Clare Baldwin

Position: Journalist

Blog Posts

Nomura banker says singing for karaoke only

Lehman’s collapse has literally loosened the tongues of Japanese bankers, an executive said on Tuesday. Bankers who could only communicate in Japanese are now rattling off e-mails and water cooler conversations in English, Nomura Chief Operating Officer Takeo Sumino said at the Reuters Global Finance Summit.   Full Article 

Count on it: in three generations your rich client will be poor

It turns out that advisers to ultra-rich aren’t always so flush themselves. So, what happens, if, say, you spend a day on your client’s fancy yacht, then go back to your own tiny dinghy?  Full Article 

Wealth education: one pretention too much?

The ultra wealthy have finally found something that is too pretentious.   Full Article