Keep the equity issues coming …

Will Asia's economic crisis knock eastern Europe off course? Will political disagreement stall privatization? Will the region's small companies flock to join the stock market? Rebecca Bream gauges the flow of new east European equity in 1998 and looks ahead to the year's biggest deals.

… and get ready for more bonds?

Until the end of October, 1997 had been a good year for equity in central and eastern Europe. Although new issues were fairly light on the ground, some of the largest companies in the region were privatized or floated. The second tranche of the Hungarian oil and gas company MOL was put on the market in May, followed by shares in Poland’s Bank Handlowy and Hungary’s pharmaceuticals com-pany Gedeon Richter in June.

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