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  • Europe is awash with development banks — outside the western half of the continent, Bulgaria, Hungary, Turkey, Croatia and Slovakia boast lenders working to boost the country’s long term prospects. But few institutions have the same domestic clout as the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus (DBRB).
  • Privatisation has not been a happy hunting ground for nations covering the EBRD’s remit. Too often, nations have sought to placate international donors and multilaterals with pledges to sell off underperforming state assets, only to renege (often following popular outcries against the sale of major employers to foreign investors) later on.
  • The region’s stock exchanges are enjoying a new lease of life. After years of disappointing flows, Prague Stock Exchange is set to be reinvigorated by the initial public offering (IPO) of GE Money Bank, the sixth-biggest Czech lender by assets, a joint venture between General Electric and local energy group Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding. That upcoming stock sale could value the lender at up to $1.9bn.
  • As Citi goes, so goes central and eastern Europe. Perhaps the mantra should be reversed. Or maybe it doesn’t matter, so intertwined are the two, one an abstract mix of emerging states, the other still a powerhouse bulge bracket adviser-lender.
  • EFG Bank reigns supreme in Asiamoney’s latest Private Banking Poll, as voted by high net worth individuals across Asia Pacific.
  • GlobalCapital held its annual European CLO awards on April 4 in London, presenting this year’s winners at the IMN Investors’ Conference on European CLOs and Leveraged Loans.