With the European debt market enjoying one of its busiest spells on record, it requires a banker with balance and poise to navigate so many deals in such a short space of time.

In the case of JP Morgan, the US bank had a trained ballerina, with the US bank topping the European corporate DCM bookrunner rankings for the seven-day period between September 6 and September 12. The bank is in sixth place in the European corporate DCM rankings for the year to September 12.