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HSBC continues to receive widespread recognition from the financial industry's leading publications, reflecting the success of our strategy as an emerging markets-led and financing-focused wholesale bank.

Awards
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Date Award
July 2010 Credit Awards 2010
  • Best Bank For Islamic Finance
Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2010
  • Best Global Emerging Markets Bank
  • Best Global Emerging Markets Debt House
  • Best Global Sovereign Advisory House
  • Best Global Wealth Management House
  • Best Investment Bank in the Middle East
  • Best Debt House in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Best Debt House in Asia
  • Best at Risk Management in Asia
  • Best Cash Management House in the Middle East
  • Best Debt House in Hong Kong
  • Best Debt House in the Philippines
  • Best Debt House in Brazil
  • Best Debt House in Poland
  • Best Debt House in Greece
  • Best Debt House in Spain
  • Best Debt House in Turkey
  • Best Investment Bank in Saudi Arabia
  • Best Bank in Hong Kong
  • Best Bank in Bermuda
  • Best Bank in Armenia
June 2010 Finance Asia Country Awards 2010
  • Best Bank in Hong Kong
  • Best Investment Bank in Hong Kong
  • Best Equity House in Hong Kong
  • Best Bond House in Hong Kong
  • Best Cash Management Bank in Hong Kong
  • Best Trade Finance Bank in Hong Kong
  • Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Hong Kong
  • Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Vietnam
  • Best Foreign Commercial Bank in China
Euromoney Primary Debt Poll 2010
  • #1 Coverage team
  • #1 Ratings agency advisory
  • #1 Liability management
The Asset AAA Islamic Finance Awards 2010
  • Islamic deal of the Year/Best sovereign sukuk/Best Deal - Indonesia
    • Repulic of Indonesia USD650 million global sukuk
  • Best deal - Middle East
    • Tourism Development and Investment Company USD1 billion
      sukuk-al-ijara
Investment Research Survey 2010
  • Best research team - Climate change
Asia Risk Corporate Rankings 2010
  • Interest Rate products - Vanilla Hedging Instruments
    • #1 Hong Kong Dollar
    • #1 Taiwan Dollar
  • Interest Rate products - Structured Hedging Instruments
    • #1 Chinese Renminbi
    • #1 Philippine Peso
  • Currency Products - Vanilla Hedging Instruments
    • #1 Hong Kong Dollar
Asiamoney Best Bank Award 2010
  • Best Domestic Debt House in Hong Kong
May 2010 Asiamoney Structured Products Poll 2010
  • Interest-Rate - Local Currency Products
    • Broadest Product Range
    • Best Structuring Capabilities
    • Best Pricing and Execution Capabilities
  • Credit-linked Structured products
    • Best Overall Provider for Structured Credit Products
    • Broadest Product Range
    • Best Structuring Capabilities
    • Best Pricing and Execution Capabilities
    • Best Research and Market Coverage
    • Best Training and Educational Support
    • Best Electronic Trading/Online Platform
    • Best After-Sales Service
  • Best Domestic Provider for Local Currency Products
    • Structured Currency Products – Hong Kong
    • Structured Interest-Rate Products – Hong Kong
EuroWeek Bond Market Awards 2010
  • Corporate Bond Awards
    • Best Corporate Bank Team (Syndicate and DCM coverage)
    • Best Bank Team in Sterling
    • Best Bank Team in Euros
    • Best Corporate Banker-Mark Kitchen
    • Joint Winner of the Best High Yield Bank Team (Syndicate and DCM coverage)
  • Emerging Market Bond Awards
    • Most Impressive Bank advising Middle Eastern clients
  • MTN Awards
    • Best Overall Dealer
  • SSA Bond Awards
    • Most Impressive SSA Sterling House
April 2010 The Banker, Deals of the Year 2010
  • Asia-Pacific
    • Infrastructure and Project Finance: Victorian desalination plant
    • Islamic Finance: Republic of Indonesia USD650m Global sukuk
    • Loans: Noble Group Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility
  • Middle East
    • Restructuring : Restructuring of Global Investment House USD2bn debt
    • Corporate Bonds: TAQA's USD1.5bn dual tranche bond
    • Infrastructure and Project Finance: Shuweihat's USD2.1bn financing of a water and power project
March 2010 EMEA Project Finance Awards 2009
