Asset-backed Finance: Europe takes to securitization

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Leading bookrunners of asset-backed Euromarket issues
Rank Bookrunner $bn
1 Credit Suisse First Boston 12.7
2 Deutsche Bank 9.1
3 Lehman Brothers 5.5
4 Merrill Lynch 3.9
5 Goldman Sachs 3.0
6 HypoVereinsbank 2.6
7 Nomura 2.4
8 Société Générale 1.9
9 Morgan Stanley 1.7
10 JP Morgan 1.1
Source: Capital Data Bondware, January to June 1999

Of all the growing asset classes in the European capital markets, asset-backed finance has been one of the most hyped. In the US it is a mature market where the culture of consumer credit and a large amount of non-bank mortgages provide ample revenue streams for securitization, but issuer and investor interest elsewhere has been lacking.

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