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Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues €(m) (%)
1 UniCredit 13 6,598.08 8.7
2 Credit Agricole 22 6,516.13 8.6
3 Barclays 11 6,071.18 8.0
4 JP Morgan 11 5,913.92 7.8
5 HSBC 15 5,600.43 7.4
6 Commerzbank 15 5,491.50 7.2
7 SG 10 4,292.42 5.7
8 DZ Bank 10 4,257.75 5.6
9 BAML 16 4,244.23 5.6
10 Goldman Sachs 7 4,121.79 5.4
Total 76 75,957.49
Excluding ABS/MBS.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: N5ALL AGENCY BONDS IN EUROS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues €(m) (%)
1 Commerzbank 27 8,953.16 9.5
2 JP Morgan 20 7,855.60 8.3
3 Credit Agricole 25 7,280.92 7.7
4 Goldman Sachs 14 6,507.79 6.9
5 HSBC 29 6,111.45 6.5
6 Barclays 19 5,680.79 6.0
7 SG 25 5,651.38 6.0
8 BNP Paribas 22 5,514.82 5.8
9 Deutsche Bank 16 4,749.82 5.0
10 UniCredit 13 4,336.59 4.6
Total 152 94,709.15
Excluding equity-related debt. Including publicly owned institutions.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: N6MUNICIPAL, CITY, STATE, PROVINCE ISSUES IN EUROS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues €(m) (%)
1 UniCredit 39 7,919.83 18.6
2 DGZ-DekaBank 31 4,274.92 10.0
3 HSBC 30 4,084.28 9.6
4 LBBW 26 3,143.30 7.4
5 Deutsche Bank 21 2,499.95 5.9
6 Nord/LB 23 2,479.78 5.8
7 JP Morgan 17 2,378.65 5.6
8 DZ Bank 16 1,558.73 3.7
9 Credit Agricole 11 1,467.85 3.4
10 BayernLB 12 1,208.01 2.8
Total 120 42,605.26
Excluding ABS/MBS.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: N7