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Over the course of the last few months EuroWeek polled EuroMTN & EuroCP bankers and borrowers on who they regard as the best practitioners in the respective markets. The nominations from the peers? and borrowers? poll were collated and the teams you see over the next pages are the result of the polling process. The peers? poll was sent to bankers involved in origination, trading and sales. The borrowers? poll was sent to the treasury departments of the issuers.

In April and May EuroWeek polled bankers and investors in the syndicated loan market on the individuals they regarded as the best in their field or region. Voters were asked to nominate two people from their own house and three from outside the firm. In certain categories they were asked to nominate the best head of department, not including themselves. The dream teams in the syndicated loan chapter are the result of that process. In Europe, the US and Asia, 11 bankers were chosen for each dream team in most of the categories. We received responses from the vast majority of the top 25 bookrunners of deals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as other institutions in the top 50 bookrunners for the region.

Over the course of the past decade, tremendous pressure for change and improvement has been exerted upon the specialist Investment Banking area of origination product.

Moves to unite debt and equity businesses in the capital markets have sparked debate in recent times. Neil Day talks to senior figures in the markets to explore the benefits and downsides of such moves.

The European equity research market is in a state of flux as regulators continue to investigate and reform the links between research and brokerage. But what shape will the future market take? And how is the research itself changing? Laurence Neville reports.

The popularity and growth of the European asset backed securities market over the past 10 years has been phenomenal. From balance sheet CLOs to master trusts, from MBS to whole business securitisations, Europe has it all. But does this mean the ABS market has become commoditised and that we can expect to see an end to the great innovations of recent years? Philip Moore reports.

The economic downturn marked the beginning of a period in which disinflation concerns amongst international central banks and the broader financial market increased significantly. The international economy was unable to tolerate the substantial rise in real policy rates that was implemented to prevent economic overheating at the height of the expansion. Global equity markets fell sharply influenced by lower expected returns on capital and a positive correction to the equity risk premium.