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  • HSBC's purchase of Household International seems to have come in the nick of time. The US consumer finance group was under regulatory investigation and its accounts had just been restated. As a result its bond spreads had widened to a life-threatening degree.
  • Markets have crushed banks this year but now some see a profit to be made in arbitraging debt against equity. It's a smart trick. Turning it into a sustainable business will be even smarter.
  • Guy Hands built a reputation for private-equity innovation while at Nomura, which had deep pockets he could depend on. His new venture, Terra Firma, has managed to impress investors enough to raise its own funds but must now also out-think rivals that have adopted many of Hands' ideas.
  • We are in what amounts to a bear market rally. Many analysts and investors don't see it that way and complacency is back. US corporate earnings in the third quarter of 2002 were up 9%, ahead of analysts' downward-revised 6% expectations. The Republicans have taken full political control and will cement existing tax cuts and make new ones. And now the Federal Reserve has surprised the market with a big interest rate cut.
  • Runner-up: UBS Warburg
  • As more and more of their corporate customers fell out of favour, banks looked the best bet in bond markets. It couldn’t last. Lately investors have become more choosy. Some banks have been shut out of the public bond markets and have had to explore other forms of funding.
  • ABN Amro was one of the first banks to launch a trade-finance portal in 1998 when the site was predominantly US focused. It has since developed global coverage.
  • Runner-up: LoanX
  • With operations in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia, Posit is the most international crossing network. And the combination of efficient trading and sophisticated pre-trade tools and post-trade analytic software makes it a high-quality platform.
  • EquiLend is a relatively new product in securities lending but thanks to the backing it enjoys from 11 of the biggest banks in the industry it has quickly established itself as a leader. It is now tipped to bring standardization to this notoriously fragmented market.
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