10th September, 2004

What do you talk about to the father of your 12 year old daughter's boyfriend when they have asked you to Sunday lunch and he is frighteningly clever and the senior partner in the competition department of a leading London law firm? Well, it could get quite nasty or you could get Evangelos, our banks analyst, to write a research call on the HBOS/Abbey National saga. Job done. Roll on the weekend. He's going to think I'm so bright.