RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Updated FSNo player on a bought deal doesn't have a good idea, bordering on complete certainty, as to how much they can sell, unless they're on the deal just to get a cut of the fee and the lead u/w is the sole bookrunner.
If you don't think they've got an idea of the appetite of their main clients before the announcement comes out, you're dangerously naive. And the issuers have nothing to do with it.