Awards

Several banks impressed in 2013, during a year of renewed capital markets activity. ASIAMONEY reveals which banks stood tallest. By Peter McGill.

The Islamic finance industry continues to grow quickly, in terms of both assets and users. Yet within this fast-growing sector a number of banks tend to stand out for the quality of their services. ASIAMONEY picks the stand-out Islamic banks in Asia and the Middle East for the past year. By Chris Wright.

Russian hydroelectric generator RusHydro has signed a brace of export credit agency-backed long term credit facilities totalling €190m.

Over the next two pages are the winners of the EuroWeek Syndicated Loans Awards 2013, as voted for by market participants in a poll that was conducted in November and early December last year. The awards were announced at EuroWeek’s gala dinner on Wednesday February 12, at London’s Guildhall.

Proposed regulatory changes that will allow Chinese banks operating in the UK to tap their parents' balance sheets will only have a small effect on the EMEA loan market, as Chinese banks will take a long time to mobilise their loan desks, according to the latest poll by EuroWeek Loans.

Proposed regulatory changes that will allow Chinese banks operating in the UK to tap their parents' balance sheets will only have a small effect on the EMEA loan market, as Chinese banks will take a long time to mobilise their loan desks, according to the latest poll by EuroWeek Loans.

Each year ASIAMONEY chooses the standout capital markets transaction from each major country in ex-Japan Asia. In Thailand BTS makes several records with the initial public offering of an infrastructure fund based upon the revenues of the Bangkok SkyTrain.

Each year ASIAMONEY chooses the standout transaction from each major market across Asia ex-Japan. In 2013, Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing giant conducted a debut foray into the bond market for funding to great acclaim.

Each year we reveal the most impressive individual transaction to have taken place in each major Asian market. In South Korea, the Export-Import Bank of Korea sets a milestone by issuing the first Green bond in Asia ex-Japan, setting a potential benchmark for other environmentally-conscious borrowers.

Each year we reveal the most impressive individual transaction to have taken place in each major Asian market. In Singapore, United Overseas Bank's Basel III-compliant bond offering helps to set a milestone for regional bank capital issuance.

An impressive privatisation sale of state ports, a successful state divestment of railway shares, an airport’s competitive euro-denominated bond debut, the country’s second-largest corporate loan refinancing and its biggest project finance package; some spectacular transactions were executed in Australia in 2013. ASIAMONEY reveals its winners for the year. Ben Power and Richard Morrow report.