| NORTH AMERICA |
| Best Bank in North America: TD Bank |
| Best US Bank: US Bancorp |
| Best Investment Bank in North America: Goldman Sachs |
| Best Canadian Investment Bank: RBC Capital Markets |
| Best Debt House in North America: Deutsche Bank |
| Best Equity House in North America: Deutsche Bank |
| Best at Risk Management in North America: Deutsche Bank |
| Best M&A House in North America: JPMorgan |
| Best FX House in North America: Barclays Capital |
| Best at Project Finance in North America: Société Générale corporate and investment banking |
| Best at Cash Management in North America: Citi |
North America has been firmly at the centre of the global financial crisis. From March 2008 to the end of April 2009, it lost some of its most revered banking institutions as asset prices continued to decline. Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Washington Mutual, to name but a few, went bankrupt or were swallowed up by competitors, while those swallowing them faced their own issues.