ANZ heads Aussie banks on loan league tables

In the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) region, corporate loan volume ticked past US$239 billion from the 671 deals that were closed by the end of July 2015, according to Thomson Reuters.

(The numbers from Japan are kept out of the analysis because the market is too big compared to other regions in Asia. Including Japan in the analysis would artificially inflate numbers across the regions. For example, loan volume for the first seven months of 2015 in Japan reached US$126 billion via 1085 deals.)

For the region, a highlight for the 2015 calendar year to end of July has been the confirmation these statistics give to ANZ's often repeated claim that it is Australia's most Asia-facing bank.

For instance, looking at the mandated arranger tables for the Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) region, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China topped the table (12 per cent market share by USD equivalent), followed by its peer, the Bank of China (9.4 per cent market share), with ANZ (5.2 per cent) sitting in third spot.

Much further down that list were Westpac (7), CBA (8) and National Australia Bank (10).

The order of merit was much the same for the bookrunners' league table for the year to 31 July.

Other league tables for specific regions generally showed ANZ to be the most active loan arranger and bookrunner among the Australian majors.