Profile: Guy Wyser-Pratte
New York arbs are assumed to be a steely breed, more concerned with the clinical pursuit of wealth than with high-minded ideology...
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ESG Archive
Depositary Receipts Round-up: 1995 Review
According to data from Bank of New York, one of three depositaries producing comprehensive statistics, some 10 bn shares worth...
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Of Kings and Communicators
The king is dead! Long live the king! I remember reading these lines in history class at school. Their lesson was that in a...
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The Speculator: Zen and the Art of IR
Like the Lord High Executioner in The Mikado, every crusty commentator has the Japanese on his little list. We all know the...
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Encounters: Fashionable Discipline
Milan has always struck me as a schizophrenic city, switching its personality according to the direction from which you approach...
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Bank Gains, Job Losses
Investor relations officers are deeply caught up in the whirlwind of bank mergers that have been sweeping the US. They are in an...
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Family Fortunes
You've built it up from scratch. Years of hard work. Late nights. Stress. Tension. Now, just as the company's beginning to bear...
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The Value Thing;
Oh, it's such a confusing world. Your main competitor has been stealing a march on your firm by using some new-fangled technique...
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Happy New Year
For this year-end issue, I thought I would write about New Year's Eve. After some research, I can now report that never before...
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The Speculator on Soros, Speculation and Subversion
In general, speculators are not nice people. And that is as true of journalistic speculators as it is of those who gamble in...
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