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No-mura

(see what I did there?) Well, I’m no longer at Nomura, taking a week off, then off to pastures Blue. I have mixed feelings on leaving. The people at Lehman (and Nomura) have been great and a pleasure to work … Continue reading

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Clean up

When I joined Lehman in April 2007, the systems and processes imposed by the US part of our global team were very messy and required a large amount of man-power just to keep going. The philosophy seemed to be “long … Continue reading

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Getting it up

It took a while, but after a lot of hard work by the team, we finally got it up. Where ‘it’ is the One True Global* Puma.   * the other Puma being the dodgy one that only runs in … Continue reading

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New Job

Well, actually it’s my old job, although not completely. So Lehman Brothers Holding filed for Chapter 11 a couple of weeks ago, the US bit got bought whole by Barclays Capital, and Nomura International are in the process of buying … Continue reading

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Wednesday

But it feels like Friday already – been a busy and tiring week; last week too. Today is going to be very busy with already-planned interviews and the first day of the Lehman/Nomura merge, so half the day in the … Continue reading

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Turning Japanese

So today we find out that the European Lehman business was acquired by Nomura. We lose the US, but keep with the Lehman guys in Tokyo. Our new CEO, Kenichi san, looks like a top geezer too. Interesting times, lots … Continue reading

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