Awards

Asiamoney is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Australia Awards. After suggestions by bankers from global and domestic institutions, we weighed the most impressive deals and banks in the market last year. The decisions were not always easy, but we hope to have picked a series of winners that truly highlight the breadth of potential in Australia's capital market. It was a good year for the overall market; it was a great year for the winners below.

Although the region witnessed the world's largest ever IPO in 2014, it was bond issues that dominated the roster of notable capital markets transactions in Asia ex-Japan. After considering a bumper selection of awards pitches from firms across the region, Asiamoney has picked its standout transactions across ECM, DCM and syndicated loans. Our thanks to all those firms that took the time to pitch.

On February 11, GlobalCapital held its annual Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance industry dinner and announced the winners of the Loan Awards 2014.

Asiamoney is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Australia Awards. After suggestions by bankers from global and domestic institutions, we weighed the most impressive deals and banks in the market last year. The results are listed below, and full write-ups of the winners will be published online and in print in late February.

Although the region witnessed the world's largest ever IPO in 2014, it was bond issues that dominated the roster of notable capital markets transactions in Asia ex-Japan. After considering a bumper selection of awards pitches from firms across the region, Asiamoney has picked its standout transactions across ECM, DCM and syndicated loans. Our thanks to all those firms that took the time to pitch. Full write-ups of each award will be published in the next Asiamoney supplement in late February.

Investors in Chinese stocks took a big hit in 2013, hurt by a volatile market that ended the year down around 7%. But things have recovered this year, and after some profitable tips from analysts at UBS, those investors decided the Swiss bank was the rightful winner of this year's Asiamoney Brokers Poll. Matthew Thomas reports.

Asia's equity market is crowded with analysts trying to impress clients with their unique views and brave calls. But few have the insight to maintain their appeal for long. The following winners of Asiamoney's 2014 Brokers Poll have proved that they have what it takes to impress their clients all year round.

There has been a mixture of stability and surprises in Asiamoney’s largest ever Fixed Income Poll, as an enterprising Australian bank makes its mark in the region. Anthony Chan reports.

Taiwan's best names shone brightly in this year's Asiamoney Corporate Goverance Poll, even if they are not representative of the wider state of governance there. Singapore tops the overall country rankings, followed by Hong Kong and Australia, as Anthony Chan reports.

In the final part of our 2014 awards, we present our picks for Best M&A Deal, Best M&A Adviser and 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 2014 awards, we present the winners for Best Equity-Linked Deal, Best IPO, Best Follow-on/ABB and Best Equity House.