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Emerging Markets Best investment bank: Credit Suisse


Excellence in its debt and equity business combined with a solid M&A platform means that Credit Suisse stands out from its rivals.


Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2006
Emerging markets Best bank
I Emerging Markets Best investment bank I Emerging Markets Best debt house I Emerging Markets Best equity house I Emerging Markets Best M&A house

Also shortlisted in this category:
Citigroup
Morgan Stanley

At the tail end of 2003, Credit Suisse’s management laid out a plan that identified key growth areas for the bank to focus on. Dubbed Plan 2006, it was a public statement of intent from the bank. One product area identified was the emerging markets. This emphasis has proven remarkably prescient, even if John Mack who was CEO of the investment bank in 2003, is no longer at the firm. If anything, Mack’s successor, Brady Dougan, and the group CEO, Ossie Grubel, have accelerated the bank’s progress in the developing world.

Today, Credit Suisse is, with Citigroup, the pre-eminent investment bank in the emerging markets. But...


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