Emerging Europe

Highlights growing importance of food sector; Part of growing M&A trend

Negotiations on government purchase of Surgutneftegaz stake; Surprise offer to buy out minority shareholders at INA

Local regulators keen to attract new entrants; Aversion to banks exacerbated by AUB affair

The management reshuffle at UniCredit continues. Two weeks after setting out his strategy for central and eastern Europe, new chief executive Federico Ghizzoni – himself a former head of CEE at the group – named the man who will be charged with implementing it.

The rapid expansion of trade both between and within emerging market regions is an opportunity as well as a challenge. Laurence Neville reports.

Inter-emerging markets deals are on the increase. Some global investment banks will be hard pressed to get a look-in.

We are looking for the deals that defined the market during a landmark year for the capital markets. We will recognise the deals that broke records, that reopened markets, that innovated, or that succeeded despite market conditions.