Banking bonanza: Asia-Pac investment banking revenue booms 32% to a record $6.1bn

UBS ranked first with a 5.6% market share in 1H 2011, followed by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.

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Asia Pacific (ex Japan) IB Revenue reached $6.1bn in 1H 2011 – the highest 1H level on record and up 32% from the $4.6bn generated during the same period 2010 period.

UBS continued to lead the Asia Pacific (ex Japan) IB Revenue ranking with a 5.6% market share, followed by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse with shares of 4.7% and 4.2% respectively.

Asia Pacific (ex Japan) M&A
Asia Pacific (ex Japan) M&A reached $290.8bn in 1H 2011, up 24% on 1H 2010 but down 7% from 2H 2010.

Asia Pacific (ex Japan), asides from North America, was the only region in 1H 2011 where Financial Sponsor buyouts volume ($11.6bn) was higher than the Financial Sponsor Exit volume ($10.7bn)

Asia Pacific (ex Japan) ECM
Asia (ex Japan) ECM volume dropped 3% to $96.5bn in 1H 2011 from the record high volume of $99.8bn in 1H 2010.

IPO volume fell slightly to $47.4bn from $48.3bn in 1H 2010 while follow-on volume fell 14% to $35.0bn.

China ECM volume stood at $53.6bn via 304 deals in 1H 2011, down 3% from the same period last year. India ECM volume dropped to $8.2bn in 1H 2011, down 51% on 1H 2010.

Asia Pacific (ex Japan) DCM
Asia Pacific (ex Japan) DCM volume totaled a record high $368.6bn in 1H 2011, up 26% from the $293.4bn recorded during the comparable 2010 period.

China led the region with $122.2bn and accounted for 33% of Asia Pacific (ex Japan) DCM volume in 1H 2011, marking the highest first half volume for China on record.

Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Loan
Asia Pacific (ex Japan) loan volume reached $201.5bn in 1H 2011, up 16% compared with $173.9bn in 1H 2010.

India topped the nationality ranking with $42.2bn and a share of 21% in 1H 2011 despite volume dropping 10% from the $46.7bn recorded in 1H 2010.

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