Nominees for excellence in global SRT revealed

The shortlist of nominees for SCI's 2026 Risk Sharing Awards has been revealed, with the winners in all 15 categories to be announced at the awards gala dinner on 7 October. A committee of industry practitioners compiled the shortlist and will select the winners.

The judges, all of who signed confidentiality agreements and are recused from any award for which they are eligible, are: Dean Atkins, 400 Capital Management; Mascha Canio, CalPERS; Georges Duponcheele, Great Lakes; Gina Hartnett, Schroders Capital; Raad Hossain, Scotiabank; Robert Lewin, Tokio Marine HCC; Virgile Maixandeau, Nomura; Nils Nickel, Lloyds Bank; Victor Ong, Axis Capital; Manos Psomas, Guy Carpenter; and Molly Whitehouse, Newmarket Capital.

The shortlists by category are as follows:

European Transaction of the Year

• Allica ENABLE Guarantee
  Allica Bank, British Business Bank, Sona Asset Management
• ARTS Project Finance
  Unicredit
• EGB SME 2025-1
  Erste, RenaissanceRe
• Plutus
  Aareal Bank, Alvarez & Marsal, Texel
• Setanta Finance 2025-1
  AIB, Howden CAP

North American Transaction of the Year

• Biscotasi I
  BMO
• Project Hudson
  BNP Paribas
• Terra
  Newmarket, Société Générale
• USCLN 2026-RVM1
  US Bank

ESG Transaction of the Year

• BCR SME 2025-1
  BCR/Erste, Fidelis, IFC
• Chrysalis
  AXA XL, AXIS, Deutsche Bank, IFC, Liberty Mutual, Newmarket, Santander
• Mosaic
  AXA XL, AXIS, EBRD, Liberty Mutual, PGGM
• Project Gasherbrum
  mBank, PGGM
• Terra
  Newmarket, Société Générale

Innovation of the Year

• Allica ENABLE Guarantee
  Allica Bank, British Business Bank, Sona Asset Management
• Atacama
  IFC, Newmarket, Santander
• Chrysalis
  AXA XL, AXIS, Deutsche Bank, IFC, Liberty Mutual, Newmarket, Santander
• GARC Fund Financing-1
  Intesa Sanpaolo
• Hudson
  Alvarez & Marsal, Deutsche Bank, Oaktree, PBB

Investor of the Year

• BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts
• M&G Investments
• Newmarket
• PGGM
• Sona Asset Management

(Re)insurer of the Year

• AXIS
• Fidelis
• RenaissanceRe

European Issuer of the Year

• BNP Paribas
• EBRD
• Erste
• Intesa Sanpaolo
• Unicredit

North American Issuer of the Year

• Ally
• BMO
• Huntington Bank
• Truist
• US Bank

European Arranger of the Year

• BNP Paribas
• Erste
• Intesa Sanpaolo
• Revel Partners
• Unicredit

North American Arranger of the Year

• Bank of America
• BMO
• Deutsche Bank
• JPMorgan
• US Bank

European Law Firm of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• Clifford Chance
• Latham & Watkins
• Linklaters
• Simmons & Simmons

North American Law Firm of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• Cadwalader
• Clifford Chance
• Mayer Brown

Service Provider of the Year

• BNY
• iconicchain
• KPMG Advisory Services
• Ocorian
• Oxane

SRT Team of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• BMO
• IFC
• Intesa Sanpaolo
• PGGM

Outstanding Contribution to SRT

There is no shortlist for this award – the winner will be announced at the awards ceremony.