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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 JPMorgan 20,817.74 56 8.80%
2 Citi 20,610.84 51 8.72%
3 Barclays 16,808.93 39 7.11%
4 HSBC 16,223.20 45 6.86%
5 BNP Paribas 14,082.74 30 5.95%

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 56,371.71 236 6.79%
2 Credit Agricole CIB 50,115.87 240 6.03%
3 JPMorgan 46,785.38 108 5.63%
4 UniCredit 45,665.76 207 5.50%
5 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 43,321.52 173 5.21%

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1 Morgan Stanley 114.77 1 17.52%
1 BNP Paribas 114.77 1 17.52%
3 Commerzbank Group 65.85 2 10.05%
4 Oakley Advisory Ltd 64.52 1 9.85%
4 Barclays 64.52 1 9.85%