HOUSE AWARDS
Best Investment Bank
Nomura Securities
Best Foreign Investment Bank
JPMorgan
Best M&A House
Merrill Lynch
Best Equity House
Nomura Securities
Best Bond House
Mizuho Securities
Best Samurai Bond House
Nikko Citigroup
Best Brokerage House
Nomura Securities
Best Securitisation House
Daiwa Securities SMBC
Best FX House
Deutsche Bank
DEAL AWARDS
Deal of the Year
Sony Financial $3 billion IPO
Lead managers: JPMorgan, Nomura Securities
Best Secondary Equity Offering
Mitsui Trust
Lead managers: Morgan Stanley, Nomura Securities
Best M&A Deal
Japan TobaccoÆs $19 billion acquisition of the UK's Gallagher
Acquirer adviser: Merrill Lynch
Target advisers: Goldman Sachs, Greenhill, Dresdner Kleinwort
Best International Bond
East Japan Railway, $496 million
Lead manager: Merrill Lynch
Best Samurai Bond
Bank of America, Ñ215 billion
Lead managers: Mizuho Securities, Bank of America, Nomura Securities
Best Equity-linked Deal
Yamada Denki, Ñ150 billion convertible bond
Lead manager: Nomura Securities
Best Securitisation Deal
Ñ357 billion dual tranche securitisation for the Japan Housing Finance Agency
Lead managers: Goldman Sachs, Mitsubishi UFJ, Nomura Securities
Most Innovative Deal
Ñ22 billion China Boqi Environmental Solutions Technology listing on Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section
Lead manager: Daiwa Securities SMBC
Best Private Equity Deal
Permira's $2.2 billion acquisition of Arysta LifeScience from Olympus Capital
Acquirer advisers: JPMorgan, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Permira
Target advisers: Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Ernst and Young Transaction Advisory Services
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