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          Awards

          2025.06.19. 10:45
          The following table shows the national and international professional awards awarded by national and international organizations for the outstanding work of ÁKK Zrt. or in recognition of the high-quality professional work of the employees of ÁKK Zrt.
          AwardName of award ceremonyDateReason for award
          The best Debt Deal of the Year in HungaryGlobal Banking & Markets26 November 2025Global Banking & Markets' awarded the June 2025 USD bond, declaring it as the best Sovereign, Supra and Agency Bond Deal in CEE, Central Asia and Turkey and the best Debt Deal of the Year in Hungary.
          Most Impressive Issuer in Central and Eastern EuropeGlobal Capital18 June 2025In GlobalCapital's 2025 poll, based on the opinion of market participants, Hungary once again finished in 1st place in the Most Impressive Issuer in Central and Eastren Europe category. The international bond market performances were taken into account during the awarding of the awards, and issuers, investment banks, investors and other market participants could vote.
          Most Impressive ESG Bond Issuer in CEEMEA regionGlobal Capital18 June 2025In GlobalCapital's 2025 poll, based on the votes of market participants, Hungary ranked 1st in GlobalCapital's "Most Impressive ESG Bond Issuer in CEEMEA" category.
          The best Sovereign, Supra and Agency Bond Deal in CEE, CIS and TurkeyGlobal Banking & Markets25 September 2024Global Banking & Markets' awards the January 2024 green Eurobond , declaring it as the best Sovereign, Supra and Agency Bond Deal in CEE, CIS and Turkey and the best Debt Deal of the Year in Hungary.
          Most Impressive Issuer in Central and Eastern EuropeGlobal Capital19 June 2024In GlobalCapital's 2024 poll, based on the opinion of market participants, Hungary once again finished in 1st place in the Most Impressive Issuer in Central and Eastren Europe category. The international bond market performances were taken into account during the awarding of the awards, and issuers, investment banks, investors and other market participants could vote.
          Most Impressive ESG Bond Issuer in CEEMEA regionGlobal Capital19 June 2024In GlobalCapital's 2024 poll, based on the votes of market participants, Hungary ranked 1st in GlobalCapital's "Most Impressive ESG Bond Issuer in CEEMEA" category.
          Most Impressive Funding Official in Central and Eastern Europe - Zoltán KuraliGlobal Capital19 June 2024Zoltán Kurali, CEO of Government Debt Management Agency, received the "Most Impressive Funding Official in Central and Eastern Europe" award in GlobalCapital's 2024 poll, based on the votes of market participants.
          Lifetime Achievement - Judit OrelGlobal Capital19 June 2024The former head of department at ÁKK retired in 2023 and the Global Capital honoured her decades-long service for the succesful debt management.
          Impact report of the year (for issuers)Environmental Finance8 April 2024The Government Debt Management Agency’s (ÁKK) has been awarded the impact report of the year for issuers for Hungary’s green bond integrated report 2022 by the Environmental Finance. The report including an allocation and an impact chapter has included updates that seek to provide issuers with transparent disclosures and guidance.
          Emerging EMEA Bond IFR Award 2023IFR2 February 2024Hungary's performance in the international capital markets has once again received recognition as IFR Awards honoured the January 4, 2023 triple-tranche US dollar 4.25 billion bond issue and subsequent US$ 1 billion liability management transaction. The "Emerging EMEA Bond 2023" award represents a significant achievement for Hungary and the ÁKK.
          CEEMEA Sovereign Bond of the YearGlobal Capital15 December 2023Hungary took a risk in issuing the first CEEMEA bond of 2023 on January 4 without knowing how the year would unfold. However, given the challenges faced by emerging market issuers in 2022 and having received orders totaling $6 billion, Hungary decided to offer a record-breaking $4.25 billion in new bonds. This marked its largest-ever dollar bond issuance and its largest-ever intra-day offering. Remarkably, Hungary only incurred a new issue premium of 10bp-25bp on each tranche, a significantly narrower concession compared to the 40bp-50bp paid by other issuers in previous months. By acting swiftly and front-loading its borrowing, Hungary managed to pay less than other borrowers who waited as 10-year US Treasury yields increased.
          Most Impressive Issuer in Central and Eastren EuropeGlobalCapital21 June 2023In GlobalCapital's 2023 poll, based on the opinion of market participants, Hungary once again finished in 1st place in the Most Impressive Issuer in Central and Eastren Europe category. The international bond market performances were taken into account during the awarding of the awards, and issuers, investment banks, investors and other market participants could vote.
          Most Impressive ESG Bond Issuer in CEEMEAGlobalCapital21 June 2023In GlobalCapital's 2023 poll, based on the votes of market participants, Hungary ranked 3rd in GlobalCapital's "Most Impressive ESG Bond Issuer in CEEMEA" category.
          Most Impressive Funding Official in Central and Eastern EuropeGlobalCapital21 June 2023Zoltán Kurali, CEO of Government Debt Management Agency, received the "Most Impressive Funding Official in Central and Eastern Europe" award in GlobalCapital's 2023 poll, based on the votes of market participants.
