Why Should You Enter?
The Deals of the Year Awards are among the most respected awards in treasury. Entering is your opportunity to:
showcase the impact of your treasury team
gain recognition from senior treasury professionals
celebrate your achievements with the wider treasury community
reward the people behind your success
enter for free, with no limit on nominations.
Deals Awards
Recognising outstanding treasury deals that demonstrate innovation, commercial excellence, and a significant contribution to organisational success.
Tell us what was achieved, the challenges overcome, and the impact it had on your organisation. All sections of the nomination form must be completed for your entry to be considered. View the criteria to learn more.
Categories
Recognising outstanding treasury deals that demonstrate innovation, commercial excellence, and a significant contribution to organisational success.
Categories are:
Bonds above £1 Billion
Bonds below £1 Billion
Loans above £1 Billion
Loans below £1 Billion
Corporate Finance
Project Finance & Government Funding
Overall Deal of the Year
Criteria
Deals Criteria
Corporate organisations only (not banks, financial institutions* or government departments).
All sizes of deal and company will be taken into consideration.
Deals must have been completed between 1 November 2025 and 31 October 2026 to qualify for consideration.
*While we will accept nominations from NBFIs, the judges retain the right to determine that the nomination meets the overall objectives of both the ACT (advancing the treasury profession and treasurer career development) and the awards and judging criteria.
Please note: Details around the fees will be looked at loosely as part of the judging process, so please include as much information as you are able to. This will be used for the purposes of judging only and treated as confidential. For any pricing examples, please add the sterling equivalent using the exchange rate GBP/USD 1.33 and GBP/EUR 1.17.
Category Summary
These awards are for deals covering cash management, working capital management, trade finance, supply chain finance and systems implementations. Each deal will be considered from the corporate treasury perspective on the basis that it shows excellence in corporate treasury, as demonstrated by any or all of the following:
sound treasury management
efficient pricing
optimal or innovative structure
relative success in prevailing market conditions
the deal must involve a non-financial corporate organisation and the treasury team must have played a significant role.
the Corporate Finance category should be used for any deals that are multi-dimensional, potentially including bonds, loans and/or equity, restructuring or M&A; or any other deal that does not fit into one of the other categories
the Government and Project Finance category should be used for private financing where the lender is a Government or Government agency or finance provided through a Government Scheme; or private project finance
judges will also consider where ESG has played a particularly innovative or impactful role.
Teams Awards
Celebrating the treasury teams whose expertise, collaboration, and achievements have made a real difference to their organisations.
Tell us what was achieved, the challenges overcome, and the impact it had on your organisation. All sections of the nomination form must be completed for your entry to be considered. View the criteria to learn more.
Categories
Categories are:
Small Treasury Team of the Year (fewer than 5 FTEs)
Medium Treasury Team of the Year (5–9 FTEs)
Large Treasury Team of the Year (10+ FTEs)
Criteria
Team Awards Criteria
Team members are defined as the staff reporting to and including the Group Treasurer, and who are involved in corporate treasury activity such as cash management, working capital management, funding, trade finance, supply chain finance, or treasury systems.
Team size will be counted as full-time equivalents (FTE); e.g., three full-time, three part-time employees may qualify as a Small Team
The awards are open to corporate organisations only, not banks or government departments
While we will accept nominations from NBFIs, the judges retain the right to determine that the nomination meets the overall objectives of both the ACT (advancing the treasury profession and treasurer career development) and the awards and judging criteria.
If you have any queries about your team structure, please email awards@treasurers.org.
View Last Year's Highlights
Take a look back at the Deals of the Year Awards 2025 and relive the moments as we celebrated outstanding achievements, exceptional deals, and the teams driving excellence in corporate treasury.
Venue
Set in a magnificent Grade II listed, four-domed, Edwardian building, the venue for the Deals of the Year Awards was the Great Hall at the prestigious One Great George Street.
The room is very spacious, with high ceilings, so guests can enjoy the evening with plenty of space to move around. It is located very close to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and St James's Park.
Address: 1 Great George St, London SW1P 3AA, United Kingdom
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