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Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 Citigroup 114 42,372.13 17.5
2 JP Morgan 67 19,044.50 7.8
3 BAML 60 15,734.44 6.5
4 Deutsche Bank 58 13,968.43 5.8
5 Barclays 53 12,873.57 5.3
6 RBC 45 12,872.37 5.3
7 Wells Fargo 52 10,422.64 4.3
8 Mizuho 29 8,316.75 3.4
9 Credit Suisse 39 7,341.43 3.0
10 Goldman Sachs 30 6,756.16 2.8
Total 423 242,706.08
Excludes MBS.
(^) Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: F14