Investment Banking Awards 2007

Publication Award
The Asset

Asset Triple A Awards
November 2007
Best Retail Structured Product – World Water 100 Product
Best Equity-linked Structured Retail Product – World Water
100 Product
Best Local Currency Structured Product - World Water 100
Product (Australia)
The Asset
Triple A Country Awards
November 2007
Best Foreign Investment Bank in Indonesia
Best Equity House in Indonesia
Best Foreign Investment Bank in Korea
Best Equity House in Korea
Best Foreign Investment Bank in Vietnam
Best Debt House in Vietnam
Best Deal - US$13 Billion Tata Takeover of Corus (India)
Best Deal - US$ 1.3 Billion KEB Block Trade (Korea)
The Asset
2007 Asian G3 Bond Benchmark Survey
November 2007
#1 in Market Share (High Yield)
#1 in Market Share (Sovereigns)
#1 in Private Placement Ability
#1 in Sales Coverage
#1 in High Yield Research
#1 in Research (Damien Wood)
#1 in Sales (Ben Falloon - 7th consecutive year at #1 or #2)
#2 in Market Share
#2 in Pricing
#2 in Trading (Kenny Chong)
The Banker
Annual Investment Banking Awards 2007
October 2007
Global Investment Bank of the Year
Best Leveraged Finance House
Best High Yield Bond House
Best Convertibles House
Buyouts
Annual Awards
May 2007
Large Lender of the Year
Derivatives Week
The 2007 Derivatives Awards
November 2007
Fund-Linked House of the Year
Euromoney
2007 Awards for Excellence
July 2007
BEST HOUSE AWARDS:
Best Leveraged Finance House
Best Emerging Markets Debt House
Best Debt House in Mexico
Best M&A House in Brazil
Best M&A House in Central Asia
Best M&A House in Germany
Best M&A House in Indonesia
Best M&A House in Kazakhstan
Best M&A House in Latin America
Best M&A House in Philippines

BEST-IN-CLASS AWARDS:
Best Bank in Switzerland
Best Investment Bank in Austria
Best Investment Bank in Latin America
Best Investment Bank in Switzerland
Best Investment Bank in Vietnam
Best at Project Finance in North America
Euromoney and Ernst & Young
Global Renewable Energy Awards
September 2007
"IPO of the Year" for First Solar
Finance Asia
2007 Country Awards for Achievement
July 2007
Best Foreign Investment Bank in Indonesia
Financial News
European Buyside Trading Poll
May 2007
Broker of Choice for Direct Market Access and Trading Tools - AES
Financial News
Awards for Excellence in Investment Banking
November 2007
Most Improved Investment Bank of the Year
High Yield Bond House of the Year
The Financial Times and Mergermarket M&A Awards
December 2007
Financial Advisor of the Year, Central and Eastern Europe
Financial Advisor of the Year, Ireland
Global Finance
World's Best Investment Banks 2007 - Deals of the Year
June 2007
TXU Leveraged Buyout
Best M&A Deal
Global Pensions
2007 Global Pensions Awards
March 2007
Transition Manager of the Year
International Financing Review
IFR Review of the Year 2007
December 2007
Leveraged Finance House of the Year
Investment-Grade Corporate Bond of the Year
Swiss Franc Bond House of the Year
Latin American Equity Issue of the Year
US Loan of the Year
US Leveraged Loan of the Year
Latin American Bond of the Year
Latin Finance
Investment Banking Poll 2007
July 2007
TOP HONORS IN THE INVESTMENT BANKING POLL 2007, INCLUDING:
Best Equity Underwriter
Best Debt Underwriter
Best Sales & Trading
Best Execution
Best Buyside Relationships
Best Long-Term Partner
Best Overall Investment Bank
Pacific Prospect
Structured Product Awards
November 2007
PL100 - World Water PL100 - World Water - Structured
Product of the Year