Euroblog
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Another eligible bachelor disappeared from the scene this weekend when Kerr Finlayson wed the lovely Catherine Steadman at Claridges on Saturday.
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Throughout Alan Roch’s many years on RBS’s EM syndicate, he has become accustomed to jetting off to faraway exotic lands and fitting in with other cultures and ways of doing things. So he ought to have been well prepared for his recent move to become the bank's head of Asia Pacific syndicate.
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The I-Can’t-Believe-He’s-40 club recently gained a new member. Congratulations to Dan Bell for making the cut for the elite group, where he joins his BofA Merrill colleague Olly Johnson.
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Tailor Cad and the Dandy's Best Dressed Banker awards 2011 has kicked off again, asking for nominees this week for the sharpest suit wearers in the city.
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Getting good luck: is it about adhering to the right superstition, is it some sort of skill, or is it just, er, good luck? Whatever the secret, there seems to be a bit of it about in the FIG world at the moment — and it's a while since anyone's been able to say that.
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You might think that by the time one reaches head of capital markets and advisory at one of the bigger banks one’s career trajectory would look fairly solid. There’s room to move up, or perhaps laterally. But chances are, said banker would probably stay more or less in the financial sector. There are exceptions of course, and Euroblog wonders if Lloyds’ James Garvey is secretly hoping there’s a chance he can make the switch into professional football.
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It’s amazing what bankers will do for a bit of luck. Wearing your lucky pants on the day of a big deal; walking twice around the revolving door in advance of an important client meeting; sacrificing your lunchtime chicken to the equity gods; rain-dancing — all these things are perfectly normal.
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It’s not often that research reports make the gossip circles, so it was a particular surprise when two did the rounds this week. While UBS’s grim “what if?” paper on a euro break-up was a serious talking point among DCM bankers, JP Morgan’s Lego enactment of the sovereign crisis was a more light-hearted point of interest.
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The Nordic Investment Bank’s crayfish party is an event steeped in legend and myth. So it was with some trepidation — but a certain sense of excitement — that Euroblog boarded the good ship Svanhild to see for ourselves what goes on at this most famous of events.
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For those keen readers eager to know how Citi’s Chris Lees fared after last week’s crucial sporting challenge, Euroblog is pleased to report that he won’t be spending the rest of the summer hobbling around on crutches.