BNP Paribas

The consortium behind Project Gemini, an offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, has received commitments for loans totalling €1.094bn from 10 lenders.

EuroWeek polled the DCM and bond syndicate teams at leading banks to find out which of their rivals they thought had done the best job across all sectors and currencies through 2013. Here are the results. The borrowers’ poll to decide the top banks and the bankers’ vote on the top borrowers will take place in April and May, and the award winners will be revealed at the EuroWeek Bond Dinner in May.

The creation of the European corporate finance unit at BNP Paribas is the right move if overdue, says David Rothnie.

Imagine you wanted to know something about top flight English football. Perhaps the name of every team’s home ground? Number of away wins? Captains since the 1960s?