A frenetic close to the first half of the year in European debt markets witnessed a host of league table position changes, with Barclays charging up the high-yield rankings, and BNP Paribas finding DCM something of a double-edged sword.
The French bank had been in third spot for bookrunners of European investment-grade corporate debt - behind top player HSBC and French rival Societe Generale - when data provider Dealogic published its preliminary first-half figures on June 24, underwriting $14.2 billion of deals in that sector.
