Banks
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In yet another challenging year for Asian loans, one bank stood out for its ability and willingness to step up for its clients, for making bold calls when others shied away and for remaining a leader in the market.
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In 2021, when the world stepped into the second year of pandemic and credit markets started witnessing more volatility and stress, one bank stood out from the pack — HSBC.
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Last year was one of the toughest periods for Asia’s high yield debt market.
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At a time when almost every bank is brandishing its ESG credentials in some way, HSBC has doubled down on its ESG work, making it GlobalCapital Asia’s pick for Best House for ESG/SRI Financing in 2021.
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Wild swings in the equity market, unpredictable moves by Chinese regulators and multiple resurgences of Covid-19 across Asia made 2021 a remarkable year. Banks had to move quickly, adapt and retool their ECM franchises to remain relevant.
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The GlobalCapital Asia Best IPO for 2021 is South Korean firm KakaoBank Corp's W2.55tr ($2.1bn) IPO.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Follow-on/Accelerated Offering and Best ECM Deal for 2021 is Prosus' HK$114.17bn ($15bn) sell-down of shares in Tencent Holdings.
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GlobalCapital Asia's Best Equity-Linked Deal and Best ECM Deal of 2021 is Posco's €1.1bn ($1.25bn) zero coupon convertible bond.
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An active foreign underwriter in China’s onshore ABS market, BNP Paribas notably expanded its presence during our awards period, a feat that makes it the Best Bank for ABS in 2021.
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As a leading Chinese financial institution and one of the savviest issuers from the country, Bank of China made the most of different pockets of liquidity it had available during GlobalCapital China’s awards period, including tapping into a variety of currencies like Australian dollars, Hong Kong dollars, US dollars, euros, sterling and onshore and offshore renminbi.
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Flat credit curve and rates rise concerns drive short end demand -
