BNP Paribas has carried off five prestigious titles at the 2025 IFR Awards, reflecting the Bank’s expertise and leadership across the financial landscape. The Bank was named Sustainable Finance House of the Year and Americas Sustainable Finance House of the Year, as well as Euro Bond House of the Year for its outstanding performance in the euro market. In structured finance, BNP Paribas was recognised as EMEA CLO House of the Year for the second year in a row and newly honoured as North America CLO House of the Year.
These accolades highlight BNP Paribas’ commitment to supporting clients, driving innovation, and delivering excellence across regions and asset classes, even amid challenging market conditions.
Twofold recognition in sustainable finance
IFR’s editors named BNP Paribas Sustainable Finance House and Americas Sustainable Finance House of the Year, applauding the Bank’s “sustainable finance leadership across regions and instruments.” The publication singled out its role in supporting clients with key sovereign and European Green Bond landmarks, as well as notable progress in blue and other nature-related transactions. At BNP Paribas, our teams are committed to supporting our clients, delivering end-to-end sustainable finance solutions to address their specific needs and accompany them in their products.
In naming BNP Paribas Sustainable Finance House, IFR noted: “In a year where ESG markets’ focus on nature topics grew significantly, BNP Paribas stressed blue financing of ocean and freshwater projects, plus drinking and wastewater.”
Awarding BNP Paribas Americas Sustainable Finance House, IFR emphasised: “The nature theme was an important dimension of BNP Paribas’ progress in the Americas during the year, with two of its blue transactions placed for Latin American multilateral development banks.” It underscored the Bank’s role in multiple transactions across the region: “Overall, BNP Paribas stood out as one of the region’s strongest league table performers over the year.”
BNP Paribas “ticks all the boxes” on the euro bond market
IFR named BNP Paribas Euro Bond House of the Year, praising the Bank as “a past master in successfully navigating its way around a territory where it feels very much at home.” Noting that 2025 was a year when the euro market “reached new heights in terms of what it could deliver,” IFR celebrated the Bank’s “prowess in the currency’s bond arena,” executing over 100 more deals than its nearest rival.
Editors noted the “roster of deals worthy of envy,” including Europe’s most prominent issuers, and a growing number of US companies, in addition to borrowers from Japan, South Korea and, increasingly, Australia.
IFR also underlined the depth and range of BNP Paribas’ presence across the market: “Given the breadth of the bank’s business, it was no surprise that the major market themes were addressed, in both “halves” of the year.”
Excellence in structured finance recognised
IFR awarded BNP Paribas for its outstanding achievements in structured finance, naming the Bank EMEA CLO House of the Year for the second consecutive year and, for the first time, North America CLO House of the Year.
IFR applauded the Bank for “cementing its position as a tier-one arranger,” and noted that “BNP Paribas guided clients through regulatory difficulties, brought innovative structures and accessed new pools of liquidity, all while executing a huge volume of dealflow across the new issue, reset and refi spectrum.”
The publication also recognised BNP Paribas’ remarkable ascent in the US CLO arranger league tables and commended the Bank for its strategic growth: “BNP Paribas has picked up market share as a US CLO arranger amid skyrocketing issuance, moving into the top five.” In addition, editors underscored BNP Paribas’ client-focused approach: “The European lender made a conscious decision to increase its market share over the past few years while providing personalised attention to its clients.”
