Debt capital markets: Winners were also losers

The primary market share of the top 10 global debt houses declined substantially in 2008, according to full-year figures released last month by Dealogic.

Global DCM revenue rankings 2008
Rank Bank Revenue ($mln) % share
1 JPMorgan 1,033 7.6
2 Citi 860 6.3
3 Barclays Capital 856 6.3
4 Merrill Lynch 710 5.2
5 Bank of America 645 4.7
6 UBS 622 4.6
7 Deutsche Bank 615 4.5
8 Credit Suisse 606 4.4
9 RBS 544 4.0
10 Morgan Stanley 543 4.0
Subtotal 7,035 51.6
Total 13,743 100.0
Source: Dealogic
Global DCM volume 2008
Rank Bookrunner 2008 2007
Deal value $mln % share Rank Deal value $mln % share
1 Barclays Capital 368,765 8.3 1 584,342 9.6
2 JPMorgan 350,628 7.9 2 570,648 9.4
3 Deutsche Bank 252,909 5.7 4 413,069 6.8
4 Citi 250,621 5.7 3 436,804 7.2
5 RBS 217,186 4.9 9 267,855 4.4
6 Merrill Lynch 214,926 4.9 5 378,858 6.2
7 UBS 202,463 4.6 10 266,398 4.4
8 Goldman Sachs 187,011 4.2 8 269,322 4.4
9 Bank of America 182,820 4.1 7 307,913 5.1
10 Credit Suisse 180,186 4.1 11 249,997 4.1
Subtotal 2,407,515 54.5 3,745,205 61.5
Total 4,420,057 100 6,094,887 100
Source: Dealogic

The impact of the financial turmoil, far from concentrating activity in the hands of the biggest players, is apparently levelling the field. The top debt houses took a smaller slice of a smaller pie in a shrinking market. Barclays Capital has leapt to number one in volumes on the back of its takeover of Lehman Brothers in the US, edging out last year’s big three of JPMorgan, Citi and Deutsche Bank.

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