Deals of the Year 2011: Global markets – Diamonds in the rough

It was a year that many in banking would like to forget. But adversity can be the mother of invention and an impressive array of transactions shone through the gloom: evidence of the market’s resilience in the face of everything macroeconomic headwinds can throw at it

 
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Cargill Inc/The Mosaic Company
Size $7.5 billion customized split-off and debt-for-equity exchange
Date May 2011
Joint bookrunners Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, UBS
Adviser to Cargill Credit Suisse
Adviser to MAC Foundation UBS

View deal informationCargill Inc/The Mosaic Company

Glencore
Size $11 billion initial public offering
Date May 2011
Joint bookrunners Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley
Issue price 530p
View deal informationGlencore
Kinder Morgan
Size $3.3 billion private equity-backed initial public offering
Date February 2011
Lead managers Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital
Issue price $30
View deal informationKinder Morgan
European Union
Size €4 billion benchmark notes due 2026
Date September 2011
Lead managers Barclays Capital, Crédit Agricole, DZ Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan
Coupon 3% over OAT 3.5%

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