Equity Capital Markets
It was a quiet week in the equity capital markets with issuance dropping to $287 million after the $1.5 billion raised last week. Merrill Lynch still tops the league table rankings with $3.7 billion from 19 deals with JPMorgan and UBS rounding up the top three.
Goldman Sachs was the only mover in the league tables, creeping up to fourth place from fifth position last week. The US investment bank was the sole bookrunner for a $171 million IPO for Focus Media Holdings.
Debt Capital Markets
The debt capital markets saw $2.3 billion raised from...