We congratulate the following advisers and bookrunners for their capital markets achievements in 2017. They are the winners of our annual awards for Best Deals in Australia and New Zealand.
We continue our announcement tomorrow with the House Awards.
The award winners and their clients will be honoured at our 15th annual celebration dinner on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Park Hyatt on Sydney Harbour. For more information on this event, please contact Vicki Shaw at [email protected] or +61 2 9967 5774.
BEST IPO
Netwealth, A$264 million
Credit Suisse, UBS
BEST SECONDARY OFFERING
Nufarm entitlement offer, A$446 million
JP Morgan, UBS
BEST M&A DEAL
CKI consortium takeover of DUET Group, A$7.4 billion
Advisers to CKI consortium: Morgan Stanley
Advisers to DUET Group: Gresham, Macquarie Capital
BEST LOCAL BOND
AOFM 10-year Treasury Bond, A$11 billion
ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, Westpac
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOND (JOINT WINNERS)
Bank of Queensland conditional pass-through covered bond, €500 million
BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, ING, National Australia Bank, UBS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 30-year fixed senior unsecured bonds, US$1.5 billion
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley
BEST GREEN BOND
Queensland Treasury Corporation 7-year fixed senior unsecured bonds, A$750 million
ANZ, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, National Australia Bank
BEST HYBRID
Westpac perpetual NC10 AT1, US$1.25 billion
Citi, HSBC, JP Morgan, UBS
BEST DEBT FINANCE DEAL and MOST INNOVATIVE DEAL
Latitude credit card ABS Trust 2017-1, A$1 billion
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, National Australia Bank
BEST PROJECT FINANCE DEAL
New Grafton Correctional Facility, A$742 million
ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Investec, Macquarie Capital, National Australia Bank, Korea Development Bank, Norinchukin Bank, AustralianSuper
BEST NEW ZEALAND DEAL
Bapcor’s acquisition of Hellaby, NZ$352 million
Advisers to Bapcor: FNZC, Morgan Stanley
Advisers to Hellaby: Forsyth Barr