IFR International - 03.11.2018

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ALL ASIAN HIGH-YIELD ISSUERS

1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues US$(m) (%)

1 Haitong Securities 41 2,303.79 7.2

2 Citic 25 2,025.37 6.3

3 Credit Suisse 20 1,688.57 5.3

4 Guotai Junan Securities 40 1,651.03 5.2

5 Deutsche Bank 24 1,607.02 5.0

6 HSBC 25 1,521.49 4.8

7 JP Morgan 8 1,518.99 4.8

8 Bank of China  19 1,394.25 4.4

9 Goldman Sachs 9 1,237.67 3.9

10 UBS 22 1,176.67 3.7

Total 93 31,951.90

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: B06d

ALL EUROPEAN HIGH-YIELD ISSUERS

1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues US$(m) (%)

1 Goldman Sachs 42 7,001.25 8.5

2 JP Morgan 45 6,105.99 7.4

3 Deutsche Bank 49 6,081.18 7.4

4 Credit Suisse 42 5,484.41 6.7

5 BNP Paribas 53 5,174.27 6.3

6 Citigroup 34 4,499.31 5.5

7 Barclays 34 4,260.06 5.2

8 BAML 27 3,423.85 4.2

9 HSBC 32 3,152.48 3.8

10 Morgan Stanley 20 3,033.37 3.7

Total 139 82,204.22

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: B06c