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We all know that Chinese corporates like to act like a circus ringmaster, with banks running around them performing party tricks, jumping through flaming hoops and generally doing as they are told. There was some of that even when I was back in the business, but it was nothing like as bad as it is now.
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It is funny to meet the younger generation of the Street’s finest because while they might look all ballsy on the outside, on the inside they’re just plain wimps. -
We all know Hong Kong is one of the most expensive cities in the world. It makes us almost prouder to live here because it says, without the need to be explicitly vulgar, “we can afford it” and therefore “we are very rich”. I often congratulate myself on life’s achievements as I look down from the lofty heights of the Peak.
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It’s that time of the year again – awards season. Every banker is getting a pep talk about how to behave, calendars are jammed with meetings with every publication out there and the even most senior and inaccessible bankers suddenly become available for chit-chats with journalists.
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Sometimes it seems like TaiTai is speaking another language. I don’t understand half of what she says: facials, pedicures and skin peeling.
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Gone are the days of mere 15-floor office blocks in Hong Kong. Now, when I make my way down to the city, I dare not strain my neck looking up at all the cloud-level pillars. Fortunately, from my usual perch on The Peak I don’t have my view obstructed by what are basically huge battery farms for bankers.
