Don't just blindly follow what the banker says.
不要盲目地听从这位银行家的话。
The banker says to the tailor, "how much a year do you earn, Mr."
银行家对裁缝说:“你每年能赚多少钱?”
As one banker says to a whining colleague, "You're getting out of a Mercedes to go into the Federal Reserve."
正如一位银行家对嘀嘀咕咕的同事说的:“你从奔驰上下来,走入美国联邦储备委员会。”
One banker in the deal says all steelmakers are now asking themselves what they should do next.
参与这场交易的一位银行家说,所有的钢铁企业都在自问下一步该如何做。
"It is what the market is asking us to do," says one banker.
“这是市场要求我们做的”一位银行家说道。
"If the crisis reaches Italy, which I don't think it will, then France will probably be part of the hurricane," says a senior Italian banker.
“如果危机到达意大利,这是我不愿意想到的,法国将是飓风的一部分。”意大利的一个年老的银行家说。
The result, says one banker involved in advising firms, is that many of them are asking firms to post collateral for the money they owe on derivative contracts.
一位参与通知客户的银行家说,结果是,许多银行要求企业为其在衍生合约中欠下的钱担保。
The main obstacle is that the First Data deal “has all the bells and whistles of the bubble era”, says another banker: it is, for instance, “covenant-lite” and offers lenders little protection.
主要问题是另一位银行家所说的第一资讯收购案“具有泡沫年代的特征”:比如,“低门槛贷款合约”几乎给贷款方提供不了保护。
The main obstacle is that the First Data deal "has all the bells and whistles of the bubble era", says another banker: it is, for instance, "covenant-lite" and offers lenders little protection.
主要问题是另一位银行家所说的第一资讯收购案“具有泡沫年代的特征”:比如,“低门槛贷款合约”几乎给贷款方提供不了保护。
UBS is already "priced for perfection" says a Swiss private banker, whereas Credit Suisse, if the strategy holds, is likely to show gains.
据一位瑞士私有银行家介绍瑞银已经是“完美的定价”,如果瑞士信托的策略能够坚持,它很可能获得收获。
The former top US banker has admitted failing to pay self-employment taxes over a four-year period - an omission he says he has now addressed.
这位前纽约联邦储备银行行长承认,四年间没有上交自雇税--他表示现在已经补上了。
"There is no amount of capital that Banks could reasonably hold that would insulate them from a break-up of the euro zone," says one banker.
“银行没有合理的持有足够的资本金来使它们远离崩溃的欧元区”,一个银行家如是说。
The maestro saw him perform, Mr Treichl says, and “told me to go into banking because one would do better as a mediocre banker than one would as a mediocre conductor.”
那位大师观看了他的演出,特莱希说,“他告诉我还是去银行业吧,因为一个中不溜的银行家能比一个中不溜的指挥家做得更好。”
“Sunshine is the perfect analogy,” says one banker. “Too much of it in dealer markets and we all get skin cancer.”
“阳光就是个最好的比方,“一位银行家表示,”交易商市场内的阳光太多,这会让我们都患上皮肤癌。”
One banker involved in the deal says its fate is still clouded in uncertainty: “We still don't know if an avalanche is going to fall on our heads.”
一个参与这次收购的银行家说该收购的命运仍然不甚明了:“我们仍然不知道在我们头上是否会有雪崩发生”。
"This is the last bite of the apple before bail-out fatigue overwhelms us," says one banker.
“这是救援行动击倒我们之前的罪后一口苹果,”一个银行家说。
This arrangement "ends the insanity of being hostage to the rating agencies", says a banker who worked on the deal.
负责这项交易的银行家认为这一协议“结束了作为信用评价机构抵押品的郁闷”。
One industry banker says the cellphone piece could sell for less than one times sales if its problems aren't fixed.
一位了解电信行业的银行家表示,如果问题得不到解决,手机业务的售价会低于其销售额。
"Now the negotiations are with the auditors," says a banker who was close to the talks.
“现在是与审计员进行协商了,”接近会谈的一个银行家说。
"We may be moving from the mark-to-market phase to the more traditional phase of credit losses," says a banker.
“我们可能从市场调价的阶段走到了更传统的信贷损失的阶段”,一个银行家如是说。
Frank Quattrone, the veteran tech banker, demurs on the question of a broader bubble but says he frets about the premiums some private companies are commanding.
弗兰克•夸特隆是一名经验老道的科技银行家,他并不认为科技界将面临大范围的泡沫。不过有些私人公司挣到了太多的钱,这让他隐隐感到不安。
Their construction coincides with the “greatest level of bank lending in the history of the world”, says Bill Rhodes, the veteran Citi banker.
它们的兴建适逢“世界历史上最大规模的银行贷款”时期,花旗(Citi)资深银行家比尔•罗兹(Bill Rhodes)如是说道。
"The important thing right now is that we have acted to strengthen bank regulation," says one central banker.
“目前重要的问题是,我们已采取行动加强银行监管,”一位央行官员表示。
With interest rates as high as they are, and principal payments indexed to inflation, Jon Jonsson, an Icelandic international banker, says the solvency of even the new Banks remains in doubt.
利率如此之高,而本金的偿还又计入通胀指数,强?强森,一位冰岛的国际银行家,说即使那些新银行的清偿力也存在着问题。
It does not want to lose face, one banker says: "There is a link between the timeliness of payment and the visibility of the instrument."
一个银行家表示:“支付的时机和支付手段的可见性是紧紧联系着的。”
No banker predicted the depth and breadth of the problems, ' he says.
桑切斯说,没有一个银行家能预测这些问题的深度和广度。
"We would have preferred the auction to go ahead," says one senior Italian banker, who frets that postponement has rattled nerves.
“我们宁愿拍卖继续进行”某意大利资深银行家说道,他担心延期会激怒大家的情绪。
"Those were very smart trades because they caught the top of the dollar bounce each time," says one western banker who deals closely with the fund.
一位与中投来往密切的西方银行家表示:“那些交易非常漂亮,因为每一次都赶上了美元反弹触顶的时机。”
"Those were very smart trades because they caught the top of the dollar bounce each time," says one western banker who deals closely with the fund.
一位与中投来往密切的西方银行家表示:“那些交易非常漂亮,因为每一次都赶上了美元反弹触顶的时机。”
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