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ALL INTL EMERGING MARKETS BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Latin America

Managing No of Total Share

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

1 JP Morgan 30 8,312.66 13.4

2 Citigroup 25 7,155.00 11.5

3 BAML 22 6,365.36 10.3

4 Santander 22 4,026.57 6.5

5 Morgan Stanley 13 3,971.28 6.4

6 HSBC 15 3,522.26 5.7

7 Scotiabank 14 3,137.64 5.1

8 Barclays 9 2,466.05 4.0

9 Goldman Sachs 11 2,446.76 3.9

10 BNP Paribas 9 2,383.39 3.8

Total 84 61,974.21

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: L3

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC FINANCE DEBT

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2019 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

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

1 Standard Chartered 16 2,297.52 15.0

2 HSBC 12 1,733.43 11.3

3 Kuwait Finance House 7 1,356.65 8.9

4 Dubai Islamic Bank 9 1,176.89 7.7

5 First Abu Dhabi Bank 11 1,153.71 7.5

6 Citigroup 6 1,058.13 6.9

7 Emirates NBD 8 795.38 5.2

8 Deutsche Bank 4 621.46 4.1

9 JP Morgan 4 589.58 3.8

Total 18 15,322.69

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: J27

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