The name’s Lynch, Merrill Lynch

Edited by Steven Irvine

Merrill Lynch’s Euromarket Christmas party in London this year had a James Bond flavour. Was Merrill trying to say it had been shaken by Deutsche Morgan Grenfell’s hiring spree this year, but not stirred from its position at the top of the league table? Or was it just giving its syndicate a licence to kill future defectors?

The ThunderBond party, though lacking Martinis, tried to evoke the ambience of the Bond milieu. Black ties were in evidence as was a casino, the British secret agent’s favourite way to woo women and humiliate his enemies.

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