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Ambac disappoints, CIFG rating downgraded

Ambac Financial, parent company of bond insurer Ambac Assurance, on Wednesday announced plans to raise at least $1bn of capital through an equity offering. It will also stop writing structured finance business for six months.

  • 07 Mar 2008

It is offering at least $1bn of shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share. The underwriters have a 30 day option to buy additional shares to cover over-allotments, if there are any.

Credit Suisse, Citigroup, UBS and Bank of America are joint bookrunners ...

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All International Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 304,500.91 1183 8.04%
2 JPMorgan 297,722.75 1300 7.86%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 278,326.06 937 7.35%
4 Barclays 230,841.51 858 6.10%
5 Goldman Sachs 206,469.72 679 5.45%

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 43,227.81 174 7.04%
2 JPMorgan 38,825.76 78 6.32%
3 Credit Agricole CIB 33,071.14 158 5.38%
4 UniCredit 32,366.25 145 5.27%
5 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 31,330.98 120 5.10%

Bookrunners of all EMEA ECM Issuance

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 13,024.03 55 8.90%
2 Goldman Sachs 12,162.67 59 8.31%
3 Citi 9,480.20 54 6.48%
4 Morgan Stanley 8,083.13 49 5.52%
5 UBS 7,976.88 32 5.45%