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BOOKRUNNERS – 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 JP Morgan 97 13,973.28 10.7
2 Goldman Sachs 77 9,406.11 7.2
3 BAML 85 8,558.12 6.6
4 Wells Fargo 64 8,464.82 6.5
5 Barclays 65 8,432.44 6.5
6 Deutsche Bank 72 8,323.19 6.4
7 Citigroup 71 7,965.62 6.1
8 Credit Suisse 67 7,892.83 6.1
9 Morgan Stanley 62 7,532.59 5.8
10 RBC 44 5,112.15 3.9
Total 254 130,295.15
Including US domestics, Euro, foreign, globals. Excluding equity-related
debt.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: B5