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GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the launch of its 2026 European Securitization Awards
GlobalCapital's inaugural MTN Awards 2026 are underway — the market’s only awards dedicated to the market. But time is running out to make your case
Voting now open to decide the market’s leading deals and institutions
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Suncorp-Metway waited for a window of opportunity to conduct a hybrid equity issue last year and it duly arrived in May, with the ASX in a recovery phase. The firm gained good momentum by releasing a favourable profit outlook on the first day of its road-show, and it didn’t look back.
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When pharma firm CSL needed to raise cash to fund its takeover of a US rival it turned to Merrill Lynch. Acting alone, the bank rapidly built a top-quality order book for the follow-on offering. It helped that experts were so confident in the rationale of CSL’s acquisition.
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CBA’s takeover of the Bank of Western Australia and St Andrew’s Australia late last year was timely, smart and sensible. The acquisition was complimentary to CBA’s business and deserves recognition for its nimbleness.
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It is the composition of its lending that made Mizuho Corporate Bank stand out in 2008. It was responsible for pricing five of the year’s 10 largest transactions and took sole bookrunner positions on a number of deals.
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Mizuho Securities was comfortably top of the pile in terms of overall issuance in 2008. While it raised a lot of funding for itself, it also helped many of Japan’s most prominent local borrowers to raise funding too.
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Nomura has set the standard for equity issuance for years in Japan, to the point that many firms won't consider entering the market without Nomura’s name on the ticket. It was involved in four of the top 10 deal mandates in 2008 and was an easy choice for this award.