MTN Leak

This week, Leak had hoped to write a special Valentine’s Day edition, but the engagement-fest that’s taken place over the past year or two has made for a bit less suspense and excitement at this time of year, not to mention at the few issuer events we still get to enjoy.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but Asian investors so delightful. And since we’ve got no sales on the go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

It has come to Leak’s attention that Commerzbank has been holding out on us.

My fellow MTN-ers,

In January more than most months, people tend to take stock of their lives, pausing to reflect on what is good and what needs to be changed. And it is with this in mind that Leak this week heard of the torment that Chris Hill has been in.

The festive season is over and it’s back to the desk for MTN dealers, as they hope for a better year with plenty of business and — in the case of one dealer — fewer broken glasses.

The festive season is here and we can all just about say goodbye to this annus horribilis.

Christmas cheer is upon us all but MTN bankers are busy. Or at least enthusiastically occupied looking busy so that Santa Claus doesn’t pop a P45 in the stocking.

While the rest of us shiver, Leak watches the MTN market jet off to warmer climes and awaits news of the Legend Who Shall Not Be Named’s safari adventure in Kenya.

The rabble of the MTN world were this week treated to an evening with a touch of class, as they descended upon the Norwegian ambassador’s residence for Kommunalbanken’s reception.

The Glitnir funding team bowed out in style this week, leaving in their wake a predictable procession of mournful bankers lining up the brennivin in grief.

The last cowboy in MTN town this week discovered an innovative way of enforcing alcohol-free safety on the roads of London, by proving that it is possible to become so inebriated that the hand-eye coordination required to unlock one’s scooter disappears. If only the British transport police had thought of it first.