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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 214,532.32 821 8.05%
2 JPMorgan 205,928.57 892 7.72%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 189,733.81 635 7.12%
4 Barclays 167,856.79 593 6.30%
5 HSBC 149,306.51 684 5.60%

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 29,830.94 52 6.96%
2 BNP Paribas 28,123.74 109 6.56%
3 UniCredit 21,895.45 101 5.11%
4 Credit Agricole CIB 21,885.13 102 5.11%
5 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 21,814.64 83 5.09%

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Goldman Sachs 9,508.41 44 8.72%
2 JPMorgan 9,409.35 41 8.63%
3 Citi 7,634.33 42 7.00%
4 UBS 5,950.83 20 5.46%
5 Deutsche Bank 5,145.17 32 4.72%