Press Release: Debtwire proud to be the exclusive data provider for the 9th APLMA Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in the syndicated loan market
17 March 2020
Debtwire, an Acuris company is proud to be the supporting partner of the 9th Asia Pacific Syndicated Loan Market Awards by The Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA). The winners of the awards were announced by broadcast on 12 March 2020 honouring the outstanding achievements in the syndicated loan market.
Debtwire was the exclusive data provider for the awards, supplying all the data and league tables for 25 award categories. APLMA members were asked to vote for which banks, law firms and non-bank financial institutions were qualified to receive awards in the categories of "Asia Pacific Loan House of the Year", "Loan House of the Year" by country, "Law Firm of the Year" by sector and "Deal of the Year" by sector.
Some honourable mentions go to Bank of China who won "Asia Pacific Loan House of the Year", ANZ Bank for winning "Asia Pacific Syndicated Green/Sustainable Loan House of the Year", Standard Chartered Bank for winning "Asia Pacific Syndicated Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Loan House of the Year" and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation for winning "Asia Pacific Syndicated Project Finance Loan House of the Year".
CK Hutchison won the Syndicated Deal of the Year closed with 33 lenders while COFCO International won the syndicated Green/Sustainability-linked Deal of the Year. The COFCO deal was the largest ever sustainability-linked loan for commodity trader.
Jessia Ma, Head of Sales, Asia Pacific, Debtwire said “Debtwire is delighted to support the APLMA awards with our editorial and research teams’ analyses on corporate and market debt situations. It was an honour to recognize the excellence of syndicated loan market players during the ceremony broadcast. We would like to convey our congratulations to all the winners on their remarkable achievements.”
See below for the complete list of winners:
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Award
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Winner
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| Asia Pacific Syndicated Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Loan House of the Year | Standard Chartered Bank |
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Asia Pacific Syndicated Project Finance Loan House of the Year
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Asia Pacific Syndicated Green/Sustainable Loan House of the Year
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ANZ Bank
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Asia Pacific Syndicated Loan House of the Year
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Bank of China
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Winner
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - New Zealand
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ANZ Bank
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Australia
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ANZ Bank
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - China
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Bank of China
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Taiwan
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CTBC Bank
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Hong Kong
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HSBC
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Singapore
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United Overseas Bank
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Malaysia
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CIMB
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Thailand
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Siam Commercial Bank
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Japan
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MUFG
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - South Korea
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Korea Development Bank
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - India
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State Bank of India
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Indonesia
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Bank Mandiri
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Syndicated Loan House of the Year - Philippines
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Mizuho Bank
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Award
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Winner
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Non-Bank Investor of the Year
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Partners Group
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Award
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Winner
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Syndicated Loan Law Firm of the Year
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Allen & Overy
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Syndicated Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Law Firm of the Year
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Linklaters
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Syndicated Project Finance Law Firm of the Year
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Clifford Chance
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Award
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Winner
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Syndicated Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Deal of the Year
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ANTA Sports Products Ltd (EUR2.2 billion)
Bookrunners / MLAs:
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Bank of China (Hong Kong)
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Bank of China Macau Branch
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Bank of America
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Citibank
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Credit Suisse
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HSBC
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J.P. Morgan
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Standard Chartered Bank
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Award
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Winner
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Syndicated Project Finance Deal of the Year
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HPCL Rajasthan Refinery (USD4.04 billion)
Bookrunners / MLAs:
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SBI Capital Markets
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Award
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Winner
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Syndicated Green Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year
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COFCO International (USD2.3 billion)
Bookrunners / MLAs:
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ABN AMRO Bank NV
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Agricultural Bank of China Singapore Branch
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Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd Hong Kong Branch
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| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Hong Kong) | |
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Bank of America
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China Construction Bank
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China Development Bank Hong Kong
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Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA
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ICBC (London)
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ING Bank Hong Kong
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Natixis
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Oversea- Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC Ltd)
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Rabobank NV
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Westpac Banking Corp
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Award
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Winner
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Syndicated Deal of the Year
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CK Hutchison Group Telecom Finance S.A
(EUR4.56 billion)
Bookrunners / MLAs:
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Barclays Bank Plc
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BNP Paribas SA
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Citibank
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Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
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Deutsche Bank AG
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Goldman Sachs
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HSBC
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Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
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UniCredit Italiano SpA
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About the APLMA
The APLMA is a professional (not-for-profit) trade association that represents the interests of institutions active in the syndicated loan markets around the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, please visit: www.aplma.com.