Day one of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual meeting, and once again we were treated – hopefully for the last time – to a tour of the world’s bookshelves. The IIF is doing a slick job online, but there’s no getting away from the disruption to normal service.
Virtual delivery spoiled other things, too. US bank CEOs have flitted in and out of previous instalments of the IIF, but one fixture has always been Jamie Dimon, chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan, sharing a stage with one or two of his frenemies, usually including James Gorman, his opposite number at Morgan Stanley.
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