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EUROPEAN LEVERAGED LOANS
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Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 BNP Paribas 57 10,283.02 7.6
2 Credit Agricole 50 9,576.32 7.1
3 Deutsche Bank 40 8,436.78 6.2
4 HSBC 37 7,277.83 5.4
5 Goldman Sachs 32 6,857.06 5.1
6 Natixis 36 6,598.99 4.9
7 SG 36 6,522.09 4.8
8 Citigroup 26 6,419.55 4.7
9 Barclays 28 5,887.09 4.3
10 JP Morgan 30 5,682.49 4.2
Total 189 135,338.80
Excluding project finance. Western Europe only included.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: P10
EMEA SPONSORED LOAN BOOKRUNNERS
BY VOLUME: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Europe, Middle East, Africa
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 Deutsche Bank 25 5,486.60 7.4
2 BNP Paribas 30 5,344.92 7.3
3 Credit Agricole 32 4,688.99 6.4
4 Natixis 28 4,670.92 6.3
5 Goldman Sachs 24 4,352.70 5.9
6 HSBC 21 4,085.27 5.5
7 JP Morgan 22 3,981.63 5.4
8 SG 22 3,652.23 5.0
9 Barclays 18 3,598.12 4.9
10 RBC 15 2,866.15 3.9
Total 117 73,702.39
Excluding project finance.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: P13