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EUROPEAN LEVERAGED LOANS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 BNP Paribas 41 8,585.52 8.6
2 Credit Agricole 38 7,590.92 7.6
3 Deutsche Bank 30 6,822.03 6.8
4 HSBC 26 5,553.39 5.5
5 SG 27 5,517.04 5.5
6 JP Morgan 20 5,244.48 5.2
7 Goldman Sachs 21 5,012.69 5.0
8 Citigroup 17 4,974.35 5.0
9 Natixis 21 4,081.09 4.1
10 Barclays 19 3,982.75 4.0
Total 114 100,386.97
Excluding project finance. Western Europe only included.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: P10
EMEA SPONSORED LOAN BOOKRUNNERS
BY VOLUME: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Europe, Middle East, Africa
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 BNP Paribas 23 4,518.50 8.9
2 Deutsche Bank 17 4,069.92 8.0
3 Credit Agricole 23 3,252.31 6.4
4 HSBC 15 3,231.21 6.4
5 SG 17 3,206.05 6.3
6 JP Morgan 13 3,005.32 5.9
7 Goldman Sachs 15 2,722.34 5.4
8 Natixis 16 2,688.33 5.3
9 Barclays 11 2,252.73 4.4
10 Citigroup 7 2,110.71 4.2
Total 69 50,786.24
Excluding project finance.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: P13
US LEVERAGED LOANS
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 BAML 404 83,048.53 10.3
2 JP Morgan 358 80,636.37 10.0
3 Wells Fargo 279 63,155.49 7.8
4 Barclays 206 49,571.35 6.2
5 Credit Suisse 196 43,570.90 5.4
6 Goldman Sachs 189 42,943.77 5.3
7 Deutsche Bank 185 38,473.04 4.8
8 Citigroup 165 36,503.74 4.5
9 Morgan Stanley 137 31,111.77 3.9
10 RBC 161 29,724.82 3.7
Total 1,363 805,651.45
Excluding Project Finance.
Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: P2