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CEB wins top funding honour at GlobalCapital’s Bond Awards 2026
18 June 2026
London – The CEB has achieved major recognition at the prestigious GlobalCapital’s Bond Awards 2026, winning the award for Most Impressive Supranational, Agency and Sub-sovereign Funding Team with an Annual Borrowing Requirement under €10 billion. In addition to this landmark award, which was presented at a ceremony in London on 17 June, the CEB made the final shortlist in two other award categories: Most Impressive Supranational, Agency and Sub-sovereign ESG Bond Issuer and Most Impressive Supranational Funding Official.*
With the winners chosen by a market-wide vote, the Bond Awards celebrate leading institutions and individuals in the international bond markets in a range of categories, while acknowledging the performance of CEB’s Funding and Investor Relations team.
“We are thrilled to receive this award - it’s a wonderful tribute to the CEB and its outstanding funding team in particular, reflecting their passion, expertise and sense of partnership” says Felix Grote, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at the CEB.
“It rewards our long-standing commitment to robust market execution and to fostering impactful relationships across the global investor and banking community, all in support of our vital social mission.”
The awards cap a strong period of execution for the CEB’s funding programme in 2025. In January it issued its inaugural GBP-denominated Social Inclusion Bond (SIB), which became the first sterling-denominated Sovereign, Supranational, and Agency (SSA) social bond listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Sustainable Bond Market. In June, the Bank was elected to the Executive Committee of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Principles, which underpin global bond markets. CEB’s election reflected continued leadership in the social bond market and its role as a founding member of the ICMA Social Bond Working Group.
Throughout the year, the Bank delivered a diversified and resilient funding programme despite volatile market conditions, raising nearly €6 billion across six currencies and 18 transactions. The CEB’s trademark SIBs remained a central part of the programme, accounting for over 40% of total issuance.
The 2026 GlobalCapital achievement adds to other recent distinctions for CEB’s capital markets activities. These include Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Debt Awards 2025, where CEB’s €1.25 billion SIB issuance was named Social Bond of the Year – Supranational.
* ESG = environmental, social, and governance
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) is a multilateral development bank with an exclusively social mandate from its 43 member countries. The CEB finances investment projects and provides technical assistance in social sectors such as education, health and affordable housing, while focusing on the needs of vulnerable people, as well as on the social dimensions of climate change and the environment. Borrowers include governments, local and regional authorities, public and private banks, non-profit organisations and others. The CEB, which has a triple-A credit rating, funds itself through international capital markets. In addition, the CEB receives funds from donors to complement its activities.