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Tomorrow, we get serious

Turkey's banks are among the most profitable in the world. Why? Because the government rewards them royally for getting Turkish citizens to pay for its debt. But this game is coming to an end. And the banks know they must sharpen up and do some real banking. David Shirreff reports

November 01, 1997

BANKING

Goldman's tough assignment

Orphaning BZW

November 01, 1997

BANKING

European Brokers Survey: Europe's best sectoral teams

Pulling away from the pack

November 01, 1997

BANKING

European Brokers Survey: Best Overall

Pulling away from the pack

November 01, 1997

Haughty Natexis sinks in troubled waters

Issuer: Natexis Banque

November 01, 1997

Hunger for new issues grows

As Argentine pension and mutual funds mushroom, strong foreign interest has added to demand for government debt, corporate bonds and IPOs. But as Michael Marray reports, 1998 could be an even better year for Argentine issues

November 01, 1997

BANKING

Charles Frank, First vice-president, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

On the basis of his CV, Charles Frank appears to have been planning to join a multilateral organization all his career. He has strong academic credentials, experience in government as well as an impressive track record in banking and project finance.

November 01, 1997

BANKING

Bulgaria: Bank privatization gathers pace

This month Bulgaria starts drafting plans to privatize Bulbank. This is the biggest and best of the six state-owned banks which the pro-market Union of Democratic Forces government slated for privatization when it took power earlier this year. The first to be sold was United Bulgarian Bank in July. Expressbank, Bulgarian Post Bank, Hebrosbank and Commercial Bank Biochim are next in line along with Bulbank. Together they account for some 84% of the banking market.

November 01, 1997

Chip Kruger, Chief executive, Natwest Markets

To say that Chip Kruger is not well known in London is an understatement. Few UK bank analysts have met him or know much about him except that he used to co-run Greenwich Capital Markets, a successful bond-trading business in Connecticut, that was acquired by NatWest.

November 01, 1997

BANKING

Pulling away from the pack

Equity markets have been booming and brokers are expanding. But it is no easy ride for Europe's stockbrokers: investors demand better research but use less of it, and most are cutting the number of firms they deal with. The Euromoney/Global Investor annual poll shows which European firms are rated best by their clients and Benjamin Ensor reports on the struggle to join the small elite of truly international brokers.

November 01, 1997

Indonesia: First family and friends get jitters

A frenzy of deal-making has broken out in Indonesia as corporates rush to unload their stakes in everything from property and industrial subsidiaries to banks and finance companies in the wake of the currency and stock market crisis.

November 01, 1997

Barbarians at the gates of Europe

Private equity, venture capital or merchant banking - whatever you call it - is a hot area that banks and investors are piling into in Europe, importing US-style aggression and leverage techniques. It's not quite the fear and greed of the 1980s, but a market correction could shake some of the less prudent off their perch. Peter Lee reports.

November 01, 1997

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