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  • When I was a young debt banker, I hated Jimmy Carter. I was a cigar-chomping, ambitious yuppie with a Patek and a Rolodex that could choke an elephant, while he was a peanut-farming pinko with a charisma deficit.
  • I remember a time when dressing in casual clothes was something that horrified bankers, not excited them. Not anymore.
  • There are many inaccurate pejorative stereotypes about investment bankers, but one I’ll gladly admit is true is that we are a snobbish bunch when it comes to travel.
  • I was young and handsome when I married Tai Tai. I’m still handsome, she says, but time has curdled my youth to wisdom (and wealth).
  • The debauchery of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament is legendary. Every year friends visit for a long weekend of carousing and occasionally someone watches some rugby.
  • We can all find ourselves in embarrassing situations, like that time Donald Trump greeted cameras with a string of loo roll stuck to the bottom of his shoe. I’m usually just happy not to be the victim.