The privatization of Poland's national telecoms operator, Telekomunikacja Polska, is the largest ever in eastern Europe. All the major players were lined up to fight for the mandate, but with six out of nine consortia disqualified the spoils went to tiny Schroders.
Arguments still rage as to how they won it, with some very sore losers around.
When Asia's foremost investment bank came to grief, people were quick to pin the blame on the young, brash Andre Lee, architect of the bank's fixed-income business. Speaking out for the first time, Lee gives his side of the story. He talks about the deal that finally broke the bank and gives an insight into a firm at war with itself. Peter Lee Malaysia Rashid merges a bad bank Suicidal lending caused huge losses at Malaysia's Sime Bank. Then in stepped top financier Rashid Hussain with a merger that surprised the nation.