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hile HSBC shareholders hope that Simon Robertson will provide some inspiration, Barclays will have laid out the Welcome mat for Marcus Agius, who became chairman of Barclays Group at the beginning of January.

EUROWEEK'S ANNUAL year end poll of over 100 leading international bond issuers is closely followed as an account of which banks have been getting it right in the debt capital markets. To find out who should be patting themselves on the back, and who should be kicking themselves, read on...

FOR THIS AWARD, we asked the leading investment banks in the Euromarket to choose the peers they respected — or envied — most during 2006.

Which borrowers most impressed fixed income investment bankers in 2006? The bankers sent us their votes; now read on to find out the results.

Dollar swap spreads were caught this week between the competing forces of rising Treasury yields and the hedging of enormous quantities of new issuance.

The Republic of Turkey met with indifference from investors and universal condemnation from debt capital markets bankers this week, when it issued its first international bond of the year.

Another slew of Swiss franc deals appeared this week, giving UBS reason to feel that the criticisms expressed by rival bankers last week about its aggressive start to the year have been shown to be unjustified.

Valeo was the biggest single name mover in the European default market yesterday (Thursday) after Thierry Morin, chief executive of the French auto parts maker, was reported as saying that he had not ruled out making a bid for US auto parts firm Visteon.

Enormous quantities of new debt have been priced in all areas of the debt market this week, demonstrating an as yet undiminished demand for credit. Yet dealers stressed that the big influence on CDS levels remained the bid for structured product rather than the cash market.

The UK's Monetary Policy Committee surprised the markets with a 25bp hike in its base rate this week, leaving many CP dealers and investors nursing losses and unsure of the future direction of the market.

The old Credit Suisse First Boston name may be dead and buried, but the spirit of CSFB endures. CSFB produced some great names, led by Hans-Joerg Rudloff, but including Jack Dimaio, John Walsh, Marc Hotimsky, Simon Meadows, Andrew Ipkendanz, Chris Goekjian, Ian Molson, Chris Carter and Joan Beck, to name but a few.