The world’s best borrowers in 2006

Here are the bond issuers that have taken the market by storm over the past 12 months: from the IFC, punching above its weight within the World Bank group with its pioneering work in developing local bond markets, to Bayer’s use of innovative methods to maintain its credit profile while making acquisitions.

Award Winners
Best sovereign/supranational/agency borrower	Best corporate borrower
Best high yield borrower	Best bank borrower
Best insurance borrower	Best ABS issuer
Best CDO manager	Best covered bond issuer
Best sovereign/supranational/agency borrower – Latin America	Best corporate borrower – Latin America
Best FIG borrower – Latin America	Best sovereign borrower – Emerging Europe
Best corporate borrower – Emerging Europe	Best FIG borrower – Emerging Europe
Best sovereign borrower – Asia	Best corporate borrower – Asia
Best FIG borrower – Asia	Best Middle Eastern borrower

15th Global Borrowers & Investors forum 2006