Stan O’Neal interview: O’Neal accentuates the positives

When Stan O’Neal spoke at the Euromoney Forum in London in late June, concerns about the fallout from the sub-prime correction were at their height. In a wide-ranging interview with Euromoney’s editor, Clive Horwood, Merrill Lynch’s chairman and chief executive discussed the market’s reaction to sub-prime, and whether or not the contagion would spread.

 Stan O’Neal, Merrill Lynch’s chairman and chief executive

Stan O’Neal, Merrill Lynch’s chairman and chief executive

The O’Neal era Merrill ethic 

As well as discussing the risks in the market, he outlined why the long-term prospects for investment banking are bright: how global capital flows are opening new markets and providing a new resilience to financial markets; and how the role of an investment bank as an intermediator of capital will grow in both developed and developing markets.


Everybody seems to be expecting a downturn in financial markets.




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