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Why did Daiwa's European fixed-income new-issue wheel fall off in 1996? In a record year for new-issue volumes and secondary bond trading, Daiwa Europe has plummeted like a stone in the league tables finishing 19th, compared with seventh position in 1995. Had it not been for a World Bank issue late in the year targeted into Japan, Daiwa might even have finished behind Nikko Europe which would have been seen as a disaster at Daiwa's HQ. "There would have been bodies floating all over Tokyo Bay," comments a former Daiwa trader in London.

The House of Rothschild doesn't look as solid as it used to. In a world of supermarket banks, the days of the corner shop may be numbered ­ even if it has the best name in the business. But Rothschild is fighting the trends with a major reorganization. Brian Caplen analyzes the plan and looks at the vexed issue of succession

What will be the effect of European economic and monetary union (Emu) on the rest of the world? Will the euro be strong or weak? How will Emu affect world trade and global currency coordination? There are plenty of wild guesses. David Shirreff consults a handful of experts

A special report prepared by WoodCommerz

A special report prepared by the Capital Markets Centre of Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA

by David Roche

By BRIAN CAPLEN

A special report prepared by Vereinsbank Polska SA

Does it matter whether a securities issue is written under English or New York law? Probably not, if you are as well advised on the consequences of not using a jurisdiction as of using it. By Christopher Stoakes

Ingersoll and Komarovsky learn to suffer while Iceberg preserves his golf swing