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Great cartoon

One of the few cartoons that made me laugh out loud …   All credit: David Haldane, the Times

Northern Rock

Bird & Fortune strike again

The Financial Times have Bird & Fortune in a new skit, following on from the three posted here before. This time it starts with the classic line … Sir George Parr, Investment Banker: "I do hope this (interview) is not going to be about banker's bonuses." Interviewer: "No, no, no.  It's about the future of…

Bird & Fortune

The Investment Banker’s yacht

This one's floating around on email at the moment and thought it worth sharing here .. Two investment bankers are taking delivery of a new yacht. It's a 65' custom-built motor yacht complete with four staterooms, a state-of-the-art galley, GPS System and radar for navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines … you name it. It's got…

Yacht1

The Investment Banker’s yacht

This one's floating around on email at the moment and thought it worth sharing here .. Two investment bankers are taking delivery of a new yacht. It's a 65' custom-built motor yacht complete with four staterooms, a state-of-the-art galley, GPS System and radar for navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines … you name it. It's got…

Yacht1

The Investment Banker’s yacht

This one's floating around on email at the moment and thought it worth sharing here .. Two investment bankers are taking delivery of a new yacht. It's a 65' custom-built motor yacht complete with four staterooms, a state-of-the-art galley, GPS System and radar for navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines … you name it. It's got…

Yacht1

Probably the best hedge fund in the world …

Beer makers Stella Artois and Carling are running ethical advertising campaigns at the moment and the Stella one caught my attention: I know that my hedge fund is better than theirs though …

Stella-hedge-fund

Probably the best hedge fund in the world …

Beer makers Stella Artois and Carling are running ethical advertising campaigns at the moment and the Stella one caught my attention: I know that my hedge fund is better than theirs though …

Stella-hedge-fund

Probably the best hedge fund in the world …

Beer makers Stella Artois and Carling are running ethical advertising campaigns at the moment and the Stella one caught my attention: I know that my hedge fund is better than theirs though …

Stella-hedge-fund

Hoofy and Boo

Some of you may have spotted that the Financial Services Club's logo is represented by a Bull and a Bear:   I say some of you, because most folks see the gold on our badge (members get a badge to wear on their lapel) rather than the black.  Ho-hum, must be bankers 😉 Well, now…

Logo

Hoofy and Boo

Some of you may have spotted that the Financial Services Club's logo is represented by a Bull and a Bear:   I say some of you, because most folks see the gold on our badge (members get a badge to wear on their lapel) rather than the black.  Ho-hum, must be bankers 😉 Well, now…

Logo

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