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Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 BAML 46 8,089.91 10.2
2 JP Morgan 44 7,223.61 9.1
3 Morgan Stanley 28 5,658.75 7.1
4 Wells Fargo 42 5,538.07 7.0
5 Citigroup 33 5,351.85 6.8
6 Barclays 28 4,376.37 5.5
7 Mizuho 25 3,820.28 4.8
8 MUFG 21 3,613.40 4.6
9 RBC 22 3,031.60 3.8
10 Goldman Sachs 17 2,877.27 3.6
Total 123 79,251.38
Excluding equity-related debt, ABS/MBS, all foreign issues, global issues
and non corporates.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: F6aALL US INVESTMENT GRADE CORPORATE DEBT
(EXCLUDING SOLE SELF FUNDED DEALS)
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 JP Morgan 240 69,684.31 11.2
2 BAML 216 67,260.00 10.8
3 Citigroup 208 58,119.33 9.3
4 Goldman Sachs 133 44,812.52 7.2
5 Morgan Stanley 164 41,613.92 6.7
6 Barclays 115 41,600.74 6.7
7 Wells Fargo 149 38,303.64 6.2
8 RBC 85 24,141.92 3.9
9 HSBC 72 23,942.10 3.8
10 Credit Suisse 76 19,639.21 3.2
Total 550 622,656.65
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: F09aALL CORPORATE BONDS IN EUROS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues €(m) (%)
1 BNP Paribas 101 17,416.03 9.0
2 SG 78 14,733.52 7.6
3 Deutsche Bank 78 13,248.48 6.9
4 JP Morgan 71 11,029.25 5.7
5 HSBC 78 10,781.79 5.6
6 Goldman Sachs 40 10,188.82 5.3
7 UniCredit 57 10,122.43 5.2
8 Credit Agricole 59 9,715.71 5.0
9 Barclays 47 8,578.47 4.4
10 BAML 47 8,012.27 4.2
Total 291 192,912.42
Excluding equity-related debt. FIGs, ABS/MBS.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: N8