Japan’s banks open lending taps

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Japan’s banks open lending taps

Chris Wright
June 09, 2009

Relatively untroubled by sub-prime losses and well-endowed with deposits, Japan’s banks are still enthusiastic lenders. But the bulk of their advances are still domestic – sometimes to potentially shaky borrowers. Will they expand further in lending in international markets? Chris Wright reports.

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Top 15 global bookrunners syndicated loans, Jan 1 to May 19 2009
Rank Bookrunner Value $mln No. deals % share
1 Mizuho 46,487.2 237 8.43
2 JPMorgan 43,660.9 114 7.92
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 42,160.0 183 7.65
4 Citi 36,389.5 60 6.6
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp 34,383.2 258 6.24
6 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 30,366.4 301 5.51
7 BNP Paribas 19,955.5 64 3.62
8 Barclays Capital 15,132.9 42 2.75
9 Calyon 14,745.9 50 2.68
10 RBS 14,602.0 52 2.65
11 Wells –Wachovia Securities 12,292.9 103 2.23

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Chris Wright is Euromoney’s Asia correspondent. He covers the Asia Pacific region and is based in Singapore. He has previously been Middle East editor of Euromoney, editor of Asiamoney, investment editor of the Australian Financial Review and a correspondent on emerging markets and sovereign wealth for numerous publications worldwide. He has also written three books.
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