IFR Magazine – June 08, 2019

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ALL INTL EMERGING MARKETS BONDS

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Asia-Pacific

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues US$(m) (%)

1 HSBC 135 13,445.40 8.6

2 Citigroup 73 7,704.05 4.9

3 Standard Chartered 85 7,129.36 4.6

4 Bank of China  83 6,469.53 4.1

5 Credit Suisse 54 6,220.47 4.0

6 UBS 69 6,213.87 4.0

7 JP Morgan 46 5,402.08 3.5

8 Mizuho 54 5,184.98 3.3

9 Haitong Securities  93 4,809.06 3.1

10 Morgan Stanley 42 4,578.79 2.9

Total 351 156,233.60

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Source: Refinitiv SDC code: L4

ALL INTL EMERGING MARKETS BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues US$(m) (%)

1 JP Morgan 101 24,461.24 8.1

2 Citigroup 126 22,972.82 7.6

3 HSBC 162 21,970.68 7.3

4 Standard Chartered 118 17,574.17 5.8

5 BNP Paribas 67 11,294.58 3.7

6 Deutsche Bank 68 10,621.68 3.5

7 Goldman Sachs 42 10,304.54 3.4

8 Morgan Stanley 56 10,230.65 3.4

9 BAML 68 10,154.39 3.4

10 Credit Agricole 45 8,662.37 2.9

Total 508 301,442.13

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: L1