Georges Ugeux
Autor de Het verraad van de financiële wereld twaalf hervormingen om het vertrouwen te herstellen
Obras de Georges Ugeux
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Belgique
Etats-Unis - País (para mapa)
- Belgique
- Educación
- Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique (Doctorat, Droit)
- Ocupaciones
- Banquier
Financier - Organizaciones
- Galileo Global Advisors, Cabinet de conseil en investissement (Fondateur, 20 03)
New York Stock Exchange (Group Executive Vice President, International & Research, 19 96 | 20 03)
Ministère belge des finance (Président d'un organisme sous tutelle, 19 95 | 19 96)
Fonds européen d'investissement (Président, 19 94 | 19 95)
Kidder, Peabody International (Président et Managing director|19 92 | 19 94)
Société générale de Belgique (Directeur financier) (mostrar todos 13)
Morgan Stanley, Londres (Managing director)
Société générale de Banque, Aujourd'hui BNP Paribas, Bruxelles (Collaborateur, 19 70 | Directeur financier|19 82)
Axa Tian Ping, Compagnie d'assurance, Shanghaï (Membre du comité d'administration)
Amoeba Capital (Membre du conseil d'administration)
Université catholique de Louvain (Président de la Fondation)
Chambre de Commerce Belgo-Américaine (Président d'honneur)
Université de Columbia, New York (Chargé de cours|Banque et finance internationale |Chargé de cours|Banque et finance internationale, 20 12) - Premios y honores
- Officier de l' Ordre de Léopold (2004)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 14
- Popularidad
- #739,559
- Valoración
- 3.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 10
- Idiomas
- 2
I felt at a disadvantage reading this, since I am not familiar with either Hong Kong culture or investment banking practices. Unfortunately, neither of these was explained clearly enough to make me able to understand many of the plot details; while skimming with the gist was adequate to the plot, it was not especially satisfying.
A glossary would have helped, particularly with the banking jargon.
Apart from that, the writing could have been better. The usual wisdom for authors is "Show, don't tell"; Ugeux always tells and doesn't show. This makes the book more tedious than it could have been, had we been shown rather than told -- especially in dialogue.
The characters, too, were reactive in ways that only addressed the plot. They behaved rather at random in general. To wit: people who were clever manipulators of the system ended up really crude when called on their violations ... but how did they GET to that point?
If you are familiar with Hong Kong and/or Chinese banking, or investment banking internationally, or Asian culture -- you will probably appreciate this more than I did. I spent much of the time reading this confused. Recommended only for those who have the necessary background.
I received this book in exchange for writing an honest review.… (más)