Awards

• Best Indonesia Deal: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ's US$5.9bn acquisition of a 73.8% stake in Bank Danamon from Fullarton Holdings

• Best Philippines Deal: San Miguel Food & Beverage's Ps34.1bn (US$637m) follow-on

• Best Belt & Road Deal: Bank of China's US$2.3bn multi-tranche multi-currency bond

• Best IPO: Viva Energy A$2.65bn

• Best M&A Deal: CDH-CGP Consortium's A$1.9bn acquisition of Sirtex Medical

• Best Local Bond: Virgin Australia high-yield 56NC3 bond, A$150m

• Best IPO: Meituan Dianping US$4.2 billion IPO

• Best investment-grade bond: Vanke Real Estate US$650 million five-year floating rate notes

• Best FIG bond: Bank of China US$2.65 billion equivalent multi-currency One Belt One Road senior bond offering

• • Best high-yield bond: Agile Group Holdings US$300 million perpetual non-call five-year hybrid

• Best block trade: Lifestyle International and Lifestyle China US$665 million block trade

• Link Asset Management disposal of HK$23 billion of property portfolio to consortium led by Gaw Capital Partners

• • Best IPO: HDFC Standard Life Insurance US$1.3 billion IPO

• Best follow-on offering: HDFC Bank US$1.82 billion ADS follow-on offering

• Best corporate bond: Hyundai Capital Services CHF300 million senior bonds

• Best green bond: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company US$600 million

• Best FIG bond: Security Bank US$300 million senior unsecured notes

• Best liability management: Petron Corporation US$500 million new perpetual capital securities and tender offer

• Best IPO: Gulf Energy Development Public Company US$702 million IPO

• Best convertible bond: Asia Cement Corporation US$215 million NTD-linked convertible bonds
  

For the second year in a row, UBS has been named Institutional Investor's Top Global Equity Research Firm of the Year, retaining the top spot in the annual ranking. The ranking, based on votes by buy-side analysts and portfolio managers, is an important distinction for sell-side analysts and research teams. Clients voted for their preferred research analysts and teams in each region. Collectively, this resulted in UBS holding 157 leading positions across the world, ranking well ahead of peers.

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• #1 GEM Economics & Macro: Top Three Brokerage Firms - Economics & Strategy Research (Based on EMEA Commissions Paid)
• #1 GEM Strategy: Top Three Brokerage Firms - Economics & Strategy Research (Based on EMEA Commissions Paid)

• #1 Derivatives: Sales: Top Three Brokerage Firms - Derivatives & Convertibles (Based on Commissions Paid) by Key FMs
• #1 Global Equity Sales: Top Three Brokerage Firms - Sales (Based on Commissions Paid) by Key FMs
• #1 Pan-European: Small & Mid Caps Trading & Execution: Top Three Brokerage Firms Countries (Inc. Small & Mid Caps) (Based on Commissions Paid)
• #1 Program/Portfolio Trading: Top Three Brokerage Firms - Equity Trading & Execution Service (Based on Commissions Paid) by Key FMs

• Bank e-FX initiative of the year
• Best bank algorithmic trading technology provider of the year
• Most innovative bank e-FX platform of the year

• #2 in Overall Market Share
• #3 in Spot/Forwards Market Share
• #1 in Swaps Market Share
• #5 in Options Market Share
• #7 in Emerging Markets Currencies
• #2 in Real Money
• #2 in Banks
• #4 in Leveraged Funds
• #5 in FX Trading Platforms
• #3 in Western Europe Market Share
• #3 in APAC Market Share
• #3 in Central/Eastern Europe Market Share
• #5 in Americas Market Share
• #3 in Overall Electronic Market Share
• #4 in Spot E-trading Market Share
• #1 in Swap E-trading Market Share
• #3 in Options E-Trading Market Share

• Most Impressive Bank for FIG AT1 Capital
• Most Impressive Debt Advisory House for Financial Institutions
• Most Impressive FIG House in Niche Currencies
• Most Impressive FIG Syndicate Banker - Armin Peter
• Best FIG Sales Expertise
• Bank Most Likley to Win Repeat FIG Bond Mandates

