Among the highlights of this month's Thomson Reuters LPC's monthly loan league tables were that ANZ continues to shine in the Asia-Pacific corporate lending market, edging out most of the giant Chinese banks and well-established regional operators such as HSBC.Asia Pacific (ex Japan) loan volume to date nudged past US$360 billion by the end of November 2017. The last quarter of 2017 is showing signs of a recovery towards the regional average after an abnormally active midyear (almost 700 deals, with over US$200 million lent), followed by a below-average 3Q17, in terms of deal numbers for syndicate and club loans.The standout operator has been Bank of China, which topped both the APAC (ex Japan) mandated arranger (16.2 market share by volume of loans) and bookrunner (20.6 per cent market share) league tables.  ANZ, an ever-viable challenger in both number of deals and total volume of loans organised, sits at number three on both tables (4.4 per cent and 5.2 per cent market share, respectively), with only ICBC between them (6.7 per cent and 4.9 per cent market share, respectively).Not unexpectedly, the Australasia league tables were topped by ANZ (87 deals, with US$9.2 billion in loans), with NAB, CBA and Westpac all in tow, just ahead of Bank of China (almost US$3.5 billion from 36 deals) on the mandated arrangers league tables, and the same top four spots for the Australia-NZ bookrunners league table, with HSBC the highest ranked international bank, at number five (ten deals, with almost US$2.8 billion in loans).