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After two big sessions in the main conference, it was time
to retire to the exhibit hall and see some other stuff, so I spent the
afternoon networking, which is what SIBOS is all about.

First, was a short break in the innotribe where Allevo and a
few other folks presented ideas about future economic models.  

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Excellent.

Then it was off to the exhibit hall as it was just after two
o’clock and I knew the drinkies were appearing, although I’m not too sure that the lady coming out of the
toilets was too impressed with the empty glasses being carried by my waiter.

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No worries, you can always go to the beer festival being run
by SAP who, as a company with German origins, felt that SIBOS could break with
its tradition of serving champagne and wine from nine by serving beer for
cheer.

The only thing that was a little incongruous with their
German beerfest was the idea of German beerfest wenches being a little bit Japanese …

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… although I’m not complaining.

Then it was off to the Oracle booth, who had teamed up with
one of my favourite publications the
Asian Banker
to deliver the 2012 Awards to banks in Asia based upon their
strength in each country.

Strength is measured by stress testing the banks for not
only their capital base but also their customer base, and editor-in-chief
Emmanuel Daniel did a fine job, awarding the top prize of strongest bank in
Asia to Standard Chartered Hong Kong.

Blog Oracle

Strangely this was on the same day as StanChart announced their
results
, which were ok.  Strangely not so
ok were UBS’s results, which showed that the investment bank has been a huge
drag on the business.

That’s been the case for a couple of years now and, as a result,
the relatively new management team of CEO Ermotti and Head of the Investment
Bank Orcel did a hatchet job and announced 10,000 job cuts, effectively closing
down the investment bank.

Oh dear.

Not surprisingly, the UBS guys gathered at their SIBOS stand
in sombre mood to reflect on so many friends and colleagues leaving.

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Anyways, off to dinners and parties now so no doubt
more  to tell tomorrow.

And if you meet a UBS guy, tell them their future is with
USB or something like that.

TTFN (ta-ta for now)  …

 

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Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...

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