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ESMA points to HY, EM risk to fund redemption shock

High-yield bond funds are a lot more exposed to a liquidity shortfall than funds for other asset classes, according to a stress test developed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The publication of ESMA’s results came in the same week as a Bank of England official discussed solutions to fund fire-sales.

  • By Jasper Cox
  • 05 Sep 2019

Scrutiny of the liquidity of funds and their ability to cope with significant redemptions has increased after a series of high-profile incidents.

GAM stopped redemptions in an absolute return bond fund last year after a high level of requests, and the fund has been liquidated. This year, ...

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Bond Comments

All International Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 298,323.65 1341 8.59%
2 Citi 269,047.62 1134 7.75%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 232,961.57 951 6.71%
4 Barclays 214,961.76 865 6.19%
5 Goldman Sachs 169,802.27 706 4.89%

Bookrunners of All Syndicated Loans EMEA

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 34,547.72 148 7.51%
2 Credit Agricole CIB 33,319.19 143 7.25%
3 JPMorgan 25,404.62 68 5.52%
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 23,368.44 65 5.08%
5 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 22,509.71 104 4.89%

Bookrunners of all EMEA ECM Issuance

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 9,273.59 56 10.30%
2 Morgan Stanley 8,122.33 40 9.02%
3 Goldman Sachs 7,738.32 41 8.60%
4 Citi 6,426.54 47 7.14%
5 UBS 4,913.18 26 5.46%