Monthly loan slows down, Japanese banks push in 05 February 2015 4:01PM Bernard Kellerman The first month of 2015 has seen a slow start for syndicated loans in the APAC region, using Thomson Reuters' numbers as a guide to performance so far.Looking at the January 2015 mandated loan arrangers league tables for Asia-Pacific (including Australia, excluding Japan), covering all currencies, China Construction Bank tops the table with a 14 per cent market share by volume, from just four deals. In second spot is HSBC (seven per cent share, from eight deals), ahead of Hang Seng Bank, and Japanese majors Mizuho bank and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ,The sole Australian representative in the top 15 arrangers league table so far is ANZ at number seven with 4.25 per cent market share, from an involvement in five syndicated loans.Looking at the APAC (ex-Japan) bookrunners' league table, however, the news is better for ANZ. Australia's most Asia-friendly bank is sitting in second spot (nine per cent by volume) albeit well behind China Construction Bank (26 per cent market share, from bookrunning just two deals)If loans in renminbi and Taiwanese dollars are excluded along with deals in Australasia and Japan, ANZ tops the bookrunner table (15 per cent by volume), closely pressed by Deutsche bank (14 per cent) and Standard Chartered bank (13 per cent), while HSBC heads the mandated arranger league table for the APAC region.