innovation and the future of secondary bond trading in emerging markets (EM).

Once on the margins of global finance, the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire is now seen as a model for effective debt management. The nation’s methodical, prudent and innovative approach — combined with a strong commitment to long-term debt sustainability — earned it a rare double recognition in GlobalCapital’s latest bond awards. In addition to taking home the Most Impressive Issuer in Africa award, Lanciné Diaby, Director General of Côte d’Ivoire’s Direction Générale des Financements (DGF), was recognised as the continent’s Most Impressive Funding Official.

From pioneering art loan backed securitizations to fund finance and capital call ABS, Mayer Brown continues to redefine the boundaries of structured finance. After topping league tables for deal volume and activity in 2024, the firm decisively defended its title as ABS Law Firm of the Year — and added ESG Law Firm of the Year to its accolades. GlobalCapital spoke with Julie Gillespie and Ger O’Donnell, co-heads of the firm’s Structured Finance Practice, and Anna Pinedo, co-head of the global Capital Markets Group, about the highlights from another stellar year.

The winning deals and organisations will be revealed at our gala dinner in Seville on September 18

Guggenheim Securities has been revolutionising esoteric ABS for over a decade, pioneering cutting-edge structures and creating asset classes from scratch. In 2024, the firm once again led the market in issuance and innovation, bringing a host of stellar deals and developing new formats for loyal clients. GlobalCapital spoke to Cory Wishengrad, Guggenheim’s Head of Fixed Income, and Rick Onkey, Head of Structured Products Syndicate, about how the firm manages to stay at the forefront of esoteric ABS.

The speed with which Morgan Stanley has grown its securitization business has been nothing short of phenomenal. Scaling league tables across a range of asset classes, the firm has created a leading franchise seamlessly integrated into its wider investment banking operations. In 2024, it brought award-winning deals in esoteric ABS, RMBS and CLOs — and took home the coveted title of Overall Securitization Bank of the Year.

For the third year running, the name on the RMBS Bank of the Year award remains unchanged. Nomura’s dominance in the RMBS space was clearer than ever in 2024. Excellence across all facets of the business helped deliver the firm’s busiest year in decades. To find out how Nomura has made the RMBS award its own, GlobalCapital spoke to Sanil Patel, Global Head of Mortgage Structured Lending and Global Co-Head of Real Estate Finance, Patrick Quinn, Global Head of CLO Finance and Head of Securitized Products Syndicate, and Brian Hargrave, Global Head of Securitized Products Trading.

In 2018, Nomura set out to build a best-in-class CLO business. Fast forward to 2024, and the bank’s success is unequivocal. The firm’s fingerprints were on virtually every successful deal from each of the top 10 CLO managers. To find out what lies at the heart of Nomura’s CLO success GlobalCapital spoke to Patrick Quinn, Global Head of CLO Finance, Florian Bita, Head of CLO Origination & Syndication, Anton Lokhov, Head of Secondary CLO Trading and Anshu Chouhan, Head of CLO Structuring.

The awards recognise the market's leading deals, issuers, banks and other participants

The winning organisations will be announced at events in both London and New York in September

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