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Don’t believe the hype about BHP — but if a deal comes, it’ll be good

Reports of Citigroup underwriting a $70bn loan for BHP Billiton are probably exaggerated. But if at some point BHP does come to the loan market to finance a bid for Rio Tinto, the deal is likely to be well received.

  • 13 Nov 2007

Market rumours abound that BHP Billiton, the Anglo-Australian mining company, plans to syndicate a $70bn (Eu48bn) deal, partly to finance its proposed takeover of UK rival Rio Tinto.

If these rumours are correct — and that is far from certain — it is hugely audacious on the part ...

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Global Syndicated Loan Volume

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 172,528.37 447 11.43%
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 160,693.38 492 10.64%
3 Citi 96,418.79 281 6.39%
4 Wells Fargo Securities 85,288.18 310 5.65%
5 Mizuho 71,291.03 326 4.72%

Bookrunners of Middle East and Africa Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 First Abu Dhabi Bank 2,481.46 9 9.72%
2 Standard Chartered Bank 2,311.00 7 9.05%
3 Citi 1,786.67 6 7.00%
4 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 1,489.50 4 5.83%
5 MUFG 1,349.82 5 5.29%

Bookrunners of European Leveraged Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 5,388.55 35 7.45%
2 Credit Agricole CIB 5,167.13 26 7.14%
3 Deutsche Bank 5,163.07 27 7.14%
4 Goldman Sachs 4,132.89 22 5.71%
5 JPMorgan 4,083.96 19 5.65%

Bookrunners of European Marketed Syndicated Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 17,156.20 81 7.00%
2 Credit Agricole CIB 14,626.10 73 5.97%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 13,982.20 42 5.71%
4 UniCredit 11,996.19 65 4.90%
5 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 11,443.33 58 4.67%

Syndicated Loan Revenue - EMEA

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 HSBC 35.45 69 6.71%
2 BNP Paribas 31.67 78 5.99%
3 ING 31.21 74 5.90%
4 Citi 22.60 36 4.27%
5 Deutsche Bank 21.89 32 4.14%