FinanceAsia is pleased to announce the winners of its deal awards, the third of a four-part series revealing our Achievement Awards for 2016.
We will announce the best banks in a variety of categories tomorrow. But for now — the following deals were the most impressive among all those we considered in a range of categories from across the region.
DEAL OF THE YEAR, BEST M&A DEAL
Tencent-led consortium’s $8.6 billion acquisition of Supercell
Target adviser: Morgan Stanley
Acquirer adviser: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Seller adviser: Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Raine Group
BEST EQUITY DEAL, BEST IPO
Samsung BioLogics’ $2 billion IPO
Joint global coordinators: Citigroup and Korea Investment & Securities
Joint bookrunners: NH Investment & Securities, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse
BEST SECONDARY OFFERING
Softbank’s $6.6 billion mandatory exchangeable bond and $3.4 billion share placement in Alibaba
Joint bookrunners: Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley
BEST EQUITY-LINKED DEAL
China Overseas Holdings’ $1.5 billion exchangeable bond and tender offer
Active joint bookrunners: Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and HSBC
Joint bookrunners: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, BOC International and CICC
BEST LOAN, BEST LEVERAGED FINANCE DEAL
Tencent’s $3.5bn financing for Supercell acquisition
MLABs: ANZ, Bank of America Merill Lynch, Bank of China, China Merchants Bank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
BEST INVESTMENT GRADE BOND
Cheung Kong Infrastructure’s $1.2 billion fixed-for-life perpetual
Global coordinatorL Deutsche Bank
Joint bookrunners: HSBC and JP Morgan
BEST HIGH YIELD BOND
Cikarang Listrindo’s $550m 10NC5
Joint global co-ordinators: Barclays and Deutsche Bank
BEST LOCAL CURRENCY BOND
HDFC’s Rs30 billion masala bond
Joint global co-ordinators: Axis Bank, Credit Suisse and Nomura
BEST SOVEREIGN BOND
Republic of the Philippines’ $2 billion accelerated 1-day “switch” tender offer and new 25-year dollar bonds
Joint global co-ordinators: Citi, Deutsche, HSBC and Standard Chartered
Joint bookrunner: Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS.
BEST GREEN BOND
MTR’s $600 million green bond
Joint bookrunners: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and HSBC
BEST PRIVATE FINANCING
Didi Chuxing $4.5 billion private placement
Joint financial advisors: China Renaissance and Credit Suisse
BEST PROJECT FINANCING
BP Berau's $3.745 billion Tangguh LNG financing
Mandated lead arrangers: Asian Development Bank, BNP Paribas, Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank of China, CCB Bank, Credit Agricole, DBS, JBIC, KFW, KDB, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho, OCBC, Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Indonesia Infrastructure Finance, Shinsei Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, UOB
MOST INNOVATIVE DEAL
Astrea III’s $510 million collateralized fund obligation
Arrangers: Credit Suisse, DBS
BEST PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL
FountainVest, CrestView and CPPIB’s $920 million sale of Key Safety Systems to Ningbo Joyson Electronic
Target adviser: Citi, UBS
Acquirer adviser: Haitong Securities
BEST FIG DEAL
Bank of China (Hong Kong)’s $8.7 billion sale of Nanyang Commercial Bank to China Cinda Asset Management
Target adviser: BOC International, Goldman Sachs
Acquirer advisers: Morgan Stanley, UBS
We previously revealed the winners of the awards for Best Private Bank and Deal Awards by country.
