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ALL INVESTMENT-GRADE BONDS IN EUROS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues €(m) (%)

1 BNP Paribas 209 51,419.81 7.4
2 JP Morgan 148 46,255.14 6.6
3 SG 149 44,705.00 6.4
4 Barclays 151 44,595.57 6.4
5 Credit Agricole 166 42,203.16 6.0
6 HSBC 194 41,039.70 5.9
7 Deutsche Bank 174 39,290.22 5.6
8 UniCredit 164 36,388.32 5.2
9 Citigroup 110 29,704.65 4.3
10 Goldman Sachs 95 28,481.07 4.1
Total 852 697,671.76
Excluding ABS/MBS, equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: N9

ALL CORPORATE BONDS IN STERLING

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues £(m) (%)

1 Barclays 20 2,128.76 14.6

2 NatWest Markets 15 1,650.25 11.3

3 JP Morgan 9 1,213.45 8.3

4 HSBC 12 1,196.57 8.2

5 Santander 10 909.98 6.3

6 BNP Paribas 9 883.13 6.1

7 Lloyds Bank 9 831.01 5.7

8 Morgan Stanley 6 801.49 5.5

9 RBC 8 784.62 5.4

10 Goldman Sachs 7 773.11 5.3

Total 39 14,557.20

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: N8a

ALL SWISS FRANC BONDS INCLUDING

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BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues SFr(m) (%)

1 Credit Suisse 84 10,045.74 31.4

2 UBS 73 8,158.61 25.5

3 Verband Schweizerischer 17 3,964.63 12.4

4 ZKB 41 2,962.10 9.3

5 Raiffeisen Schweiz 26 2,010.21 6.3

6 BNP Paribas 10 1,182.93 3.7

7 Basler KB 13 885.58 2.8

8 Commerzbank 9 792.77 2.5

9 HSBC 3 650.00 2.0

10 Deutsche Bank 4 433.63 1.4

Total 159 31,950.03

Including preferreds. Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv