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BANKING

BEST BLOCK TRADE: Take-off for BSkyB

Deals of the Year

February 01, 1999

BANKING

Dollar Plan: It's not for everyone just yet

With Argentina looking seriously at dollarizing its economy, other Latin American countries have rejected the idea - senior figures in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia say it's unsuitable for their countries and some analysts agree with them. One adds that even to dollarize Argentina is a project that would take years rather than months to implement.

February 01, 1999

BANKING

EDR victory

A small but notable victory was celebrated at the end of January at the London Stock Exchange: a ceremony to mark the first euro depositary receipt to be listed on the exchange.

February 01, 1999

European Equities: German buy-backs do it in reverse

Share buy-backs must be one of the most talked-about, most praised tools in the corporate restructuring kit. The Americans certainly like the strategy: in 1997 share buy-backs totalled $77 billion. But in Europe the hype has still to translate into reality. In the first 11 months of 1998 just $20.2 billion of stock was bought back, and $15 billion of that was generated by UK companies, according to figures from JP Morgan.

February 01, 1999

BANKING

BEST BANK CAPITAL RAISING: ABN Amro’s European record

Deals of the Year

February 01, 1999

Turkey: Business must come before family

In Turkey business patriarchs never die, they simply fade away. In the wings their sons - rarely their daughters - prepare to take over, whether they're entrepreneurially inclined or not. But family-owned business heads are increasingly realizing that survival will depend on more formal structures. A few are even putting them in place. Metin Munir reports.

February 01, 1999

BANKING

BEST EQUITY-LINKED ISSUE: Bell beats the odds

Deals of the Year

February 01, 1999

BANKING

Greenberg: still enjoying the game

Alan "Ace" Greenberg will have worked at Bear Stearns for 50 years next month. Over that time he has become a legend of Wall Street. He joined the firm when it had 125 employees, most of whom, he says, were relatives of the partners. He became the chairman and chief executive officer of Bear Stearns in 1978, and still holds the position of chairman.

February 01, 1999

BANKING

BEST MIDDLE EAST ISSUE: Lebanon leverages good name

Deals of the Year

February 01, 1999

BANKING

Helmut Schieber, Member of the directorate at the Bundesbank

His punishing schedule was that of a corporate financier rather than a central banker. In five years as head of the Bundesbank's international relations, Helmut Schieber took an average 10 foreign trips a month to attend summits with bankers, finance ministers and regulators. "Yes, it was depressing," says Schieber of the ceaseless round of aircraft seats, chauffeured cars and windowless conference rooms.

February 01, 1999

Birth of the Euro: Twilight fixes save brave new dawn

It was a big-bang conversion with no modern precedent. Politicians had created monetary union; now it was up to banks to make it work. In Frankfurt, arguably the finance capital of euroland, the changeover was mostly a success. But there were some hairy moments and arguments over who caused a cross-border payments jam. Marcus Walker reports.

February 01, 1999

European High Yield: The only way is up

Europe's high-yield market was amongst the hardest hit by the Russian crisis. But as Rebecca Bream reports, the reasons for the market's bloom in early 1998 still hold good. Investors need greater yield and corporate restructuring is expanding the pool of potential issuers.

February 01, 1999

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