World’s best bank for financial institutions 2016: Citi

Awards for Excellence 2016

Also shortlisted:

HSBC

Goldman Sachs

Morgan Stanley

UBS

View full 2016 results

He may have been talking his own book, but it is hard to disagree with Peter Babej’s assessment of his bank’s performance in raising money for and advising financial institutions over the past 12 months.

“Citi is unique globally,” says the bank’s global co-head of financial institutions. “We have some very strong competition in FIG M&A and equity and perhaps less strong competition in FIG DCM. Other firms have a strong network but not the M&A expertise, while others have a broad product offering but smaller geographical footprint.