NZ Debt Market Issue of the Year Award 

  • 2025 Contact Energy’s NZ$250m Green Capital Bond Offer
    Issuer: Contact Energy
    Arranger & Joint Lead Manager: Forsyth Barr
    Joint Lead Managers: BNZ, Craigs  

  • 2024 UDC Finance, NZ$650m mixed pool ABS Transaction
    Arranger, Joint Lead Mander, Swap Counterparty: BNZ
    Joint Lead Manger, Swap Counterparty: ANZ
    Joint Lead Manger: Societe Generale  

  • 2023 New Zealand Debt Management
    Issue: $3b Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Green Bonds
    Joint Lead Managers: ANZ, BNZ, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Westpac
    Green Bond Framework: Joint Structuring Advisers: BNZ, Deutsche Bank  

  • 2022 Contact Energy Limited’s NZD$225m Green Capital Bond
    Joint Arrangers and Joint Lead Managers: Craigs Investment Partners, Forsyth Barr
    Joint Lead Manager & Green Programme Co-ordinator: BNZ  

  • 2021 Auckland Council: $500m secured unsubordinated 30 year fixed rate Green Bonds
    Issuer: Auckland Council
    Joint Lead Manager and Green Bond Coordinator: ANZ
    Joint Lead Managers: BNZ, Westpac  

  • 2020 TR Group NZ$75m fixed rate secured bonds 
    Joint Lead Managers: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac  

  • 2019 Infratil’s NZ$246m Infrastructure Bond Offer
    Issuer: Infratil
    Organising participant and Joint Lead Manager: Forsyth Barr Securities
    Joint Lead Managers: ANZ Bank, BNZ, Deutsche Craigs, FNZC 

  • 2018 Genesis Energy - $225m, 30 year capital bonds
    Issuer: Genesis Energy
    Arranger: Deutsche Craigs
    Joint Lead Managers: ANZ Bank New Zealand, Bank of New Zealand, Deutsche Craigs, Forsyth Barr  

  • 2017 Auckland International Airport NZD$225m 7 year fixed rate bonds
    Issuer: Auckland International Airport Ltd  
    Joint Lead Managers: Bank of New Zealand, Westpac Banking Corporation (acting through it’s New Zealand branch)  

  • 2016 Rabobank NZ Branch NZD 400m 5-year Fixed Rate Notes 
    Issuer: Rabobank NZ Branch 
    Organising Participant and Joint Lead Manager: ANZ Bank NZ Limited 
    Joint Lead Manager: Westpac Banking Corporation (acting through its NZ branch)  

  • 2015 ASB Notes NZ$ 400m subordinated, unsecured debt securities of ASB 
    Issuer: ASB Bank 
    Arranger: Commonwealth Bank of Australia 
    Arranger and Joint Lead Manager: Goldman Sachs New Zealand 
    Joint Lead Managers: ASB Securities, Deutsche Craigs, Forsyth Barr, MacQuarie Capital (New Zealand)  

  • 2014 New Zealand Debt Management Office’s NZ $2.5 billion 20 September 2030 Inflation Linked Bond.  
    Issuer: The New Zealand Debt Management Office  
    Lead Managers: Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Westpac Banking Corporation (acting through its New Zealand Branch) 

  • 2013 NZ Local Government Funding Agency Ltd (LGFA) Inaugural $300m Bond Issue 
    Issuer: LGFA 
    Joint Lead Managers and Arrangers: Cameron Partners Ltd and PwC (formerly Asia-Pacific Risk Management Ltd)  

  • 2012 Insurance Australia Group Limited Unsecured Subordinated Bonds 
    Issuer: Insurance Australia Group Limited 
    Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners: ANZ and UBS New Zealand  

  • 2011 Bank of New Zealand 
    New Zealand Dollar Fixed Rate Covered Bond Issue 
    Issuer & Lead Manager: Bank of New Zealand  

  • 2010 Fonterra NZ$800m Senior Retail Bond 
    Issuer: Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd 
    Joint Lead Managers: ANZ, part of ANZ National Bank & Bank of New Zealand  

  • 2009 Genesis Energy Unsecured, Unsubordinated fixed rate Bonds
    Issuer: Genesis Power Limited 
    Lead Manager: ABN AMRO New Zealand Limited  

  • 2008 Rabobank Perpetual Non-Cumulative Capital Securities 
    Issuer: Rabobank Nederland 
    Joint Lead Manager & Organising Participant: First NZ Capital Securities 
    Joint Lead Manager: ASB Bank Ltd  

  • 2007 Nufarm Step-up Securities 
    Issuer: Nufarm Finance (NZ) 
    Joint Lead Manager & Sole Organising Participant: UBS 
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