Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment 2012

New York, February 17, 2012 — Global Finance announces the winners of the World’s Best Investment Banks 2012 Awards, to be published in its April 2012 issue.

“The definition of success in investment banking became more complicated in the frenetic markets of last year,” said Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of Global Finance. In a year when investment banks generally redefined success as “survival”, The reach of Global Finance simply being able to raise equity or debt capital at all, or just being able to prevent Global Finance, founded in 1987, an M&A deal from falling through, became recognized as the overarching mark of has a circulation of 50,050 and success. readers in 163 countries. Its circulation is audited by BPA. Global Finance editors, with input from industry experts, used a series of criteria— including market share, number and size of deals, service and advice, structuring Global Finance’s audience includes capabilities, distribution network, efforts to address market conditions, innovation, chairmen, presidents, CEOs, CFOs, pricing, after-market performance of underwritings and market reputation—to treasurers and other senior finan- select the winners. Deals announced or completed in 2011 were considered. cial officers responsible for making investment and strategic decisions at multinational companies and GLOBAL AWARDS financial institutions.Global Finance also targets the 8,000 international Best Investment portfolio investors responsible for Best Equity Bank J.P. Morgan more than 80% of all global assets Best Debt Bank Bank of America Lynch under professional management. Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs Its website –– GFmag.com –– Best Up-and-Comer Partners offers analysis and articles that Most Creative Nicolaus are the heritage of 25 years of experience in international financial markets, and provides Find the full list of the World’s Best Investment Banks 2012 on the following pages. a valuable source of data on 192 countries. Headquartered in AWARDS CEREMONY New York, with offices in London and Milan. An Awards Ceremony for all winners will be conducted at the same time as the — — — — — — — — — World Bank/IMF Meetings on the morning of Saturday October 13, 2012 at the Foreign To obtain the Investment Bank Correspondents’ Club in Tokyo, Japan. Award logo, please write to For more information on the awards and/or ceremony please contact: Chris Giarraputo: [email protected] Katharine Frey, email: [email protected] GFmag.com page 1 of 3 Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2012

GLOBAL AWARDS LATIN AMERICA Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs Best Investment Bank Itaú BBA Best Equity Bank J.P. Morgan Best Equity Bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch Best Debt Bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch Best Debt Bank Santander Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs Best M&A Bank BTG Pactual Best Up-and-Comer Evercore Partners Most Creative Stifel Nicolaus MIDDLE EAST Best Investment Bank Samba Capital SECTORS Best Equity Bank Gulf International Bank Consumer Citi Best Debt Bank HSBC Financial Institutions KBW Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs Health Care Piper Jaffray Infrastructure Scotia Capital AFRICA Industrial/Chemicals Jeffries Best Investment Bank Media/Entertainment J.P. Morgan Best Equity Bank Java Capital Metals & Mining BMO Capital Markets Best Debt Bank Barclays Capital Oil & Gas Goldman Sachs Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs Power Real Estate Raymond James COUNTRY AWARDS Technology Morgan Stanley NORTH AMERICA Telecom J.P. Morgan Canada BMO Capital Markets US Goldman Sachs REGIONAL AWARDS NORTH AMERICA EUROPE Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs France BNP Paribas Best Equity Bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch Germany Best Debt Bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch Italy Intesa San Paolo Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs Netherlands ING Portugal CaixaBi WESTERN EUROPE VTB Capital Best Investment Bank Spain BBVA Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse Sweden Handelsbanken Best Debt Bank Barclays Capital Switzerland Credit Suisse Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs Turkey Oyak Yatirim United Kingdom Barclays Capital ASIA Best Investment Bank China International Capital Corp (press release continued on page 3) Best Equity Bank Ping An Securities Best Debt Bank China International Capital Corp Best M&A Bank Nomura

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs Best Equity Bank Goldman Sachs Best Debt Bank VTB Capital Best M&A Bank Deutsche Bank

NORDIC Best Investment Bank Pareto AS GFmag.com Best Equity Bank Pareto AS Best Debt Bank Nordea Markets Best M&A Bank SEB page 2 of 3 Global Finance names the World’s Best Investment Banks 2012

COUNTRY AWARDS (continued) ASIA LEGAL ADVISERS Australia Macquarie Global Simpson Thacher & Bartlett China China International Capital Corp North America Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong HSBC Western Europe Linklaters India State Bank of India Asia Linklaters Indonesia Mandiri Sekuritas Central & Eastern Europe Dewey & LeBoeuf Japan Daiwa Capital Markets Latin America Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Kazakhstan Halyk Finance Middle East & Africa Linklaters Mongolia Eurasia Capital Singapore DEALS OF THE YEAR South Korea Samsung Securities Taiwan Fubon Financial Best Equity Deal: Mining company Glencore International of Switzerland LATIN AMERICA raised $10.05 billion in an IPO Argentina Citi on May 11, 2011 Brazil Bradesco Lead Manager: Citi Chile LarrainVial Global Bookrunners: Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Colombia Bancolombia Bank of America Merrill Lynch Mexico Citi Best Debt Deal: Nationwide Bullding Society MIDDLE EAST issued $19.97 billion in mortgage- Bahrain Gulf International Bank backed securities (Silverstone Egypt Arab African International Bank Master Issuer pic Series 2011-1) Israel HSBC on October 31, 2011 Jordan Arab Financial Investment Kuwait Markaz Lead Managers: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Lebanon BankMed Barclays Capital, J.P. Morgan, UBS Oman BankMuscat and Nationwide Building Society Qatar QInvest Saudi Arabia Samba Capital Best M&A Deal: Kinder Morgan Inc acquired energy UAE Standard Chartered giant El Paso Corp for $37.88 billion on October 16, 2011 AFRICA Advising target: Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Nigeria FBN Capital South Africa Standard Bank Advising Acquirer: Evercore Partners and Barclays Capital

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