Equity Capital Markets
The equity capital markets saw a total of $5.9 billion raised from 20 issues this week, bumping year-to-date volume over the $126 billion mark. The top three rankings remain unchanged with Goldman Sachs leading the field on $7.4 billion, followed by Citic Securities with $7.4 billion and China International Capital Corp (CICC) with $7.3 billion.
Bank of Communications' $4.8 billion rights issue was the largest deal of the week and led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Communications, CICC, Citic Securities, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Haitong Securities, HSBC and UBS. UBS moved up a notch in the rankings to sit in fourth place with $6.8 billion, while Credit Suisse jumped into the top 10 to take 10th place with $3.8 billion.
Sino-Ocean Land Holdings also raised $900 million from a convertible bond via Bank of China, J.P. Morgan and Macquarie Group. J.P. Morgan remains in fifth place in the league table on $6.7 billion and Bank of China is sixth with $5.7 billion, while Macquarie sits outside the top 10.
Deals scheduled to price next week include a $180 million rights issue for Global Bio-Chem Technology Group led by HSBC; and a $160 million ADS for China's Camelot Information Systems via bookrunners Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs.
Debt Capital Markets
Five trades raised a total of $2 billion from the debt capital markets this week, bringing regional volume to $41 billion so far this year. Deutsche Bank maintains its place at the top of the league table with $4.3 billion, followed by HSBC on $3.6 billion and Citi with $3.4 billion.
Woori Bank's $600 million bond was the largest deal of the week and led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, UBS and Woori Finance Holdings.
Citi climbed into the top three from fourth place last week on the back of a $450 million trade for Bank of East Asia that the US house led together with J.P. Morgan.
Credit Suisse also moved into the top 10 to take the 10th spot following a $500 million bond for PTTEP that was led together with Royal Bank of Scotland.