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Issuer: Hutchison Whampoa Ltd Amount: $2.5 billion Type of issue: exchangeable bond Date of issue: January 8, 2000 Bookrunners: Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch

Issuer: IxiaAmount: $82 millionDate: October 17 2000Bookrunner: Merrill Lynch

Issuer: Krispy Kreme DoughnutsDeal: IPOAmount: $72.5 millionDate: April 5 2000Bookrunner: Deutsche Banc Alex Brown

Thus far, two mergers in Singapore’s financial sector have failed to go through, and several cross-border ventures have gone awry. Find out why.

Most innovative convertible Issuer: Kestrel Amount: $125 million Bookrunner: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Issuer: Punch GroupDeal: asset-backed securitizationAmount: £1.5 billionDate: June 2000 Bookrunner: Citi/SSSBLead managers: Goldman Sachs and RBS Financial Markets

Best High Grade issue Issuer: Conagra Amount: $1.65 billion Date: September 15 2000 Bookrunner: Merrill Lynch

With a first round of bank restructuring that killed off more than half the country’s banks behind it, Korea is now facing up to consolidating what is left, ostensibly to enhance competitiveness and create economies of scale. It’s not clear, though, that the timing is right or that the government’s approach to mergers is appropriate or sufficiently disinterested.

Babur Ozden discusses prospects for the Turkish Internet sector.

"The boys have made a mess of it," mused Brian Winterflood, chairman of Winterflood Securities, on hearing the news of the appointment of Clara Furse as the first woman chief executive in the 228-year history of the London Stock Exchange, "so why not let the girls have a go?"

Issuer: Tyco Amount: $3.45 billionBookrunner: Merrill Lynch

Japan’s ministry of finance has lost face in the past decade as an arbiter of business development. The complexities of market growth have overwhelmed it, the collapse of a Liberal Democratic monopoly has removed its political underpinnings and scandalous revelations have been made about its corrupt practices. Now it has lost its traditional name. Despite the rise of rivals such as the Financial Services Agency and attempts by politicians to bypass MoF’s budget functions it’s far from clear who is in charge.