Equity Capital Markets
The equity capital markets raised a total of $1.5 billion from 16 issues this week, bringing volume for the year so far to $98.7 billion -- more than double the $43.9 billion recorded in the same period last year. UBS ended the first half of 2010 at the top of the league table with $6.1 billion, followed by Goldman Sachs on $5.6 billion and Bank of China on $5.4 billion.
IDFC's $574 million accelerated bookbuild was the largest issue of the week. The deal was led by Credit Agricole CIB CLSA, Credit Suisse, IDFC and Morgan Stanley. The US house moved up a notch in the league table rankings to...