Awards

The GlobalCapital editorial team has picked what it believes to be the standout bond issues of 2015 across the corporate, high yield, public sector, financial institution and emerging market bond markets. Below are the High Yield Deals of the Year 2015.

In 2015 GlobalCapital asked loan market participants for their votes for the Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards 2016.

It has not been an easy year for investors. Extreme bouts of volatility have damaged sentiment. Expectations of a US rate hike have buckled nerves. It is in times like this that banks really prove their value – and the most valuable of all this year has been UBS, according to voters in Asiamoney's Brokers Poll. Matthew Thomas reports.

Asian analysts face one of the most exciting markets in the world. But they also face one of the most complex, dealing with a region that is vulnerable to macro factors while having country-specific risk factors in almost every sector. The following winners of Asiamoney's 2015 Brokers Poll proved adept at the juggling act this year.

Plenty of change in the winners of this year's Asiamoney Corporate Governance Poll. Hong Kong emerges as the best country while across the region new companies are setting the standard in their home market by going above and beyond the regulatory requirements, writes Anthony Chan.

ANZ consolidates its leading position in fixed income while CIMB proves it is a force to be reckoned with in commodities, writes Anthony Chan.

In the fourth and final part of our annual awards we reveal our choice for Best Investment Bank.

For the third part of our annual awards, we cover Best Local Currency Bond, Best Securitization, Best High Yield Bond, Best Investment Grade Corporate Bond, Best Financial Bond, Best Sovereign Bond, Best Local Currency Bond House and Best G3 Bond House.

In the second part of our 2015 awards, we present the winners for Best Equity-Linked Deal, Best IPO, Best Follow-on/ABB and Best Equity House.

In the first instalment of our 2015 awards, we present the winners for Best Project Financing, Best Leveraged Financing, Best Investment Grade Loan and Best Loans House.

What are the biggest risks facing sovereign credit in 2016? US rate hikes? A crisis in China? Another commodity shock? Have your say in GlobalCapital's sister publication, Euromoney's poll of sovereign risk factors for the year ahead.