European Securitization Awards 2024: Shortlists announced and voting live!

Thank you to everyone who helped us determine the European Securitization Awards shortlists via the nominations process that ran throughout October and November. More than 7,000 individual votes were cast and we were very encouraged by the level of market engagement.

The shortlists are now open to vote for the winners. The poll will be open until January 10, 2024.

As in previous years, in the vast majority of categories there are five names to choose from. In a few instances, there are slightly fewer or more than five, reflecting how exceptionally tight the voting was in those categories. You can find the full shortlists below.

All awards will be voted on by market participants, except for Overall Bank of the Year, Private Securitization of the Year, and Overall Deal of the Year, which are pitched categories. If you would like further details or wish to pitch for any of these three awards, please contact Sophie Astles.

Please read the following instructions carefully to ensure that your votes are counted accurately.

• There is no cap on the number of individuals voting from any given institution, and no requirement to answer every question. We reserve the right to weigh votes by seniority, job role, institution or similar considerations. For example, a vote from a portfolio manager at a major securitization investor would count more heavily than that of a rating agency analyst in determining the Secondary ABS/RMBS Trading House award, while a regular issuer’s vote for arranging bank would be particularly valuable.

• You are not permitted to vote for your own institution or its affiliates.

• We encourage you to distribute the survey widely among clients, counterparties and within your institutions but urge you to avoid ‘block voting’, in which every response form is identical, and for everyone involved to consider their choices individually. We reserve the right to strip out suspected block votes when tabulating the final category winners.

• GlobalCapital reserves the right to disqualify any votes it deems invalid.

• Please fill out the details requested in the survey. These will be kept entirely confidential and will be used only to ensure that votes are valid.

• All votes will be strictly confidential. However, we reserve the right to publish aggregated and fully anonymised figures by institution category — for example, “X% of investors voted for Y” — at our discretion.

• You do not have to complete the entire survey for your votes to be counted.

Votes should reflect firm and deal activity for the 2023 calendar year.

The poll will close on January 10, 2024, and the winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on March 13, 2024.

If you have any questions about the research process, please contact Sophie Astles.

For more information about sponsorship or attending the Awards Dinner, please contact Jack Thomson.  

This award recognises individuals who have made huge contributions to the development of the market during their careers, and who command universal respect among their peers. Previous winners have been Richard Hopkin of Afme, Rob Ford at TwentyFour Asset Management, Obvion’s former group treasurer Max Bronzwaer, and Alex Batchvarov, who runs securitization research at Bank of America.

The recipient of this special award is entirely at the discretion of GlobalCapital’s editorial team. However, informal suggestions are welcome. Please get in touch with Sophie Astles if you would like to make a nomination.