Thomson Reuters monthly syndicated loan league tables for the month to 31 August have ranked ANZ in top spot among mandated loan arrangers (ex-Japan) for the Asia-Pacific region.So far ANZ has arranged 180 syndicated loans involving US$19.3 billion for a market share of 7.13 per cent, ahead of Bank of China (138 loans, 5.61 per cent market share), China Development Bank (24 deals, 5.15 per cent market share) and HSBC (135 deals, 5.05 per cent market share). The tables include loans in all international currencies, RMB, Taiwan dollars and cover syndicated and club loans.When looking at the league table for bookrunners in APAC (ex-Japan), the top three spots change to have ANZ in third spot (US$10.6 billion from 58 deals), behind China Development Bank (US$16.6 billion from 16 deals) and Bank of China (US$11.4 billion from 84 deals).In several other categories, ANZ was the highest ranked Australian bank, sitting at number seven or eight generally on the 'Asia mandated arranger' and the 'Asia bookrunner' tables and had a similar profile in the corresponding 'South Asia' tables.