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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  34 1,709.99 7.1
2 Citic 22 1,515.37 6.3
3 Deutsche Bank 16 1,355.03 5.6
4 Guotai Junan Securities 31 1,284.66 5.3
5 JP Morgan 7 1,275.24 5.3
6 Bank of China  16 1,138.68 4.7
7 Morgan Stanley 11 1,126.84 4.7
8 BAML 11 1,006.95 4.2
9 HSBC 19 933.17 3.9
10 Credit Suisse 14 914.49 3.8
Total 71 24,024.27
Excluding equity-related debt.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: B06d