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Managing No of Total Share
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1 BAML 699 213,817.67 12.2
2 JP Morgan 624 192,737.16 11.0
3 Wells Fargo 492 142,743.42 8.1
4 Citigroup 327 111,388.73 6.3
5 Goldman Sachs 229 74,881.47 4.3
6 Barclays 273 74,666.62 4.2
7 RBC 268 69,044.68 3.9
8 Morgan Stanley 172 63,655.77 3.6
9 MUFG 173 61,341.08 3.5
10 BNP Paribas 126 52,151.38 3.0
Total 2,523 1,757,321.93
Proportional credit
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: R7