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The weather might not have been very spring-like (at least in London), but April heralded definite signs of a thaw in the loan markets. The standoff between the banks and opportunity funds that resulted in the $237 billion logjam of loans in the leveraged finance market (see Leveraged finance: Funds go hungry as distressed trough fails to fill , Euromoney, December 2007) has finally ended, with the former having blinked first.

If you’re sick of hearing about Goldman Sachs beating the competition, look away now. Euromoney has conducted its first (somewhat unscientific) poll of investment banks’ online popularity as measured on social networking site Facebook, and the US firm has won by a clear margin. Facebook allows companies to create ‘fan’ pages: "...a unique experience where users can become more deeply connected with your business or brand. Users can express their support by adding themselves as a fan, writing on your Wall, uploading photos and joining other fans in discussion groups."

There are complaints that investors are being misled by funds.

Speakers at the EuroHedge Summit offered sound advice: leverage addicts were warned about the drug’s potency, and panickers were advised to panic in good time. Neil Wilson reports from Paris.

Turkish companies are the rising stars of corporate governance in emerging Europe. But CEZ remains the one to beat.

THERE HAVE BEEN some significant winners and losers in this year’s Euromoney foreign exchange poll. Astonishingly, Deutsche Bank has further consolidated its position as the top dog of the foreign exchange market, increasing its overall share to 21.7% from 19.3% in 2007.

Euromoney’s second Fixed Income Research survey gives those banks that no longer follow the “traditional” fundamental sell-side credit research model a chance to be nominated by their clients.