Banks

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.

The GlobalCapital Asia Best IPO for 2021 is South Korean firm KakaoBank Corp's W2.55tr ($2.1bn) IPO.

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.

GlobalCapital Asia's Best Equity-Linked Deal and Best ECM Deal of 2021 is Posco's €1.1bn ($1.25bn) zero coupon convertible bond.

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.

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.

Flat credit curve and rates rise concerns drive short end demand

Taneja takes global advisory role

Trio of SSA names in sterling, as major issuers say market is fundamentally more resilient

German issuer continues its streak of issuing century bonds in January

Markets reacted well to Swiss reinsurer selling its final holding in UK life insurer

Euro SSA primary pumping despite inflation worries