Awards for excellence – Slovenia

Best bank:

Nova Ljubljanska

Best debt house:

Nova Ljubljanska

Best equity house:

Publikum

Best M&A house:

Citigroup/Schroder Salomon Smith Barney and HSBC (joint award)

As was the case in all the ex-Yugoslav republics Slovenia inherited a plethora of regional banks. To date the only commercial banks that truly covers the country is Nova Ljubljanska. It is the largest bank by assets, with a 28% market share and a further 16% in subsidiaries and associated banks such as Banka Celje and Dolenjska banka. Nova Ljubljanska operates over 200 branches in Slovenia and expanded recently into Bosnia Herzegovina and Macedonia.