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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 302,867.56 834 10.89%
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 261,712.78 872 9.41%
3 Citi 164,779.53 496 5.93%
4 Wells Fargo Securities 144,849.02 567 5.21%
5 MUFG 113,357.50 647 4.08%

Bookrunners of Middle East and Africa Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 3,471.92 10 7.34%
2 Standard Chartered Bank 3,339.74 12 7.06%
3 JPMorgan 3,173.44 8 6.71%
4 Mizuho 2,818.52 8 5.96%
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 2,575.67 5 5.44%

Bookrunners of European Leveraged Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 13,554.26 61 7.08%
2 Deutsche Bank 11,901.17 45 6.22%
3 Credit Agricole CIB 11,825.01 52 6.18%
4 Goldman Sachs 10,865.30 45 5.68%
5 UniCredit 10,484.86 60 5.48%

Bookrunners of European Marketed Syndicated Loans

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 32,522.19 61 6.56%
2 BNP Paribas 32,284.10 130 6.51%
3 UniCredit 26,992.47 123 5.44%
4 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 26,569.73 97 5.36%
5 Credit Agricole CIB 23,807.36 111 4.80%

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%