Equity Capital Markets
Only $633 million was raised from nine ECM transactions in Asia ex-Japan this week, making the first week after the Chinese New Year the slowest week in 2011so far. The previous week, which marked the run-up to a long weekend in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, also saw low issuance of just $1.2 billion via 13 deals. These past two weeks were well below the average weekly volume of $5 billion seen earlier in 2011. Year-to-date issuance stands at $21.8 billion, which is on par with the $21.7 billion raised in the same period last year.
Goldman Sachs remains at the top of the Asia ex-Japan ECM bookrunner rankings with $2 billion, followed by Deutsche Bank on $1.6 billion and UBS on $1.1 billion.