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Euromoney targeted equity analysts covering Asian companies that were constituents as of July 26 2007 of the following indices, the biggest exchanges for domestic shares in the respective countries: Shanghai Composite (People’s Republic of China);

Richard Evans says he took a lot of convincing before he became chairman of Samruk Holdings. It’s no wonder – among the challenges he faces are to make sense of a sprawling set of government-owned companies, and to deal with governance issues and allegations of corruption. But in an interview with Eric Ellis, Evans and Samruk’s deputy chief executive, Ulf Wokurka, say it’s well worth the challenge.

More supply means more funds. But where to put them?

Euromoney targeted equity analysts covering Asian companies that were constituents as of July 26 2007 of the following indices, the biggest exchanges for domestic shares in the respective countries: Shanghai Composite (People’s Republic of China);

Viennese born and bred but US investment bank trained, Andreas Treichl has been at the helm of Erste Bank for the past decade as chairman of its managing board and chief executive. During that time his combination of old-world Viennese charm and savoir-faire, allied with hard-nosed new world commercial nous, has helped the bank transform itself from a venerable but dull Austrian savings institution into the retail banking champion of central and eastern Europe. A series of audacious acquisitions means that Erste Bank is now well positioned to capture the continued high-growth potential in the region, benefiting from increased political stability and rising economic fortunes. He talks to Guy Norton about his vision for the future.

Private banks attached to investment banks have benefited from the access to balance sheet and innovative products that the relationship provides. But with Wall Street suffering dramatic losses as a result of sub-prime mortgage exposure, will that relationship be the private banks’ downfall? Helen Avery reports.

COO Boris Collardi explains how his bank has gained momentum by doing the little things well.

Private equity in Latin America is set to remain buoyant next year despite global credit problems because of the lower levels of leverage that the market demands compared with the US and Europe. With the leveraged loan market still effectively shut in developed markets, investors are turning their attention to the emerging markets in the hope of locking in growth stories.

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Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has decreed the creation of a state holding company, roughly on Singaporean/Malaysian lines, to oversee and rationalize the country’s lucrative but inchoate collection of state-owned companies and foster corporate governance. A British corporate warhorse, Sir Richard Evans, has been hired to pull the operation together. Eric Ellis reports on a confrontation of cultures.

Rapid privatization in the 1990s in which foreigner investors took many of the best prizes has left the Budapest stock market in a fragile state. After a recent foreign attempt to acquire one of the exchange’s few blue chips, Hungary’s government and companies are on the defensive. Dominic O’Neill reports.