• SRI Bond of the Year: ICBC's US$2.15bn dual-currency Green bonds
• Best Equity Issue: ZhongAn Online P&A Insurance US$1.76bn IPO
• Australia/NZ Equity Issue: Royal Dutch Shell's sale of its stake in Woodside Petroleum
• Thailand Capital Markets Deal: TOA Paint's US$372m IPO

• Best IPO Australia: Netwealth A$264m IPO
• Best Secondary Offering Australia: Nufarm entitlement offer A$446m
• Best International Bond Australia (Joint Winner): Bank of Queensland conditional        pass-through covered bond Euro500m
• Best Hybrid Australia: Westpac perpetual NC10 AT1, US$1.25bn
• Best Investment Bank, Australia
• Best Equity House, Australia

• Best Corporate Bond, India: Marble II (Mphasis) US$500m senior notes
• Best Green Bond: India Neerg Energy's US$475m green bond
• Best Equity, Indonesia: Sarana Menara Nusantara US$405m secondary placement
• Best New Bond, Indonesia: Ska Energi Indonesia US$625m debut bond
• Best Secondary Offering, Philippines: Metro Pacific Corporation US$256m accelerated sell-down of shares in Meralco
• Best Rights Isssue, Philippines: BDO Unibank US$1.2bn rights offering
• Best Bond, Philippines : Republic of the Philippines US$2bn global bonds and switch tender
• Best IPO, Singapore: Netlink NBN Trust S$2.35bn IPO
• Best Covered Bond, Singapore: United Overseas Bank dual currency US$500m and Euro500m covered bonds
• Best M&A Adviser, Hong Kong
• Best IPO, China: ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Company US$1.75bn IPO
• Best New Bond, China: China Chentong Holdings US$500m senior bond
• Best Corporate Bond, China: State Grid Corporation of China US$5bn multi-tranche bond
• Best Bank Capital, China: Postal Savings Bank of China US$7.25bn additional tier-1 capital securities
• Best FIG Bond, China: China Development Bank US$4bn multi-tranche dual currency bond
• Best Green Bond, China: China Three Gorges Corporation Euro650m green bond
• Best Cross-border, China: China National Chemical Corporation's US$4.3bn acquisition of Syngenta
• Best Corporate Bond, Hong Kong: Cheung Kong Property US$1.5bn fixed-for-life perpetual securities
• Best IPO, Korea: Celltrion Healthcare US$887m IPO
• Best Bond, Korea: Kyobo Life Insurance Company US$500m subordinated capital securities
• Best IPO, Taiwan: FIT Hon Teng US$394m IPO

• Best for overall services for hedge funds
• Best for client service coverage
• Best trading execution - Cash (Australia)
• Best for overall services in prime broking
• Best for innovation in prime broking
• Best for client service for prime broking
• Best execution - Australia
• Best economist - Scott Haslem
  
• Best team economic for research
• Best team for automobiles and components
• Best team for industrials (Australia)
• Best small cap analyst: Gautam Chhaochharia (Australia)
• Best anlayst for insurance: Mairko Watanabe (Australia)
• Best team for diversified financials (Australia)
• Best team for insurance (Australia)
• Best team for utilities (India)
• Best analyst for casinos and gaming - Ramon (Rj) Aguirre (Japan)
• Best analyst for utilities: Karen Hizon (Japan)
• Best team for casinos and gaming (Japan)
• Best team for telecommunications services (Philippines)
• Best analyst for transportation: Cheryl Lee (Philippines)
• Best team for materials (Philippines)
• Best team for transportation (Philippines)
  

• North America Leveraged Loan (DigiCert)
• North America Mid-Market Loan (SnapAV)
• North America Financial Bond of the Year (Bank of Nova Scotia)

• Best China Deal: CIC's Euro12.25bn (US$13.766bn) privatisation of Logicor Europe Ltd
• Best Philippines Deal: BDO Unibank US$1.2bn rights offering
• Best Deal of the Year/Best Leveraged Finance Deal: The US$4.65bn take private of Global Logistic Properties
• Best M&A Deal: ChemChina's USS$43bn acquisition of Syngenta
• Best ESG Deal: ICBC Luxembourg US$2.15bn equivalent dual-currency, triple-tranche green bond