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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…

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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…

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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

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

A totally non-PC financial ad campaign

Until last night, I had never heard of Optiver. Today, they are firmly on my radar as someone said I should "YouTube" them. A bit like Googling someone, YouTube is now the name to get your name known. So I YouTubed Optiver and what I found made me laugh the night away. Here's a brief…

A totally non-PC financial ad campaign

Until last night, I had never heard of Optiver. Today, they are firmly on my radar as someone said I should "YouTube" them. A bit like Googling someone, YouTube is now the name to get your name known. So I YouTubed Optiver and what I found made me laugh the night away. Here's a brief…