For some bankers, diversification has become an end as much as a means.
For years, some bankers have wanted to see a similar product traded wholesale by banks.
You might be able to bring some community bankers on, bring some regulars on, work through this stuff for people.
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Sinopec Engineering is still gauging investors' interest in the IPO, but some fund managers said bankers are asking for too much.
Nothing better illustrated how things had changed than a conversation I had with some bankers while I was in Lisbon last year for the African Development Bank annual meeting.
So some bankers argue that Spain might be better off asking the IMF for emergency funds that could go directly to the banks, rather than counting as a loan to the government.
Some analysts ventured that lucrative bonuses have encouraged bankers to take greater risks for short-term gains.
It is ironic indeed for the Bancroft family to have to pay 30 shekels of silver to their investment bankers, and 30 shekels of gold to their corporate lawyers, for scaring some of them into betraying their 105-year family loyalty to Dow Jones independence.
German bankers point out that although many German companies look over their borders for partners, some of the best deals ought to be had at home.
As bankers repay federal TARP funds and cut the amounts they must set aside for loan losses, some are regaining their appetites for new loans and deposits.
"Islamic bankers should do some missionary work in the Western world to promote the concept of Shariah banking, for which many in the West are more than ready now, " Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at the World Islamic Economic Forum last month in Jakarta.
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