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Malaysia has emerged from the Asian crisis to find itself occupying a lower place in the regional pecking order. From being one of the must-have equity markets for foreign investors, it has become an also-ran. Domestic equity demand is also depressed and it’s likely that in the near future bond markets will offer more interest.

Turks are responding enthusiastically to the high-pressure promotion of internet access. So far, though, there’s not much money to be made from the business. Access providers will soon have to reconsider their cultural aversion to business consolidation, or else think smaller.

As Seoul Bank faces being dragged into the government's financial holding company, CEO Kang Chungwon explains how he plans to get the bank back on track.

In spite of the battle in Seattle and the subsequent inertia that has gripped the World Trade Organization, Supachai says he is looking forward to taking over from Michael Moore as WTO director-general. “I want to be totally immersed in this work,” he says.

Korean deputy finance minister Lee Kyun Kyong speaks about the barrage of criticism that has hit the government.

Calls from securities traders and investors for a more closely integrated system of clearing and settlement in the international securities market are growing louder and more impatient by the day. There were some signs of progress last year in Europe when Euroclear and Sicovam announced their definitive merger agreement and London Clearing House (LCH) and Clearnet said they planned to consolidate their activities. Yet progress in European consolidation has been slow. And even if it gathers momentum, questions remain on how to connect clearing and settlement systems globally.

The restructuring of the Paris legal scene took an unexpected turn late last year, when one of the city’s leading French M&A partners finally gave up on his old firm and did what his colleagues had spent the last two years avoiding – he joined an Anglo-Saxon firm.

Issuer: Met LifeDeal: IPOAmount: $2.735 billion (with $840 million convertible and $855 million private placement)Date: April 4 2000Bookrunners: Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs

Acquirer: NTTType of deal: cash acquisition of Verio Amount: $5 billionLaunched: 7 May 2000Advisers: Deutsche Banc Alex Brown

Issuer: AES CorporationAmount: $850 millionDate: September 8 2000Bookrunner: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Japan's ruling political party has been hit by a triple whammy of financial scandals just when the economy needs strong leaders.

John Chalsty might at first seem a strange choice to be creditex's new adviser to its board. The veteran banker spent most of his career at DLJ, starting in investment research before becoming head of investment banking and then CEO.