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Asia Pacific Ex Japan Investment Banking Review First Half 2021
Asia Pacific Ex Japan Investment Banking Review First Half 2021
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QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS
Asia Pacific, excluding Japan
HIGHLIGHTS
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INVESTMENT BANKING FEES
Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, investment banking fees reached an estimated US$15.4 billion during the first half of 2021, a 20.8% increase from the
comparative period last year, making it the highest first half period since records began in 2000. Equity capital markets (ECM) fees totaled US$5.7
billion, up 79.9% from a year ago and the strongest first half period since records began in 2000. Debt capital markets (DCM) underwriting fees
amounted to US$6.5 billion, a 4.3% decline from a record period last year, but still elevated compared to historical levels. Fees generated from
completed M&A transactions totaled US$1.3 billion, a 1.2% increase from the same period last year. Syndicated loan fees grew 27.1% from a year ago
and reached US$1.8 billion. DCM fees accounted for 42.3% of the overall Asia Pacific investment banking fee pool, followed by ECM underwriting fees
with 37.1%, and Syndicated lending fees with 11.9%. Completed M&A advisory fees represented 8.7% of the region’s investment banking fees. CITIC
took the top position for overall investment banking fees in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, in the first half of 2021, capturing 5.6% of the wallet share.
Majority of the deal making activity involving Asia Pacific targeted the High Technology sector which accounted for 20.8% market share worth US$133.2
billion, more than a three-fold increase in value from a year ago. This is the highest semi-annual period for Asian-involvement M&A targeting High
Technology since records began in 1980. This was bolstered by the de-SPAC transaction of Grab Holdings and Altimeter Growth Corp valued at
US$31.1 billion – making it the largest-ever deal involving Asia Pacific targeting High Technology and the biggest Southeast Asian M&A deal on record.
Energy & Power captured 11.7% market share worth US$75.0 billion, up 159.7% from a year ago. Materials and Industrials followed close behind
representing 9.5% and 9.1% market share, respectively. Morgan Stanley currently leads the any Asia Pacific, excluding Japan involvement announced
M&A league table rankings so far this year, with 12.1% market share and US$77.7 billion in related deal value.
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EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS
Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, equity and equity-related issuance saw its strongest-ever first half period, raising a total of US$253.3 billion so far this
year, an 80.9% increase in proceeds from a year ago. Asian issuers are tapping the equity capital markets at a record pace with number of issuances
witnessing the busiest-ever first half period with 1,672 deals, up 42.8% from the comparative period last year. Initial public offerings (IPO) witnessed
the highest first half period since records began in 1980 and raised US$83.8 billion in proceeds, up 175.7% from the first half of last year, as number of
IPOs grew 84.4% from a year ago. This was driven by Chinese IPOs which accounted for 72.3% of the region’s IPO proceeds, and 29.0% of the IPO
proceeds worldwide. Kuaishou Technology Co Ltd raised US$6.2 billion via IPO in January, making it the largest IPO offering in Asia Pacific and globally
during the first half of 2021. Follow-on offerings also saw a record period raising US$132.1 billion during the first half of this year, a 50.7% increase
compared the same period last year. Asia Pacific convertible bonds grew 69.6% year-on-year with US$37.3 billion worth of proceeds, making it the
highest-ever semi-annual period on record. High Technology sector accounted for 23.3% market share of Asia Pacific’s ECM proceeds, raising
US$59.0 billion, more than a three-fold increase compared to a year ago. Industrials and Financials captured 15.0% and 13.8% market share,
respectively. Goldman Sachs currently leads Asia Pacific’s ECM underwriting rankings, with an 8.7% market share and US$21.9 billion in related
proceeds.
