Barclays loses top spot in European government bond syndications

LONDON/PARIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - British bank Barclays has slid down the rankings in arranging European government bond sales as new regulations and Brexit uncertainty cause upheaval in the sector. Barclays had the largest share of the government syndicated bond market in 2015 and 2016 with over 10 percent, Thomson Reuters data show. That dropped to 7.3 percent of the 147.5 billion euros ($173.81 billion) market so far this year, putting Barclays in fifth position. BNP Paribas, which has been mak