Manager Activity: Real Estate ABS

Published July 30, 2007, 12:00 a.m. EDT

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Full Credit to Book (Equal if Joint) U.S. Public ABS Market/144A Market

Managers	Proceeds (mils)	Rank	Mkt. Share	# of Issues

Countrywide Securities	23,860.5	1	12.543	25
Merrill Lynch	19,188.39	2	10.087	20
RBS Greenwich Capital	16,382.0	3	8.612	30
Lehman Brothers	15,156.9	4	7.968	24
Morgan Stanley	14,738.76	5	7.748	17
Citigroup Global Markets	14,604.4	6	7.677	19
Bear Stearns	12,237.0	7	6.433	22
JPMorgan Securities	11,653.5	8	6.126	15
Barclays Capital	10,877.2	9	5.718	13
Banc of America Securities	8,140.2	10	4.279	22

Industry Total	190,231.8	-	100.0	238

Source: Thomson Financial

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