Deals of the Year: Asia’s best float away

A year of living on the edge	European and North American winners
Asia’s best float away	Asian winners
Latin America pushes boundaries	Latin American winners
EEMEA – surprise was the best weapon	EEMEA winners

Many of the deals that would have been strong contenders for these awards in a normal year must be disqualified because they are now not so much underwater as sunk. It is hard, for example, to see which of the Asian financial institutions that invested in their ailing counterparts throughout 2008 could truthfully declare themselves to be completely satisfied with the decision.