Best Companies in CEE
Analysts at leading banks and research institutes are asked to nominate their top companies in each of the countries or sectors they covered, bearing in mind market strength, profitability, growth potential and quality of management and earnings.
CEE best companies poll 2007
CEZ continues to lead the way
A row over stock options granted to senior executives has not dented analysts’ ardour for the Czech company’s management approach.
Banking
UniCredit pulls its eastern businesses together
Eighteen months after buying HVB, Italy’s UniCredit is close to finalizing its disparate emerging European businesses’ integration under the parent’s banner. But what is the next step for the bank and its head of the region, Erich Hampel?
Russia
Denholm Hall gets Sharpe with rouble debt
The arbitrage fund is breaking new ground with its investments in rouble-denominate securities. How does it manage the risks involved?
Russia
Mint’s fresh approach to private equity
Mint Capital had a terrible start with its investments in Russian tech stocks, but now the fund is benefiting from the growth of the country’s markets.
Russia
How RAB helps rural Russia grow
Fast-growing Russian Agricultural bank plays a key role in promoting economic development in the Russian countryside. And the bank is growing pretty fast in its own right.