          Largest Sovereign Green Bond 2023 AwardGreen Finance Awards6 June 2023On June 6, 2023, the Green Finance Awards were presented in Astana, at which Hungary. became the winner of the "Largest Sovereign Green Bond 2023" category. Established by the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in 2019 to recognize and encourage achievements in the development of green and sustainable finance in Central Asia, the Caucasus, the EAEU countries, Western China, Mongolia, and Eastern Europe. On Earth Day, April 21, 2021, ÁKK Zrt. issued a new, fixed-interest, 30-year institutional HUF government bond, called the Green Hungarian Government Bond. The issue supported the development of the domestic capital market with a product financing sustainability goals, further strengthen investor diversification, and extend the term of the debt. The decision-makers considered that this green bond issue deserved the title "Largest Sovereign Green Bond 2023". The issuance was preceded by thorough preparatory work, which also required the competent professional knowledge of ÁKK Zrt.'s employees, so the "Green Finance Awards "Largest Sovereign Green Bond 2023" award is also a great recognition of ÁKK's teamwork.
          Most Impressive Issuer in CEEGlobalCapital1 July 2022In 2022, according to market participants, Hungary finished 1st in the "Most Impressive CEE Issuer" category, after being 3rd in 2021. Issuers, investment banks, investors, and other market participants could vote for nominees for their international bond market performance during the period between April 2021 and March 2022. Within this period, Hungary issued 3 series of foreign currency bonds denominated in dollars and euros in September 2021, issued the first sovereign green Panda bond in the China Interbank Bond Market in the last month of 2021, and at the end of February 2022 successfully completed its largest Samurai bond transaction in four different maturities., out of which the three longer-term tranches were green bonds.
          The Banker's Deals of the Year Awards 2022The Banker Magazine20 June 2022Hungary won the Deal of The Year Award 2022 in the Bonds: Sovereign, supranational and agency category, being the first sovereign to issue bonds in several currencies at the same time in 2021. In 2022, the long-established financial magazine The Banker, founded 96 years ago, ranked the previous year's credit and capital market transactions, of which Hungary became the best in its category with its 3-tranche transaction denominated in USD and EUR in September 2021. The coupons of the 10-year USD bond and the 7-year EUR bond are the lowest ever achieved by the Hungarian state in its issuances in these currencies.
          Most Impressive CEE Issuer 3rd placeGlobalCapital16 Jun 2021The prestigious GlobalCapital Bond Awards were presented again this year! After awarded in 2020, in 2021 Hungary finished in 3rd place in the "Most Impressive CEE Issuer" category. The awards were based on a poll whereby issuers, investment banks, investors, and other market participants were asked to vote for whom they thought had performed best during the period July 2020 to March 2021.
          Sovereign Green Market Pioneer AwardClimate Bonds Initiative21 April 2021The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) awarded Hungary the Sovereign Green Market Pioneer Award in 2021, recognizing Hungary's issuance of a EUR 1.5 billion sovereign green bond in June 2020, which demonstrates its commitment to environmental protection and sustainable solutions. In previous years Belgium, France and Poland were also among the winners of the Climate Bonds Awards. The award was announced on 21 April 2021 on the 6th Climate Bonds Awards virtual award ceremony.
          Capital Eye Special AwardCapital Eye1 April 2021Japan’s capital markets monitoring media, Capital Eye, awarded the best bonds issued in Japan in 2020 based on a survey conducted with market participants. As part of this, the Hungarian sovereign was recognized by the Special Award for its successful Green Samurai bond series issued in 2020. The issuance of Hungarian green bonds in Japan had a very good response, and Capital Eye highlighted that the Government Debt Management Agency also provided documents (GBF and SPO) on its website in Japanese. By issuing green bond series, the issuer was able not only to extend the yield curve of its Samurai bonds, but also to broaden its investor base.
          Sustainable Finance AwardResearch Institute for Environmental Finance (RIEF)20 January 2021Hungary received the Sustainable Finance Award for last year's Japanese Green Samurai Bond issue.
          Based on ESG related financial transactions of 2020, the Research Institute for Environmental Finance (RIEF) awarded Hungary the Sustainable Finance Award in the sovereign category. RIEF evaluated that the Samurai bonds issued in September 2020 by the Hungarian state contributed to the internationalization of the Tokyo market and Hungary was the first sovereign to issue green bonds in Japan.
          Nikkei Veritas AwardNikkei csoport pénzügyi hetilap10 January 2021The Hungarian Green Samurai Issue was recognised by the Japanese economic press. The Nikkei Group's financial weekly, the Nikkei Veritas, ranked it third on the list of "Best Samurai Bond Issues of 2020" in the January 10 issue of the Nikkei Veritas.
          Most Impressive CEE Funding OfficialGlobalCapital30 September 2020According to the votes of market participants, Zoltán Kurali, CEO of Government Debt Management Agency, received the Award for "Best Debt Manager of the Year" (Most Impressive CEE Funding Official) in the GlobalCapital poll.
          Most Impressive CEE Issuer – HungaryGlobalCapital30 September 2020According to the votes of market participants, Hungary (Most Impressive CEE Issuer) was awarded the "Best Issuer in Central and Eastern Europe" award in the GlobalCapital poll.