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  • As most of us had guessed it would, the US managed to cobble together an agreement at the last possible moment. Great. It provides some respite for now but just means we have to go through the whole palaver all over again in a few months' time.
  • Is nothing sacred? We bankers are under scrutiny at all levels. Compliance knows every time we blow our nose, regulators treat us like the devil incarnate and I’m sure her indoors is taking sneaky peaks at my BlackBerry when she thinks I’m not looking.
  • Is it too much to expect market regulators to get their act together? After all, they are all-powerful entities whose every word impacts markets. But recent news from Hong Kong and India shows it’s the same old business as usual.
  • You might have thought Typhoon Usagi was fierce but it’s nothing compared to the wrath of bankers who cannot find enough expletives in all of Asia’s languages to describe how they feel about Bernanke’s U-turn over QE tapering.
  • The hoops that bankers jump through to keep clients happy can make a fresh Prada suit feel suffocating. Yes, I know it is just human nature to abuse power if you’re high up the capital market food chain, but sometimes issuers need to leave that opportunistic attitude in the conference room and close the door on it.
  • Rather than do something productive like play a round of golf, lots of my old muckers have spent the summer fretting over their end of year bonus. The markets in Asia have been comatose for three months and no one really knew if they would spark back into life.