Even Hansgeorg Hofmann, larger-than-life, engagingly jovial, and one of Germany’s few “real” investment bankers, finds it hard to conceal his disappointment. The German establishment has closed ranks and he – let’s for the moment call him the embodiment of Anglo-Saxon-style corporate finance – is left beating vainly on their Teutonic shields.
Taking a break from shield-bashing, in his home town of Augsburg, at coffee on the terrace of the Drei Mohren hotel in the September sun, Hofmann reflects on the duplicity of Germany Inc.
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