  • Best Middle East Project Finance Advisory
  • Best Middle East Water/Power Deal - Shuweihat S2 IWPP
  • Best Middle East Oil And Gas Deal - Dolphin Energy
  • Best Middle East Project Finance Deal - SEC Rabigh IPP
Infrastructure Journal Awards 2009
  • Deal of the Year – Victorian Desalination Plant
  • PPP Deal of the Year – Victorian Desalination Plant
  • Power Deal of the Year – Shuweihat S2 IWPP
  • Intra Acquisition of the Year – Gatwick Airport
Trade Finance magazine Deals of the Year 2009
  • DEWA (Dubai-UAE)
  • Planta Termica Garabito (Costa Rica)
  • PEMEX (Mexico)
  • VCP (Brazil)
  • Northern Power (Pakistan)
  • Petrovietnam (Vietnam)
  • EGPC (Egypt)
  • Noble (Hong Kong)
  • Cocobod (Ghana)
Project Finance magazine Deals of the Year 2009
  • LatAm Refinancing - PTP
  • LatAm Oil & Gas Upstream - Odebrecht Norbe
  • LatAm Power - MPX Pecem
  • European PPP Deal of the Year - M25
  • European Oil & Gas Deal of the Year - Enel Rete
  • European Onshore Wind Deal of the Year - Zorlu
  • Middle East Oil & Gas Deal of the Year - Dolphin
  • Middle East IWPP Deal of the Year - Al Dur
  • Middle East Power Deal of the Year - Rabigh
  • Asia-Pacific Water Deal of the Year - Aquasure
  • Indian Upstream Deal of the Year - Cairn India
Institutional Investor Emerging EMEA poll 2010
  • #1 MENA equity research
February 2010 Trade & Forfaiting - Deals of the year 2009
  • Ghana Cocoa Board
    • Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunner
  • VCP Brasil
    • Mandated Lead Arrangers
  • Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
    • Mandated Lead Arrangers
    • Documentation Bank and Sace Agent
  • Sonangol
    • Lead Arrangers
  • EGPC
    • Mandated Lead Arrangers
Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards 2010
  • Sukuk House of the Year
  • Best International Islamic Bank
  • Most Innovative Deal-Global Investment House
Euroweek Loan Awards 2009
  • Best arranger of Middle Eastern loans
  • Best loan
    • International Petroleum Investment Co: USD5bn
  • Best leveraged loan
    • Star Bev: EUR690m
  • Best Middle Eastern loan
    • International Petroleum Investment Co: USD5bn
  • Best Spanish loan
    • Telefónica: EUR6bn
Euroweek Asia Polls 2009
  • Investor Poll
    • Best bookrunner of Asian international bonds
    • Best Asian fixed income research
    • Best provider of support in the secondary markets
    • Best Asian bond, Best Asian corporate bond- Posco
    • Best Asian high yield bond - Agile Property Holdings
    • Best Asian domestic currency bond-San Miguel
  • Borrower Poll
    • Most impressive bookrunner of USD, EUR, JPY bonds
    • Most competitive on pricing
    • Best provider of swaps
    • Best bank for overall advice
    • Most flexible bank to work with
  • Bank Poll
    • Best Asian bond - Hutchison Whampoa
    • Best Asian sovereign or quasi-sovereign bond - Export-Import Bank of Korea
    • Best Asian investment grade corporate bond - Hutchison Whampoa
    • Best Asian domestic currency bond - San Miguel
Euroweek Asia Pacific Loan Awards 2009
  • Asia Pacific syndicated loan of the year- Noble Group
  • Asia Pacific LBO deal of the year- Oriental Brewery
  • Asia Pacific project financing of the year-Victorian Desalination Plant
  • Best Southeast Asian deal of the year-San Miguel Corporation
  • Best Australasian deal of the year-Victorian Desalination Plant
Euroweek Asian Currency Bond Awards 2009
  • Hong Kong dollar
    • Best Bond House of the Year
    • Best Debt Trading House
  • Indonesian rupiah
    • Best Derivatives House
  • Vietnamese dong
    • Best Derivatives House
  • Indian rupee
    • Best Derivatives House
Energy Risk commodity rankings 2010
  • Precious metals - ranked number 1
  • Silver - spot - ranked number 1
  • Silver - options - ranked number 1
  • Platinum and palladium - spot - ranked number 1
  • Platinum and palladium - options - ranked number 1
The Treasurer Deals of the Year 2009
  • Loans-Continental European corporates (deal size over GBP750m) - ABB
  • Loans-UK corporates (deal size over GBP750m) - Barratt
  • Loans-UK and continental European (deal size under GBP750m) - Marstons
Euromoney Deals of the Year 2009
  • Best Equity deal - HSBC rights issue
