MTN Leak

It’s good to see that finishing in bottom place in the Six Nations isn’t enough to put the most ardent of Frenchmen off a sport for long — and it seems the same can be said for their drinking habits.

With not just a finger but a whole sweaty palm on the pulse of the capital markets, Leak likes to think we know a thing or two about taking a punt.

Leak was very excited to catch up with a stalwart of the MTN market who we sadly see less of, now that he has left London — none other than Crédit Agricole’s Ben Lamberg, who was over for a flying visit from Hong Kong.

Love was in the air at BNP Paribas this week when Leak called up Smit Acharya to get all the details on the latest trade from Communauté Française de Belgique.

Leak has been under a reporting embargo, and yes, it has something to do with the meat scandal engulfing Europe.

The MTN market was feeling very unromantic this week, with even the Casanova of the credit markets, the sex machine of the square mile — otherwise known as UBS’s Vincenzo Botta — quiet this week.

It’s Six Nations rugby tournament time again and last weekend’s opening matches were the talk of the EMTN desks.

David Beckham’s arrival at Paris St Germain this week caused the normally unflappable French EMTN contingent to go weak at the knees. "Next step for us is to win the Champions League," said SocGen’s Ben Terreaux, who had spent the day dreaming of a classic Becks free kick nestling in the top corner of a goal in some far flung stadium.

The snow has pummelled London more fiercely than Eden Hazard removing a ballboy from his boot and sadly the EMTN world has not been immune.

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MTN deals were in full flow this week but there were still a few nostalgic types willing to talk about their Christmas break — or at least their colleagues’ festivities.

Normally at Christmas it’s the warbling of Cliff Richard that sets the tone — or ruins it, depending on your tastes — but this time it was his argumentative American cousin, Fiscal Cliff, who was to blame for dampening everyone’s festive spirits.