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SYNDICATED VOLUME
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 BNP Paribas 113 34,456.27 9.0
2 JP Morgan 43 27,551.08 7.2
3 SG 84 23,134.17 6.0
4 Credit Agricole 106 22,737.03 5.9
5 Citigroup 53 18,923.92 4.9
6 Deutsche Bank 61 18,455.54 4.8
7 UniCredit 88 18,324.94 4.8
8 HSBC 71 15,588.99 4.1
9 ING 75 15,477.14 4.0
10 BAML 40 13,782.81 3.6
Total 423 384,387.44
Proportional credit
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: R17