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We have got used to banker-bashing over the last few years, becoming resigned to financing heads being regarded as the spawn of the devil and the very act of lending being seen as some sort of sadistic shackling. But a look at less developed countries reminds us how necessary the industry really is.
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Hong Kong has many qualities, but providing an environment for abstinence is not one of them.
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There’s nothing like meeting an old friend and discovering that they are richer, better dressed, happier — and a lot better prepared for the weather.
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Anyone who reads the financial news regularly may have wilfully ignored hundreds of articles on decoupling in recent weeks. My friends, there are more important matters to concern yourself with. Such as, shall we meet for coffee — or shots?
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It was only a few decades ago that emerging Asian countries like the Philippines and Indonesia were small fry to the big global banks, and the occasional trip to Manila or Jakarta from foreign bankers was a moment of excitement away from the more established centres of Hong Kong and Singapore.
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It has always been hard — for me at least — to adjust when returning to work after a week on the beach. Those bankers who headed to Boracay, Bali or any of southeast Asia’s hotspots over Easter may be feeling the same thing this week, missing the sand beneath their toes, water in their hair and jugs of piña colada in their weary stomachs.