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As emerging market debt continued to boom under ever larger amounts of new institutional money flooding into the asset class, it could hardly have been easier for investment banks to run with the bullish sentiment and reap the rewards in 2005. But while most banks enjoyed a storming year for debt underwriting and advisory in emerging markets, it was Credit Suisse that stood out from the crowd, according to EuroWeek's Emerging Markets Poll. Duncan Kerr reports.

With one of Europe's larger national debts, Italy cannot afford to make mistakes in the international capital markets. But as far as debt capital markets bankers are concerned, the republic's treasury team goes far beyond mere competence in the professionalism and sophistication of its fundraising. Neil Day explains why investment banks respected Italy's performance as a sovereign borrower in 2005, ahead of runners-up France, Finland and the rest.

Serbia's rating

Petroecuador's latest profits, unemployment in Colombia

WestLB has boosted its Asian fixed-income derivatives business in Hong Kong with a wave of hires following a restructuring effort.

Christian Kwek, head of London equities and derivatives at BNP Paribas, has left the firm.

Indonesia's currency rating, Thai growth

Merrill Lynch has hired Eugene Yeung, equity derivatives structurer at Macquarie Bank in Hong Kong, as a v.p. for its strategic solutions group in Hong Kong. Yeung said he will focus on third-party distribution for equity derivatives, such as retail and private banking clients. Underlying equities will include names from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the U.S. He reports to Abhinav Gorawara, managing director in the strategic solutions group in Hong Kong, who did not return messages. At Macquarie he reported to Peter Moses, head of structuring in Hong Kong, who did not immediately respond to messages.