Manager Activity: Real Estate ABS

Published August 20, 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	22,910.5	1	12.019	24
Merrill Lynch	19,188.39	2	10.066	20
RBS Greenwich Capital	16,382.0	3	8.594	30
Morgan Stanley	16,051.0	4	8.42	18
Lehman Brothers	15,156.9	5	7.951	24
Citigroup Global Markets	14,604.4	6	7.661	19
Bear Stearns	12,237.0	7	6.42	22
JPMorgan Securities	12,021.8	8	6.307	16
Barclays Capital	10,877.2	9	5.706	13
Banc of America Securities	8,140.2	10	4.27	22

Industry Total	190,621.3	-	100.0	240

Source: Thomson Financial

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