  • Best M&A deal - Pfizer acquisition of Wyeth
GTR Best Deals of 2009
  • DEWA, UAE
    • Multi-ECA-backed financing in support of Dubai's electricity and water authority (Dewa)
  • Nandipur, Pakistan
    • USD250m buyer's credit for Pakistani power plant
  • Etihad, UAE
    • ECA-term loan facilities financing Abu Dhabi airline
  • Dolphin Energy, UAE
    • Multi-billion dollar refinancing in support of Dolphin gas pipeline
  • Idea Cellular, India
    • USD260m Finnish export credit facility for Indian telecoms firm
  • Petroleos Mexicanos MSLOC, Mexico
    • Multi-sourced framework for export credit financing for Mexico's oil company
January 2010 Asiamoney Country Deal Awards 2009
  • Hong Kong
    • Hutchison Whampoa USD3 billion dual-tranche bond issue
  • Indonesia
    • Republic of Indonesia USD650 million 8.8 per cent sukuk due 2014
  • Philippines
    • San Miguel PHP38.8 billion (USD802 million) multi-tranche bond issue
  • Korea
    • Export-Import Bank of Korea USD2 billion 8.125 per cent bonds due 2014
BNE Deals of the Year 2009
  • Best Sovereign Bond Issue
    • Republic of Poland
Euroweek Deals of the Year 2009 by category
  • Sovereigns, supranationals and agencies
    • US Dollar supranational/agency
      • World Bank
    • Sub-Sovereign/Municipal
      • Province of Ontario
  • Companies and banks
    • Subordinated Financial Institutions
      • Lloyds Banking Group
    • Sterling
      • United Kingdom
Islamic Finance news Deals of the Year 2009
  • Best Islamic Private Bank
  • Wakalah Deal of the Year - IFC Hilal Sukuk al-Istithmar
  • Deal of the Year, Sovereign & Indonesia Deal of the Year - Republic of Indonesia Domestic Sukuk
  • Sovereign & Indonesia Deal of the Year - Republic of Indonesia Global Sukuk
  • Real Estate & UAE Deal of the Year - TDIC Sukuk Limited Trust Certificates
  • Yemen Deal of the Year - Sabafon ECA-backed Asset Murabahah Financing
  • Saudi Arabia Deal of the Year - Saudi Electricity Corporation Sukuk
PFI Awards 2009
  • Americas Deal of the Year - Odebrecht drill ships
  • Asia Pacific PPP Deal of the Year - Victoria desalination
  • Asia Pacific - Oil & Gas Deal of the Year - Cairn India
  • Europe - PPP Deal of the Year - M25
  • Europe - Portfolio Deal of the Year - Boreas (Centrica transaction)
  • Europe -Renewables Deal of the Year - Acciona
  • MENA - Gulf Power Deal of the Year - Shuweihat 2
  • MENA - Middle Eastern Power Deal of the Year - Rabigh
Credit magazine, Deals of the Year 2009
  • Euro Investment Grade (corporate) - ArcelorMittal (EUR2.5bn May)
  • Non-core currency - San Miguel (PHP38.8bn April)
  • Middle East and Africa - Ras Laffan (USD2.2bn July)
  • Islamic Finance - Republic of Indonesia (USD650m April)
  • Sovereign - UK (GBP7bn June)
  • Structured credit/restructuring - Yorkshire Water
Risk awards 2009
  • Best in-house system of the year- evolve
IFR Awards 2009
  • SSAR Bond House of the Year
  • SSAR Bond of the Year
    • The IBRD
  • Euro Bond of the Year
    • ArcelorMittal
  • Sterling Bond of the Year
    • The UK DMO
  • European Loan of the Year
    • ArcelorMittal
  • Emerging EMEA Loan of the Year
    • IPIC
  • Latin American Loan of the Year
    • Bimbo
  • Asia-Pacific Loan of the Year
    • Oriental Brewery
  • Islamic Bond of the Year
    • Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Latin American Bond of the Year
    • Petrobras
  • Emerging Asia Bond of the Year
    • San Miguel Brewery
IFR Asia Awards 2009
Regional awards
  • Domestic Bond House of the Year
  • Issuer of the Year & Singapore Capital Markets Deal of the Year
    • Noble Group
  • Domestic Bond Deal & Philippines Capital Markets Deal
    • San Miguel Brewery
  • Loan of the Year & South Korea Capital Markets Deal
    • Oriental Brewery
  • Islamic Deal
    • Republic of Indonesia
Country awards
  • Hong Kong Capital Markets Deal
    • HSBC's Rmb
emeafinance Middle East Banking Awards 2009
  • Best Foreign Investment Bank in Saudi Arabia
Contact
Geiger-Schaefer, Constanze
Head of Awards and Surveys - Corporate Communications
41st floor, 8 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HQ
United Kingdom

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Fax: 44 0207 9914588

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