But, not for the first time in our history, it turned out we had greatly misread the desire of the market.
“It’s a shame — would have been great to have a new client and one that would have likely been keen to go golfing,” mused one SSA banker.
Warming to the argument, we pointed out that as whisky is Scotland’s second largest export, any client meetings with a sovereign Scottish debt office would surely take in a distillery tour at some point.
“If only I’d had a vote,” the banker said, presumably while hastily adding his name to the online petition demanding a referendum recount.