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One of my old cronies recently introduced me — over a few pints of Asahi, obviously — to a newbie in the banking world. The young blighter still had that starry look in his eyes of someone who thinks there’s nothing better than staying up all night working on a deal for some mid-tier Asian company as it means he can regale his friends with his tales of burning the midnight oil.
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As a banker, I used to have a lot of things to look forward to. The morning breakfasts at the Mandarin Oriental, the lunch sessions at Discovery Bay Golf Club and the dinner get-togethers at the InterContinental Steak House - they were all part and parcel of doing business.
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Timing has never been my strong point, and this week showed just how bad it can be. For reasons that are completely alien to me, Tai Tai decided that it was time to take an impromptu holiday — with me! — to Taipei.
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No doubt you’ve had some trendy young thing waxing lyrical about the latest new fad to hit Hong Kong — the cronut. For the uninitiated, these are a combination of a croissant and donut, filed with cream and deep fried.
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I don’t know if it’s the increasing regulation, shrinking bonuses or just something in the air, but investment bankers have become a right miserable bunch. With the summer lull in full flow and the sun finally shining in Hong Kong I was out for some early afternoon drinking with a group of friends — looking forward to some good banter and industry gossip. But all they did was moan.
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Having spent years meeting captains of industry and government officials — both good and bad — I thought I was past the point where I would be impressed by anybody, no matter how important. But that all changed last weekend.