23 Dec 2025

SMBC Group Named PFI Bond House of the Year, Americas Deals Recognized

SMBC Group was proud to be recognized as Global Bond House of the Year in the 2025 Project Finance International (PFI) Awards.

“Everyone is catching up to the new trends, but SMBC understood the shift and combined structuring expertise with broad distribution capabilities across both the private placement and public bond spheres,” according to PFI.

The article highlighted the Americas Division (AD) for its “dedicated US private placement team in New York with a strong track record across core infrastructure sectors and cross-border transactions, complemented by a public project bond team with specialized rating advisory capabilities.”

PFI also noted that SMBC Group led innovation in new sectors and structures, emphasizing the AD’s leading role in the inaugural US private placement (USPP) for a data center, our work with ratings agencies to position the asset class within infrastructure methodologies, and our lead role in several deals across infrastructure, power, and new energies.

In addition to the global honor, the AD supported our clients in several award-winning deals, including:
  • Deal of the Year: STACK Infrastructure
  • LNG Deal of the Year: Louisiana LNG
  • Power Deal of the Year: Intersect Quantum
  • LatAm Deal of the Year: Oasis de Atacama
We are proud to be recognized as a leader in this space as we continue to evolve our business to best support clients across all aspects of project finance. Read the SMBC global profile on page 11 and the full PFI 2026 Yearbook here.