But it seems that nearly all European banks now have a choice between expansion and expiration. Some advisers even think that cross-border acquisitions might return from the grave. It's so big, in fact, that, like an oil tanker, it takes a very long time to change direction. Now it's bought a controlling interest in Banque Indosuez. And the new direction might well be a dangerous one.
Some families are full of bankers.
Chances are, if you're under the age of 40 and were born in Sea Cliff, Long Island, you'll now be working in the Russian capital markets. Peter Derby, Boris Jordan and a host of others of aristocratic stock got educated, teased, relocated and rich together. But they'll never really be Russian. The Japanese, in general, have slumped. Jim Sirius Architecture Towards a machine for working in The idea of bankers giving up opulent offices and grandiose architecture seems about as likely as a central banker doing a striptease on national television.