Fry offers kisses to the “assorted capitalist scum”

What better way to start off an awards ceremony than with a quick reminder of one's place in the world? That's the tack comedian Stephen Fry took as he introduced Euromoney's second annual awards dinner at the Natural History Museum in London last month.

“Good evening ladies, gentlemen, and assorted capitalist scum.”

Clearly banking’s finest enjoy a good insult, as they all laughed along heartily. Fry then changed tack, deciding to try to identify with his audience. “Banking,” he said, at a deliberate, slow pace, “is my life. I know many of you might be suspicious, and probably think that I had never even heard of Euromoney before my agent rang me up, and that my conversion to banking probably had something to with the rather large cheque offered to host this event.”

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