MTN Leak

Hearing whispers of an expanded MTN team at Mizuho, Leak was straight on the phone to Giso van Loon, the firm's MTN chief. However, things were not as straightforward as we had hoped.

Cyprus has been the talk of the MTN market since it issued its comeback deal a few weeks ago but Goldman Sachs’ Marko Milos decided to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk.

A staple of the MTN calendar may have released a 'save-the-date' email this week, but it was a new kid on the MTN event block that really set dealers’ hearts racing.

Commerzbank’s Andrew Nicola was exhausted on Thursday morning, but not because he was hungover from the GlobalCapital Awards — unlike several members of the MTN world. No, it was because he and his wife have an interesting way of preparing for a new child: home improvement.

Société Générale’s MTN desk is eagerly prepping its upcoming social calendar. But one of the highlights, next week’s GlobalCapital Bond Awards, is causing tension between them and the SSA desk. The source of the squabble? Socks.

Confusion reigned at Leak Towers this week as we attempted to put a lunch date in the diary for Monday — so much so that it mirrored some of Hollywood’s finest output.

Mizuho’s Alain Sanz-Gadea, freshly returned from two weeks in Mexico getting “cultured”, revealed a side to himself that got even the hardest tough-nuts in Leak towers a little worried this week.

The countdown has begun: the MTN social event of the year is in the calendar and bankers across the globe will be spending the coming weeks and months preparing themselves, their livers and their stomachs for the tests that lie ahead.

MTN desks are taking part in a fierce battle of east versus west. They aren’t talking about schools of philosophy, but something more important— where in London to live and more importantly what that says about their age.

The sporting world has been hit by many a betting scandal over the last few years but they are all dwarfed by the latest disgrace to hit horse racing, Leak can reveal.

Citi’s Charles Antoine Roche is an avid fan of the monarchy and has high hopes for his new baby boy — royal hopes — anointing his newly born son Charles II.

Leak likes to think we can offer a sympathetic ear to when dealers have problems and in some cases provide pseudo-psychology — even when it’s not asked for.