It is with great sadness that London says goodbye to a man we are reliably told "will be missed by many ECP and MTN dealers alike" — Royal Bank of Scotland’s CP whizz Chris Bryan — who is off to warmer climes.
Of course, his departure gives Leak the enviable opportunity of looking back at some of Mr Bryan’s finest moments in the CP world before he heads home to South Africa.
Famous for going sans jacket on evenings out, even in the depths of winter, Leak hears he would "stand brazenly outside the bars on Canary Wharf keeping his core body temperature down".
Friends have already expressed concern about his ability to cope in sunny Cape Town, although a strict regime of lying very still and hydrating by drinking ice cold refreshments has been prescribed.
Perhaps it was this obsession with body temperature that made him such a popular attendee at many a market event.
Indeed, legend has it that at one do in Iceland, dealers were taken to a farm where they were required to herd a sheep through a gate. While everyone else "chased the things round and round in circles", Chris, perhaps feeling a natural superiority to an animal that grows its own jacket, "picked it up and walked straight through".
While the Icelandic farming industry may perhaps not be sad to see the back of Chris, we can say for certain that he will leave a Thorrablot on the CP landscape.
In other social news this week, a Hong Konger and a Scot walked into an English bar to meet an Italian and a Brazilian from a German bank to drink some Czech lager.
Unfortunately, the deadline is fast approaching, so Leak does not have the time to give that the punchline it deserves. Send us your best efforts at leak@euroweek.com