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GLOBAL STRUCTURED FINANCE IN EUROS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues €(m) (%)

1 BNP Paribas 7 2,056.82 13.4

2 SG 8 1,604.19 10.5

3 HSBC 5 1,595.19 10.4

4 Credit Agricole 4 1,289.85 8.4

5 Morgan Stanley 5 1,248.97 8.2

6 Citigroup 6 888.05 5.8

7 Banca IMI (Intesa Sanpaolo) 3 7 82.80 5.1

8 UniCredit 3 754.80 4.9

9 BAML 4 746.39 4.9

10 Lloyds Bank 2 659.35 4.3

Total 37 15,307.88

Includes securitisations, credit-linked notes (Euro, foreign, global and

domestics) and excludes CDOs.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: B16g

ALL EUROPEAN ISSUERS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

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

1 BAML 15 4,184.34 12.5
2 BNP Paribas 15 3,612.49 10.8
3 Lloyds Bank 10 3,023.59 9.0
4 HSBC 11 2,740.67 8.2
5 Citigroup 15 2,433.06 7.3
6 Credit Suisse 4 1,858.26 5.5
7 SG 7 1,766.04 5.3
8 Credit Agricole 5 1,623.85 4.8
9 Morgan Stanley 6 1,587.49 4.7
10 Deutsche Bank 7 1,106.57 3.3
Total 67 33,546.70
Includes securitisations, credit-linked notes (Euro, foreign, global and
domestics) and excludes CDOs.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: B16n