S&P Global Market Intelligence on Oct. 10 released third-quarter 2017 capital markets league tables for its covered North American sectors.
Bank and thrift
Sandler, Wells, Merrill Lynch keep lead in bank capital offerings
Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP remained the lead underwriter, by deal value, in terms of U.S. bank and thrift common equity offerings, IPOs and thrift mutual conversions in the third quarter, according to SNL Financial's league table rankings.
Insurance
Barclays Capital breaks tie atop insurance common equity league table through Q3
After tying in the first half of the year, Barclays Capital Inc. leapfrogged Wells Fargo Securities LLC for the top spot on the SNL common stock offering league table in the third quarter.
Financial services
Credit Suisse tops specialty finance common equity league table through Q3
Two third-quarter deals helped Credit Suisse (USA) Inc. move up to the top spot in SNL Financial's 2017 specialty finance common equity adviser rankings by deal value for the nine months ended Sept. 30.
Energy
Energy debt offerings, deal value rebound in Q3'17
Debt offerings in the energy sector slightly improved in the third quarter of 2017 after dropping in the previous three-month period.
Real estate
J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch hold top real estate underwriting spots after Q3
Public real estate companies' equity raising volume was down both sequentially and year over year in the third quarter, while debt capital issuance volume was up.
Media
Goldman Sachs tops media debt rankings with Amazon, other offerings
Amazon.com Inc.'s private offering of notes sold to fund its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods during the third quarter helped Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC maintain its position at the top of media, entertainment and new media debt offering advisers.
Communications
BofA Merrill Lynch leads among communications advisers in top debt category
Debt continued to be the most common type of capital offering from communications companies as of Sept. 30, with 110 offerings that had an aggregate net value of $109.53 billion and an average size of $995.7 million each.