Headline: Korea Source: Euromoney Date: July 2001 Best Bank: Kookmin Bank Best equity house: Samsung Securities Best debt house: CSFB Best M&A house: CSFB Baton charges, tear-gas and the president of Kookmin Bank, Kim Sang Hoon, being taken hostage by his disgruntled workers are just a few of the highlights in the Korean banking sector over the past year. The cleaning up of balance sheets and consolidation goes on and has continued to preoccupy the banks and the government. Jin Nyum, Korea’s finance minister, has said his government will no longer dip its hands into the public coffers to bail out ailing, and now effectively nationalized banks.
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