Bankers Trust

As at February 2003 there were 21 banks that acted as common depositaries on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream, although the majority of the trading volume was handled by just three banks, JPMor-gan Chase Bank, Citibank NA, and Deutsche Bankers Trust. The common depositary is responsible for ... 

The intriguing story of how Robert Gordon Wasson, a professional banker, partner and vice-president of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, found himself ingesting the sacred mushroom on a remote Mexican mountain top, is worth repeating in his own words ... 

In 1999 for the first time Japanese financial institutions became involved in the UNEP banking initiative. The three companies endorsing the initiative were Nikko Securities, Nikko Asset Management and the Good Bankers Company. In broad terms, these companies are creating investment trusts that invest in companies that have made special efforts to deal with environmental issues. 

We have never got an expert who we can trust to go there [pharmaceutical industry] and do an evaluation and I said to them then I should become a banker. (Technical expert, Kenyan pharmaceutical sector, 2014)... 

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