Credit Suisse

In the first instalment of our 2015 awards, we present the winners for Best Project Financing, Best Leveraged Financing, Best Investment Grade Loan and Best Loans House.

Tsinghua Unigroup had the Asia bond market to itself on December 3 when it made its dollar debut ahead of the European Central Bank’s stimulus package announcement. The lack of competition, combined with Tsinghua’s credit strength, resulted in a popular $800m trade that was close to four times subscribed.

Mexican real estate investment trust Fibra Uno was forced to issue less than it was hoping for this week, in a deal that exemplified the new reality to which Latin American issuers — even the well-liked, solid credits — must become accustomed.

Terex, the US lifting and material solutions company, has launched $900m of senior secured credit facilities to back its acquisition of Finnish crane maker Konecranes.

The euro FIG primary market was bare on Thursday morning as the European Central Bank prepared to ease monetary policy, with bankers expecting its president, Mario Draghi to do one thing — beat their expectations.

Tsinghua Unigroup started taking bids for a dual-tranche dollar offering on Thursday, which if printed would be the first offshore bond from the issuer.

Credit Suisse has shaken up its top ranks in Asia Pacific, with changes made to its equity capital markets and southeast Asia investment banking units.

Solvay, the Belgian chemical company, enjoyed the benefit of the European corporate bond market's blistering return to form this week, when it raised €3.25bn of hybrid and senior debt for its acquisition of Cytec Industries.

SEB Germany offered the lowest ever yield for a primary covered bond when it issued a three year public sector Pfandbrief on Tuesday. But some sort of positive return was necessary, even if it was minuscule.

US medical manufacturer Danaher priced a Sfr750m ($733.92m) triple tranche Swiss franc bond on Tuesday, the fourth largest corporate issuance in the currency this year.

Credit Suisse chief executive’s decision to scrap return on equity targets adds a dose of reality to a measure that is virtually impossible to use as a comparative benchmark for performance, writes David Rothnie.

OCBC has hired David Cheng from Deutsche Bank to be head of corporate finance. He will run the Singapore bank’s equity capital markets, M&A and equity syndication teams.