Dealogic league table roundup, Dec 16

Equity capital markets
Volume in the Asian equity capital markets reached $1.1 billion from 18 transactions this week, the lowest weekly deal count in 10 weeks (week of October 3, with eight deals raising $201 million). This brings year-to-date volume to $162.4 billion, down 45% on the $297.6bn completed in the same 2010 period.

Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical’s $313 million IPO through Guosen Securities was the biggest transaction this week. A $262 million IPO for GS Retail was also completed through Woori Investments & Securities, Korea Investment & Securities and Shinhan Investment Corp, which is the fifth-biggest IPO in the retail sector for the region so far this year.

The top three banks in the league table rankings remain unchanged, with Goldman Sachs taking $13.1 billion, followed by Morgan Stanley and UBS

Top 10 Asia ex-Japan ECM bookrunner rankings

	Bookrunner parents	Value ($m)	No.	%
1	Goldman Sachs	13,140	38	8.1
2	Morgan Stanley	9,921	45	6.1
3	UBS	7,368	45	4.5
4	Deutsche Bank	6,854	36	4.2
5	Credit Suisse	6,800	39	4.2
6	CICC	5,663	21	3.5
7	Bank of America Merrill Lynch	5,415	22	3.3
8	Citi	5,296	37	3.3
9	J.P. Morgan	5,194	36	3.2
10	Ping An Securities	4,465	34	2.8

Debt capital markets
Two Asian borrowers raised $312 million in the G3 debt capital markets this week, the biggest of which was a $192 million trade for Posco through bookrunner Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

HSBC continues to lead the bookrunner ranking wth $10.2 billion, followed by Citi and Deutsche Bank.

Top 10 Asia ex-Japan DCM bookrunner rankings

	Bookrunner parents	Value ($m)	No.	%
1	HSBC	10,227	64	12.3
2	Citi	6,967	40	8.4
3	Deutsche Bank	6,040	36	7.3
4	Standard Chartered	5,851	44	7.0
5	Goldman Sachs	5,444	27	6.5
6	UBS	5,273	30	6.3
7	J.P. Morgan	4,941	35	5.9
8	Barclays Capital	4,615	28	5.6
9	Bank of America Merrill Lynch	4,560	30	5.5
10	RBS	4,008	33	4.8