SSAR
US DOLLARS
Oct 16 2018 ESM US$3bn Oct 23 2020 3 99.871 MS flat / T+20.1 3.067
Oct 16 2018 IADB US$500m Oct 25 2021 3mL-2 100 3mL-2 -
Oct 17 2018 NRW.BANK US$1bn Oct 26 2020 3mL+1 100 3mL+1 -
Oct 18 2018 Muni Fin US$500m Oct 26 2020 3mL+1 100 3mL+1 -
EUROS
Oct 16 2018 Hessen €750m Oct 10 2033 1.3 99.582 MS-4 / B+74.8 1.331
Oct 17 2018 Andalucia €600m Oct 31 2028 1.875 99.656 BONOs+29 1.913
Oct 17 2018 BNG €750m Jul 15 2039 1.5 98.912 MS+5 / B+68 1.562
GLOBAL BOND SUMMARY DETAILS: WEEK ENDING 19/10/2018
Pricing date Issuer Amount Maturity Coupon (%) Reoffer Spread (bp) Yield (%)
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GLOBAL STRUCTURED FINANCE IN US$
BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE
Managing No of Total Share
bank or group issues US$(m) (%)
1 Citigroup 246 89,450.52 15.0
2 Credit Suisse 174 66,778.61 11.2
3 JP Morgan 208 66,087.75 11.1
4 Wells Fargo 183 62,202.94 10.4
5 BAML 167 54,983.95 9.2
6 Goldman Sachs 104 34,985.71 5.9
7 Morgan Stanley 96 32,848.81 5.5
8 Barclays 111 31,372.03 5.3
9 Deutsche Bank 108 25,958.56 4.3
10 RBC 69 20,001.80 3.3
Total 1,086 597,383.63
Including securitisations (Euro, foreign, global and domestics, excluding
CDOs) and PFI bonds.
Source: Refinitiv SDC code: B16b