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
January 01, 2000