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INVESTMENT BANKING FEES
INVESTMENT BANKING FEES VOLUME TOP FEE PAYING INDUSTRIES TOP FEE PAYING COUNTRIES
YTD Fees US$Bil
18,000
• Outer Rim: YTD
16,000 • Inner Rim: YTDLY
14,000
12,000
8%
US$ Million
10,000 3%
24%
8,000 29% 5%
10%
6,000 25% 4%
28% 4%
7%
4,000 4%
2,000
9%
0 8%
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 8%
69%
22%
INVESTMENT BANKING FEES BY ASSET CLASS 7% 6% 18%
69%
BONDS EQUITY LOANS MA 11%
18,000
9%
16,000
13%
14,000
12,000
US$ Million
4,000
2,000
0
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
ANY INVOLVEMENT M&A VOLUMES & NUMBER OF DEALS TOP TARGET SECTOR TOP TARGET NATION
(Any Involvement) (Target Asia)
YTD Volumes #Deals
700 9,000 • Outer Rim: YTD
8,000 • Inner Rim: YTDLY
600
7,000
500
6,000
US$ Billion
400 13%
5,000
21%
300 4,000
11% 14%
3,000 8%
200
2,000 40% 8%
8%
100 1,000 42% 45%
9%
0 - 9% 53%
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12% 11%
US$ Billion
US$ Billion
US$ Billion
80 600 100 500
300 4,000
500
60 80 400
400 200 3,000
60 300
40 300 2,000
200 40 200
100
20 1,000 20 100
100
0 - 0 - 0 -
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
INBOUND M&A VOLUMES DOMESTIC / INTER-REGION M&A VOLUMES OUTBOUND M&A VOLUMES
TOP TARGETED / TOP ACQUIRING NATIONS TOP TARGETED NATIONS TOP TARGETED / TOP ACQUIRING NATIONS
US$ Billion US$ Billion US$ Billion US$ Billion US$ Billion
0 20 40 0 100 0 200 0 20 12 14
United
Singapore 35.8 77.7 China 222.4 United
States 24.5 Singapore 14.6
States
United
Australia 29.4 4.4 Australia 55.6 United
Kingdom 9.8 Australia 14.3
Kingdom
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
ANY INVOLVEMENT M&A TOP DEALS YTD
Rank Value Acquiror Ultimate Acquiror Ultimate
Status Rank Date Target Name Target Nation Target Industry Acquiror Name Acquiror Nation
(US$Mil) Parent Name Parent Nation
31,103.6 Pending 4/13/2021 Grab Holdings Inc Singapore High Technology Altimeter Growth Corp United States Altimeter Growth Corp United States
8,167.1 Completed 6/24/2021 Endeavour Group Ltd Australia Consumer Staples Shareholders Australia Shareholders Australia
7,354.0 Pending 5/17/2021 Giga Energy Inc China Energy and Power Yunhong International China Yunhong International China
Media and
7,299.0 Pending 5/10/2021 Crown Resorts Ltd Australia The Star Ent Grp Ltd Australia The Star Ent Grp Ltd Australia
Entertainment
6,835.0 Pending 5/10/2021 Boral Ltd Australia Materials Network Invest Hldg Pty Ltd Australia Seven Group Holdings Ltd Australia
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EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS
ECM PROCEEDS TOP ISSUING COUNTRIES
Proceeds US$Bil # of Issues
YTD Proceeds YTDLY Proceeds YoY Proceeds Change (%)
300 1,800
200,000 600%
1,600
250 180,000
490% 500%
1,400 160,000
200 1,200 140,000 400%
US$ Billion
US$ Million
1,000 120,000 300%
150
800 100,000
80,000 200%
100 600
60,000 126% 100%
400
100%
50 40,000
200 -19% 0%
20,000 -36%
0 - 0 -100%
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 China South Korea Australia India Hong Kong
US$ Million
100
40,000
US$ Billion
80 150%
30,000 137%
60 97% 100%
20,000 89%
40 50%
10,000
31%
20
0 0%
High Technology Industrials Financials Healthcare Materials
0
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DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS
DCM PROCEEDS TOP ISSUING COUNTRIES
Proceeds US$Bil # of Issues YTD Proceeds YTDLY Proceeds YoY Proceeds Change (%)
1,800 7,000 1,400,000 45%
1,600 41% 40%
6,000 1,200,000
1,400 35%
5,000 1,000,000 30%
1,200
US$ Billion
US$ Million
4,000 800,000 25%
1,000
