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The 2011 Global Water Awards: Water Deal of the Year Vol 12, Issue 2 (February 2011)

For the deal, contracted in 2010, which has made the biggest contribution to the advancement of public-private partnerships in the international water sector.

EUROPE WATER IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 1 (January 2011)

* Long-term Dutch shareholder Ysro b.v. announced in early January that it had reduced its holding in Austrian water technology company BWT AG from 31.5% to below 25%.

Water stocks cruise to new highs on QE2 Vol 11, Issue 11 (November 2010)

The latest round of quantitative easing in the US was received positively by equity markets everywhere. The Americas segment of the GWI Global Water Index climbed above 100 for the first time since its inception.

Tomorrow the sun will shine again Vol 11, Issue 9 (September 2010)

Saddled by huge debts, and hit by the recession in Eastern Europe, Vienna-listed SW Umwelttechnik desperately needs to reassure its shareholders that it is back on track. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

ON THE MARKET Vol 10, Issue 12 (December 2009)

* VA Tech Wabag, the Indian-Austrian water engineering specialist, is looking to raise $100 million on the Bombay Stock Exchange at the end of next year.

MERGERS Vol 10, Issue 11 (November 2009)

*The deadline for Christ Water Technology shareholders to accept GLV’s takeover offer of €3.35 per share falls at 4.00p.m.

IPO SPECULATION Vol 10, Issue 9 (September 2009)

Austrian-Indian EPC contractor Wabag is being scrubbed up for an initial public offering, probably on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Christ rises from the ashes to breathe again Vol 10, Issue 5 (May 2009)

It seems that Christ Water may have finally convinced investors that their fears over bankruptcy are unfounded. The stock has risen by 160% in the last two weeks.

Firmer market sentiment boosts water stocks Vol 10, Issue 5 (May 2009)

Quoted water stocks continued to rise this month, buoyed by optimism that the economic recovery is finally underway. The first quarter results season was not all rosy, however.

In Brief - Europe Vol 10, Issue 4 (April 2009)

* With shares in Christ Water Technology still languishing below €1.00, both Pictet and Invesco have reduced their stakes to below 5%. Meanwhile, Christ’s subsidiary Aqua Engineering has been awarded a €60 million water treatment contract in South Africa.