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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 192,079.22 851 8.17%
2 Citi 181,567.62 744 7.72%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 152,466.12 623 6.48%
4 Barclays 142,653.63 569 6.06%
5 HSBC 120,106.34 625 5.11%

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Credit Agricole CIB 21,924.17 77 8.15%
2 BNP Paribas 19,758.95 84 7.35%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 17,751.88 49 6.60%
4 Deutsche Bank 12,953.29 48 4.82%
5 UniCredit 12,630.44 68 4.70%

Bookrunners of all EMEA ECM Issuance

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Morgan Stanley 6,404.49 28 10.24%
2 JPMorgan 5,949.53 36 9.51%
3 Goldman Sachs 5,596.92 27 8.95%
4 UBS 4,138.47 20 6.62%
5 Citi 4,111.21 29 6.57%