Bankers show a human face

Author: Mark Piper

Author: Mark Piper

It’s the final week of July, and Wall Streeters are turning out for another philanthropic bash, this time for an organization calling itself EMPower. But there’s no champagne or caviar, no grand setting, and not a black tie in sight. The setting is the basement of a downtown bar, the canapes are limited to cheese and crackers, and the attire ranged around the cash bar goes from business-casual down.

Eventually, Craig Cramer takes the microphone, and the whispers about ABN Amro poaching ING Barings’ top-rated sovereign research team die down.

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