21% 20%
800 3,000 600,000 15%
600 10%
2,000 400,000
400 6% 5%
1,000 200,000 2%
200 0%
-3%
0 - 0 -5%
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 China South Korea Australia Hong Kong Philippines
10%
US$ Million
1,000 Investment Grade Corporate
400,000 5%
Agency, Supranational, Sovereign 2%
800 300,000 0%
600 -5%
200,000
-10%
400
100,000 -15%
200 -16%
0 -20%
0 Government and Financials Industrials Real Estate Energy and
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Agencies Power
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EQUITY & DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS TOP DEALS
ECM TOP DEALS YTD
Proceeds Primary
Issue Date Issue Type Issuer Nation Industry Mid Industry
(US$ mil) Exchange
1/29/2021 6,230.0 IPO Kuaishou Technology Co Ltd China High Technology Software HONGK
6/29/2021 4,435.2 IPO Didi Global Inc China High Technology Software NYSE
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INVESTMENT BANKING FEE LEAGUE TABLES
INVESTMENT BANKING FEES LEAGUE TABLE
CITIC Bank of China Ltd Morgan Stanley China International Capital Co
Goldman Sachs & Co JP Morgan Industrial & Comm Bank China China Securities Co Ltd
Haitong Securities Co Ltd Citi
1,000
900
5.6%
800
5.0%
Fees US$ Million
700
600
500 3.2% 3.0% 2.9%
400 2.7% 2.7% 2.7%
2.4% 2.4%
300
200
100
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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INVESTMENT BANKING FEES LEAGUE TABLE (US$MIL)
FEES YOY SHARE YOY
1H 2021 1H 2020 BANK NAME FEES (US$Mil) SHARE (%)
CHANGE (%) CHANGE (%)
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INVESTMENT BANKING FEE LEAGUE TABLES
M&A FEES LEAGUE TABLE (US$MIL)
FEES YOY SHARE YOY
1H 2021 1H 2020 BANK NAME FEES (US$Mil) SHARE (%)
CHANGE (%) CHANGE (%)
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INVESTMENT BANKING FEE LEAGUE TABLES
DCM FEES LEAGUE TABLE (US$MIL)
FEES YOY SHARE YOY
1H 2021 1H 2020 BANK NAME FEES (US$Mil) SHARE (%)
CHANGE (%) CHANGE (%)
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INVESTMENT BANKING LEAGUE TABLES
ANY INVOLVEMENT M&A LEAGUE TABLE (US$MIL)
RANK VALUE
RANK VALUE SHARE YOY #DEALS YOY
1H 2021 1H 2020 BANK NAME YOY CHANGE SHARE (%) #DEALS
(US$ Mil) CHANGE (%) CHANGE (%)
(%)
1 4 Morgan Stanley $ 77,687.9 241% 12% 86% 41 156%
2 2 JP Morgan $ 62,370.2 156% 10% 40% 29 16%
3 1 Goldman Sachs & Co $ 58,031.4 136% 9% 30% 40 60%
4 6 UBS $ 50,277.4 215% 8% 72% 21 40%
5 12 Citi $ 45,658.0 329% 7% 137% 32 45%
6 3 China International Capital Co $ 41,620.0 75% 7% -4% 33 0%
7 31 Evercore Partners $ 37,873.1 931% 6% 436% 3 50%
8 5 Credit Suisse $ 27,861.2 51% 4% -17% 22 38%
9 15 CITIC $ 26,652.3 192% 4% 62% 26 -52%
10 9 BofA Securities Inc $ 21,012.1 75% 3% -3% 27 35%
- - TOTAL $ 639,814.2 82% 0.0% 0.0% 8246 20%
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INVESTMENT BANKING LEAGUE TABLES
ECM LEAGUE TABLE (US$MIL)
PROCEEDS SHARE YOY
PROCEEDS #DEALS YOY
1H 2021 1H 2020 BANK NAME YOY SHARE (%) CHANGE #DEALS
(US$ Mil) CHANGE (%)
CHANGE (%) (%)
1 2 Goldman Sachs & Co $ 21,949.4 148% 9% 38% 56 19%
2 1 Morgan Stanley $ 20,855.1 52% 8% -16% 62 11%
3 5 CITIC $ 18,966.3 169% 8% 50% 89 107%
4 7 China International Capital Co $ 15,964.2 137% 6% 31% 63 54%
5 9 Citi $ 14,493.2 156% 6% 43% 50 61%
6 4 UBS $ 11,316.8 57% 5% -13% 52 4%
7 8 BofA Securities Inc $ 9,825.5 70% 4% -5% 34 10%
8 3 JP Morgan $ 9,563.9 18% 4% -34% 47 31%
9 14 Huatai Securities Co Ltd $ 9,293.9 186% 4% 61% 43 87%
10 13 Guotai Junan Securities $ 8,314.2 129% 3% 27% 35 13%
TOTAL $ 253,338.4 81% 1672 43%
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