In the Best Adviser category, subsidiary BDO Capital & Investment Corp. brought home awards for the Best Corporate and Institutional Adviser-Domestic for the 6th time, the Best Equity Adviser for the 4th time, and the Best Loan Adviser for the 4th time as well.
In the Best Deal category, BDO and BDO Capital were individually recognized with Best Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Deal awards for their roles as sole lender and mandated lead arranger & bookrunner (acquisition financing), respectively, in the KKR-led consortium’s $1.3 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings—the largest healthcare M&A in the country.
BDO was also awarded the Best Retail Bond in the same category for its P36 billion fixed-rate peso bond issuance, which was seven times more than the original P5 billion offer due to robust demand from individual and institutional investors.
BDO Capital was bestowed with the Best Local Currency Green Bond Award under the Deal of the Year – Real Estate category in The Asset Triple A Regional Awards 2020.
The bank’s investment house was lauded for being the joint lead underwriter and joint bookrunner of the P3-billion fixed-rate Asean Green Bonds of Arthaland Corp.
Source: Malaya