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ALL ASIAN HIGH-YIELD ISSUERS
1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 Credit Suisse 41 4,615.21 8.0
2 Haitong Securities 66 3,801.05 6.6
3 Deutsche Bank 48 3,451.25 6.0
4 Citic 47 3,128.28 5.4
5 UBS 40 2,779.70 4.8
6 HSBC 41 2,663.62 4.6
7 JP Morgan 19 2,648.68 4.6
8 Morgan Stanley 33 2,558.73 4.5
9 Goldman Sachs 16 2,353.16 4.1
10 Guotai Junan Securities 56 2,182.52 3.8
Total 144 57,462.70
Excluding equity-related debt.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: B06d