Web's Best – May 2021

Ex-UBS Banker's Messy Divorce

The split of Clive Standish, finance chief of the Swiss bank until 2007 and one of Australia's largest private landowners, and his wife landed in court after she accused him of assault. – May 25 / Daily Mail

Credit Suisse's Boom to Bust

How the Swiss bank went from the hottest prime broker in town with hedge funds begging to do business with it to a $4.7 billion wipeout on hedge fund-family office Archegos. – May 13 / Risk.net

Credit Suisse Overseer's Legacy

António Horta-Osório's biggest concern in his former job was  burying a £10 billion mis-selling scandal. A look at any lessons for Credit Suisse from Lloyds' decade-long troubles. – May 5 / Guardian

Create Trading Floor Frenzy

How to make your home office-trading rig more atmospheric? – CNBC

Wall Street's Chief Memer

The investment banker behind the «Litquidity,» an irreverent take on Wall Street, is dropping his day job in favor of social media full-time. – May 11 / New York Magazine

Pictet Juggles Old And New

A look at how the Swiss wealth manager is being dragged into the modern age by younger bankers like Boris Collardi, a partner since 2019, and who is struggling to maintain its 216-year-old roots. – May 11 / Bloomberg

Women Lean Back Out

Eight years after Sheryl Sandberg's seminal career management guide-feminist manifesto urging women to «lean in» at work, many white-collar women are opting back out after a weary pandemic year. – May 2 / The Atlantic 

Diem Admits Naivete

The Facebook-backed currency explains itself, including a surprising admission it bumbled its introduction to the world. – May 2 / The Block