Day 1 FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2002 - Deals of the year

Deal of the Year, Best PrivatizationBank of China: restructuring and $2.67 billion IPOBank of China International, Goldman Sachs, UBS Warburg and Nomura (POWL)What now stands as the largest bank merger and restructuring in Asian history outside Japan was two years in the making and of critical importance to the Chinese government. The merger and restructuring of 13 affiliate financial institutions of the Bank of China group in Hong Kong has heralded a new chapter in the country's priv…