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Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues €(m) (%)
1 Barclays 18 13,017.18 11.3
2 JP Morgan 18 11,544.17 10.0
3 Citigroup 19 10,346.38 9.0
4 BNP Paribas 15 9,182.61 7.9
5 HSBC 12 7,836.83 6.8
6 SG 15 7,549.52 6.5
7 NatWest Markets 7 7,419.18 6.4
8 Goldman Sachs 9 4,996.03 4.3
9 Credit Agricole 8 4,973.49 4.3
10 Santander 5 4,589.15 4.0
Total 44 115,510.11
Excluding ABS/MBS.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: N4
ALL INTERNATIONAL US$ BONDS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 JP Morgan 588 163,676.35 9.6
2 Citigroup 584 153,588.20 9.0
3 BAML 490 136,236.02 8.0
4 Barclays 354 111,807.56 6.6
5 Goldman Sachs 345 103,871.97 6.1
6 Morgan Stanley 344 92,643.14 5.5
7 HSBC 346 92,397.38 5.4
8 Wells Fargo 308 82,343.58 4.8
9 Credit Suisse 302 77,229.02 4.5
10 Deutsche Bank 292 69,452.27 4.1
Total 2,009 1,698,628.61
Including Euro, foreign and global issues. Excluding equity-related debt,
US Global ABS/MBS.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: O1