privatisations

Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's president, said the result proved "Ukraine is capable of staging honest privatisations" .

He made it clear that banks could expect to win advisory deals as the government considered future asset sales and privatisations.

It said its unlisted parent had not had any direct discussions with parties to the proposed privatisations.

It would be Russia's biggest asset sell-off since the botched loans-for-shares privatisations of the 1990s.

Prof Sherman points to IPOs in Asia, which often include an institutional and a public tranche (as did the Thatcher privatisations).

This transaction is no template for future eurozone privatisations, however.

There have been many botched privatisations in emerging markets, but none have enriched their beneficiaries as much as Slim.

Handling the privatisations correctly is, moreover, only a start.

One in three of those polled across the region now say that privatisations were beneficial for their country, up from 22% in 2003.

Instead of mass privatisations, China has opted for selective liberalisation that has favoured foreign investors over local entrepreneurs.

The country's best bet to stir up interest would be the old standby of privatisations.

Bond yields rose after Ireland's bail-out, triggering new promises of more privatisations and tax breaks for small business.

The country has two heads of the state property fund, but neither achieved any privatisations.

Part of the growth is due to China's mega-privatisations.

Facing a wave of allegations about corruption in privatisations, the government banned management buy-outs of large state- owned companies.

and, finally, privatisations and bail-outs.

The report is sceptical about privatisations of the past, several of which ended badly.

Under pressure from its neighbours and the fund it hopes to raise 50 billion ($70. 8 billion) from privatisations.

Greece has yet to raise a single euro from fresh privatisations.