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In 1999, the European single currency brought with it a flourishing new market in corporate bonds for a range of different quality issuers. The dollar bond market also thrived on a diet of jumbo global offerings. Syndicated loans integrated ever more closely with the capital markets to deliver huge amounts to acquisitive companies. Equity markets saw the first ever pan-European retail deal and the US markets were innovative as ever. Brian Caplen, Antony Currie, Peter Lee, David Shirreff and Marcus Walker profile the deals of 1999.

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You only have to see Jeremy Isaacs's triangular-shaped office - which comfortably fits a boardroom-size conference table - at Lehman Brothers' Broadgate headquarters in London to realize that this is a man who's doing well. At 35, he's the youngest person to head an American investment bank in Europe.

Banks face a series of considerable challenges when appointing their heads of e-commerce, the most obvious of which is the severe shortage of senior people who can combine any degree of internet-literacy with experience in securities markets and investment banking. Many banks have settled simply for appointing experienced and trusted managers who have proved their capability in leading traditional business divisions. Yet these may not be the ideal choices. The internet is a potentially revolutionary technology which challenges many of the business assumptions these bankers have grown up with. Antony Currie and Philip Eade talk to a sample of e-finance heads at leading American and European banks

Was he the wrong man for the job or was the task too tough? Eight months after the departure of Richard Broadbent as head of global corporate finance, Schroders is no nearer to finding its direction. With his abrasive style, Broadbent caused shockwaves at an old city firm run by consensus. But he also produced results especially in Europe. Ironically, he came unstuck when he took his individualistic approach to the US and lost a fight with long-standing American managers. The fall out from his departure is still continuing. Nick Kochan reports

In difficult markets during 2001, issuers and managers needed to show their ingenuity to get deals done. Here we single out those who succeeded in coming up with intriguing structures. Euromoney’s writers assess the outstanding deals, region by region. By Chris Cockerill, Antony Currie, Jennifer Morris, Felix Salmon and Kathryn Tully.

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