The Covered Bond Awards honour and celebrate the best banks, issuers, deals and other market participants for their achievements in the covered bond market.

Uniquely, the winners are voted by the market through a two-stage process. Market participants are invited to nominate deals, institutions and people for inclusion on the shortlist. The shortlist is then opened to a market vote to choose the winners. This means that the award winners are chosen by the market, for the market.

Held each year following the ECBC Covered Bond Congress, the awards ceremony brings together senior covered bond executives to network and celebrate success. The winners are revealed live at the ceremony, and the following day on the GlobalCapital website.

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Founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank, Erste Group went public in 1997 with a strategy to expand its retail business into Central and Eastern Europe. Since then Erste Group has grown to become one of the largest financial services providers in the Eastern part of Europe in terms of clients and total assets.

In addition to its traditional strength in serving private individuals, Erste Group also regards advisory services and support for corporate clients in financing, investment and access to international capital markets, public sector funding and interbank market operations as belonging to its core activities.

With its unique and direct access to the Austrian savings bank sector combined with a pan-European sales network, Erste Group plays a leading role in the Euro Covered Bond market and consistently ranks among the top bookrunners in this asset class.

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