Awards

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.

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 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.

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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Berlin headquartered Enpal scooped up six awards at GlobalCapital’s European Securitization Awards on March 27, for its deal in October last year, Golden Ray 1. The deal was Europe’s first ever solar ABS. GlobalCapital’s senior securitization reporter George Smith caught up with Enpal’s head of refinancing Gregor Burkart to discuss the company’s journey so far and where it is going next.

Crédit Agricole CIB had another remarkable year in the loan market. The firm played a key role in the multi-award winning FiberCop transaction and secured the award for Best Arranger of Infrastructure and Renewables Loans. To discuss the bank’s success, GlobalCapital spoke to Charlotte de Parseval, deputy head of TMT finance EMEA and head of TMT finance London, and Toby Walker, head of project finance & rail distribution EMEA, incorporating syndicate and specialist PF sales reports for the distribution of infrastructure (including digital), renewables.

The loan market is evolving rapidly, fueled by the emergence of transformative tools and a new generation of market players. In such an environment, cutting-edge technology has never been more crucial. For its work building a peerless platform that combines efficiency, transparency and accessibility, Debtdomain is this year’s loan market Technology Provider of the Year. GlobalCapital spoke to John Conway, head of Debtdomain EMEA, about solving client problems, the role of AI and the firm’s expansion into new markets.

BNP Paribas’ success in the loan market was on full display this year. In addition to having its fingerprints on a host of award-winning regional deals, the bank secured the coveted Loan House of the Year award and was chosen as the top arranger of loans in France and Western Europe as a whole. In a true testament to its breadth of expertise, the firm was also recognised for its excellence in the mid-cap market and ESG lending. GlobalCapital spoke to Stanford Hartman, BNP Paribas’ EMEA head of high yield & loan syndicate, about the bank’s banner year, its approach to different markets and strategy for the years ahead.

Nigeria’s leading development finance institution, Bank of Industry (BOI), completed a landmark transaction in August 2024. The firm’s €1.425bn globally syndicated transaction was its largest yet, drawing strong interest from investors across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. GlobalCapital spoke to managing director and CEO Olasupo Olusi about the bank’s growing status in the capital markets, how its use of proceeds supports the Nigerian economy and BOI’s plans for the future.