Awards for excellence – Croatia

Best bank:

Privredna Banka Zagreb

Best debt houses:

Deutsche Bank

Best equity house:

CSFB

Best M&A house:

ABN AMRO

Croatia’s second largest bank, Privredna Banka Zagreb, has changed under chief executive Bozo Prka from a rather inflexible state-owned institution to become the most dynamic bank in the country.

Since its sale to Banca Commerciale Italiana – now IntesaBci – at the beginning of 2000, Privredna has developed individual business lines and introduced advanced risk management tools and modern corporate governance methods such as internal audit.