French banker takes his risks on rugby fields
You might think that a banker who has spent most of his career in trading rooms, starting with foreign exchange derivatives, would have a speculative bent when it comes to his own investments.
But not Frederic Laine. Though willing to take risks in rugby, a sport he is passionate about, he is more conservative with his own portfolio, preferring Euro deposits and government bonds.
Mr Laine, 42, arrived in Hong Kong in 1990 and, under French law, was able to fulfil his military service duties by working in the overseas office of a French company.
He fell in love with Hong Kong and continued to work at a number of French financial firms.
Mr Laine - who has a wife and two sons, Thomas, aged seven, and Nicolas, five - is now head of fixed-income markets for Asia at Calyon, Credit Agricole's investment bank subsidiary.