Equity Capital Markets
Issuance in the equity capital markets hit $823 million this week bringing total volume for the first quarter to $22.2 billion and overtaking the $16.8 billion raised in the first quarter of 2005 by a clear margin. Goldman Sachs finishes 1Q2006 at the top of the league table rankings with $3.9 billion from 12 issues, well ahead of Nomura in second place with $1.8 billion.
Bank of China International and Morgan Stanley ran Hunan Nonferrous MetalsÆ $229 million IPO, the largest deal of the week. The US house climbed up a notch to seventh place in the tables with...