Factbox - Underwriters in charge of Alibaba's mega IPO

Reuters

(Reuters) - Thirty-five underwriters are working to ensure that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's [IPO-BABA.N] initial public offering lives up to its blockbuster expectations when the stock starts trading on Friday. The entire syndicate is divided into three tiers, with the six joint bookrunners on top, followed by eight banks who had been invited to analyst meetings and prepared analysis to help value Alibaba, sources told Reuters earlier this month. A third tier of banks helped sell the deal. The following is the list of Alibaba's banking syndicate: LEAD UNDERWRITERS: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Deutsche Bank Securities Inc Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC JP Morgan Securities LLC Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc Citigroup Global Markets Inc OTHER UNDERWRITERS: BOCI Asia Ltd China International Capital Corp Hong Kong Securities Ltd CLSA Ltd DBS Bank Ltd HSBC Securities (USA) Inc Mizuho Securities USA Inc Pacific Crest Securities LLC RBC Capital Markets LLC Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc Wells Fargo Securities LLC BNP Paribas Securities Corp Evercore Group LLC Raymond James & Associates Inc SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft CIMB Securities Ltd China Merchants Securities (HK) Co Ltd ING Financial Markets LLC Needham & Co LLC Nomura Securities International Inc Raine Securities LLC RBS Securities Inc SG Americas Securities LLC C.L. King & Associates Inc Lebenthal & Co LLC Mischler Financial Group Inc Samuel A. Ramirez & Co Inc Topeka Capital Markets Inc The Williams Capital Group LP SOURCE: Alibaba's SEC filings (Reporting By Neha Dimri in Bangalore)