Sibos can sometimes appear to the outsider like an excuse for a big party - in fact a succession of parties with the free cocktails seemingly flowing from lunchtime onwards. I recall from Copenhagen some were quite pleasant affairs and one or two were just
truly ghastly.
Of course nothing could be further from the truth - it's all hard work while you're there, so I'm told.
So - given the collapse of markets, banking and insurance companies across the world - is the atmosphere particularly sober this year?
Judge for yourself:
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