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Investors in euro corporate debt have had a rollercoaster ride. They've gone from europhoria to nursing burnt fingers, and to drawing the lessons for 2000. As if buying endless new credits wasn't complex enough, they are simultaneously having to understand and predict the course of Europe's M&A boom. How do you cope in a market that's fast-growing, unbalanced and full of nasty surprises? Marcus Walker profiles four of the top asset managers to find out

International investors in Polish conglomerate Elektrim have had a rollercoaster ride this year, as the company has striven to ditch a rag-bag of investments and concentrate on the ever popular telecoms market. The strong prospects for telecoms growth in Poland have attracted big foreign competitors and Elektrim has found itself shifting its alliances, first partnering with Deutsche Telekom in mobile telephony, then falling out with the German giant. In the process it came close to financial crisis. But new CEO Barbara Lundberg has struck a deal with Vivendi of France, that seems to have saved the day, for now. Ian Dawson reports

Author: Gill Baker

The Euroyen market, which slipped into somnolence in the 1990s, turned out to be the best performing in the world by the end of 1999. A rising yen, Japanese economic recovery and the beginnings of state-sponsored financial reform triggered a series of new issues, first from supranationals, then from corporates. Rebecca Bream reports

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The rankings were compiled in conjunction with Fitch IBCA. All information was supplied by Fitch IBCA from commercial banks' annual reports and financial statements. Where possible, figures are presented in consolidated form and banks owned by other financial institutions are not listed separately.

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Asia's best companies 1999