magazine - March 2000
 

FEATURES

Cover Story
Headlong rush for internet capital
€(euros)80 billion in new internet-related issues will hit the European market this year. Will this sudden surge in supply make investors more picky than last year about what they buy? Not necessarily, but it should. Investors must become more sophisticated in assessing the prospects for different sectors if they don’t want to get burned, say analysts

 

German investment banking:
Battling for a share of the German boom
Can banks find all the new people they need to take full advantage of the country’s investment banking bonanza?

Greece:
Eurozone or bust as Greece reforms
Greece is pulling out all the stops to reduce inflation in time to allow its entry to the eurozone in 2001. But some observers fear the country’s reforms are only cosmetic

Fund managers:
Small is beautiful vs. big is better
Despite their vast networks of analysts, Europe’s fund management giants are being outperformed by smaller rivals. The minnows claim their ‘nimbleness’ is a virtue, but their bigger brothers aren’t so sure

Round table:
Time to get choosy about tech-stocks
The cream of Europe’s telecoms, technology and media stocks should continue to outperform in 2000, says Euro’s panel of equity experts

Internet trading:
Entering the age of the e-bond
Internet distribution is becoming part of the standard package for bond lead managers

Viewpoint:
Making sense of the debt revolution
As investors react to a shortage of government debt, Euro asks if the boom in corporate debt issuance is a cyclical blip or a long-term trend

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  • UBS restructures as criticism mounts
  • Barclays’ big move into leveraged finance
  • SEI boosts European team
 
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