The following deals have been selected as the best capital markets transactions in Australia and New Zealand in the 2018 calendar year. Congratulations to the winners.
We continue our announcements this week with the House Awards.
The award winners and their clients will be honoured at our 16th annual celebration dinner on February 7 to be held at a new venue – the Harbourside room at the MCA in Sydney. For more information on this event, please contact Vicki Shaw at [email protected] or +61 425 246 683.
BEST IPO
Viva Energy, A$2.65 billion
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, UBS
BEST SECONDARY OFFERING
NextDC placement, A$267 million
Citi
BEST M&A DEAL
CDH-CGP Consortium acquires Sirtex Medical, A$1.9 billion
Adviser to CDH-CGP Consortium: Lazard
Adviser to Sirtex: UBS
BEST LOCAL BOND
Virgin Australia high-yield 5NC3 bond, A$150 million
ANZ, HSBC, UBS
BEST INTERNATIONAL BOND
Sydney Airport 10-year bond, €500 million
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Societe Generale
BEST HYBRID
Xero convertible bond, $300 million
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
BEST DEBT FINANCE DEAL
NRMBS Trust 2018-1 with CBI certified notes, A$2 billion
National Australia Bank
BEST SUSTAINABLE FINANCE DEAL
New South Wales Treasury Corporation green bond, A$1.8 billion
ANZ, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, National Australia Bank
BEST PROJECT FINANCE DEAL
Murra Warra Wind Farm, A$385 million
Financial adviser: Macquarie Capital
Lead arrangers: ANZ, MUFG, SMBC, Westpac
MOST INNOVATIVE DEAL
Visy domestic private placement, A$214 million
Westpac
BEST NEW ZEALAND DEAL
Bounty Fresh Food acquires Tegel Group, NZ$588 million
Adviser to Bounty Fresh Foods: DeutscheCraigs
Adviser to Tegel Group: Goldman Sachs
