Deals of the year 2000: Tech and telecoms illustrate the ups and downs of 2000

Retail without queues
Issuer: Mass Transit Railway Corporation
Deal: privatization IPO
Amount: HK$10.8 billion
Date: October 1 2000
Global co-ordinators: Goldman Sachs, HSBC, UBS Warburg

Malaysia’s inaugural euro
Issuer: Federation of Malaysia
Deal: sovereign bond Amount: e650 million
Date: November 24 2000
Bookrunners: Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital

The $12 billion coup
Issuer: Doncaster Group (for Pacific Century CyberWorks)
Deal: syndicated loan Amount: $12 billion
Date: February 25 2000
Underwriters: Barclays Capital, Bank of China International, BNP Paribas, HSBC

Korea sells off NPLs
Issuer: Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO)
Deal: asset-backed securitization
Amount: $367 million
Date: July 2000 Lead managers: Deutsche Bank, UBS Warburg

Taking on a telecom
Acquirer: Pacific Century CyberWorks
Type of deal: LBO of Hong Kong Telekom
Amount: $37 billion (later adjusted to $28 billion)
Date of announcement: February 29 2000
Advisers for PCCW: Bank of China International, CSFB, MSDW, UBS Warburg Advisers for Cable & Wireless: Merrill Lynch, Greenhill & Co Adviser to HKT: Jardine Fleming (now Chase)
Independent financial adviser to HKT board committee: ING Barings

Latin America

Crafting the road map
Issuer: Ecuador Deal: bond exchange
Amount: $4 billion
Global coordinator: Salomon Smith Barney Joint dealer-manager: JP Morgan

High point for bond market
Issuer: United Mexican States
Deal: sovereign bond
Amount: e1 billion
Joint bookrunners: Schroder Salomon Smith Barney, Credit Suisse First Boston

Petrobrás’ $4.3