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Euromoney’s borrower awards 2007 |
| Overall awards | |
| Best sovereign/supranational/agency borrower | Best bank borrower |
| Best insurance borrower | Best ABS |
| Best CDO borrower | Best covered bond issuer |
| Best corporate borrower | Best high-yield/leveraged finance borrower |
| Latin America regional awards | |
| Best sovereign borrower | Best corporate borrower |
| Best financial borrower | |
| Central & Eastern Europe regional awards | |
| Best sovereign borrower | Best corporate borrower |
| Best financial borrower | |
| Asia regional awards | |
| Best sovereign borrower | Best corporate borrower |
| Best financial borrower | |
| Middle East and northern Africa regional awards | |
| Best borrower | |
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From June 2006 to May 2007 there was unprecedented activity in the North American high-yield and leveraged loan market. Borrowers with sub-investment grade ratings raised more than $146 trillion in 257 deals, and 2,219 leveraged loan deals worth almost $950 billion were executed.