China banks take on more bond arrangement
They are rocketing up the international bond arranging league tables in Asia, leaving investment banking stalwarts in their wake
Hong Kong
CHINESE banks, encouraged by Premier Li Keqiang's "going-out" strategy, are rocketing up the international bond arranging league tables in Asia, leaving investment banking stalwarts in their wake.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC), the world's biggest lender by assets, jumped four spots from the end of last year to No 11, its all-time best, among arrangers of sales in either US dollars, euro or yen, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Bank of China Ltd advanced five places to No 6 in the first six months of the year, as Barclays plc and UBS Group AG dropped out of the top 10 entirely.
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