China’s Communist Party takes aim at hedonistic bankers
Time to forget about luxury cars and Shanghai’s nightlife
Senior staff at China’s largest investment banks have been flying economy, not first class, in recent months. They are cutting back on entertaining clients and drinking less, if at all, at banquets. A banker says he has been warning junior colleagues to avoid ostentatious displays of wealth. It is, he reports, for their own good.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “An anti-party party”
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