2020-04-04 IFR Magazine

International Financing Review April 4 2020 91

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Managing No of Total Share

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

Excluding Project Finance.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: P2

1 BofA Securities 176 31,081.87 10.9

2 JP Morgan 128 25,160.31 8.8

3 Citigroup 87 22,290.79 7.8

4 Wells Fargo 99 17,797.78 6.2

5 Credit Suisse 68 17,792.56 6.2

6 Goldman Sachs 97 17,730.81 6.2

7 Barclays 82 14,113.77 4.9

8 Morgan Stanley 49 12,475.03 4.4

9 Jefferies 43 10,152.92 3.6

10 RBC 58 10,057.56 3.5

Total 511 285,921.91

EUROPEAN LEVERAGED LOANS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2020–31/3/2020

Managing No of Total Share

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

Excluding project finance. Western Europe only included.

(^) Source: Refinitiv SDC code: P10
1 Barclays 17 3,629.43 10.4
2 JP Morgan 17 2,749.31 7.8
3 Deutsche Bank 18 2,731.58 7.8
4 BNP Paribas 14 2,147.47 6.1
5 Goldman Sachs 14 2,047.58 5.8
6 NatWest Markets 12 1,638.44 4.7
7 HSBC 10 1,521.25 4.3
8 Credit Suisse 13 1,410.77 4.0
9 Sumitomo Mitsui 6 1,379.63 3.9
10 Morgan Stanley 7 1,276.27 3.6
Total 51 35,023.88
EMEA SPONSORED
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2020–31/3/2020
Europe, Middle East, Africa
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
Excluding project finance.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: P13
1 Deutsche Bank 12 1,826.85 7.9
2 Barclays 10 1,520.78 6.6
3 BNP Paribas 10 1,477.28 6.4
4 JP Morgan 10 1,377.85 6.0
5 Credit Suisse 12 1,376.64 6.0
6 Morgan Stanley 6 1,242.14 5.4
7 Goldman Sachs 9 1,139.93 4.9
8 SG 6 1,097.46 4.8
9 HSBC 7 1,061.41 4.6
10 Sumitomo Mitsui 5 1,060.47 4.6
Total 29 23,045.15
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