We are very happy with the deals done here.

But this also shows that there aren't sufficient deals in the market and people are placing a higher valuation on companies that they invest in. This is fine as long as the market is growing, as it did last year. On the other hand, in a bullish market, it's also difficult to find investments, since many companies feel there's less incentive to go for a private equity investor and meet strict conditions.

We are delighted at the levels of business announced at Asian Aerospace and the total of 15.2 billion dollars is way beyond our optimistic expectations.

There is lots of scope for European banking deals.

Issues deals with the issues I had, the fears I had and it isn't a 'nice' album but fears and depressions are not particularly nice.

Because of the relatively narrow margins that divide the parties, moderates can still broker deals that have a great moderating influence on issues form tax cuts to judicial fights.