Emerging Europe

Europe’s third-largest hedge fund manager has made the most of an attractive environment for discretionary trading strategies, especially in fixed income.

The combined forces of BAML were ideally suited to service burgeoning demand for high-yield paper.

While its reputation was being dragged through the mud, the firm kept doing what it does best – advising on the biggest takeover deals around the globe.

Jain and Cohrs take Deutsche to a new level

The bank has led the way in finding solutions to beleaguered governments’ problems, providing both advisory services and innovative capital market solutions.

BNP Paribas has had another outstanding year in project finance and is a driving force in every sector and region of this market. The French bank is Euromoney’s best global project finance house for the second year running and has spent the past 12 months cementing its leading position in this business. In addition to a top-five ranking in the global league tables, the bank has been at the forefront of innovation during the year as well. But the nature of project finance has changed dramatically over the past couple of years and project finance banks have had to change with it.

Poland’s ambitious privatization programme shows no sign of being derailed by the European debt crisis and global equity market woes, with recent share sales continuing to attract overwhelming demand.

Miners mull expansion capital transactions; Key oil company considers equity issue