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Danelle Dann

Photographed by HelmutNewton

 

 

 

 



          

        "The INTERLANGUE GROUP, Inc. and "DANELLE DANN INTERNATIONAL INC.",   heretofore and hereafter referred to as 'Interlangue' , founded in 1980 and 1991 respectively  by DANELLE DANN,  present our clients with one of the few executive search firms privately held.

          Since 'Interlangue's' genesis,  the firm has steadily focused on senior assignments on behalf of the foreign banks in New York.  Areas of specialty have been General Management, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Logistics, VaR, Risk Management, Asset & Liability Management et al.

           Recently, given the condition of the financial markets globally, we have focused on, and successfully concluded searches  outside the U.S.,  in countries such as Germany, Switzerland,  and the U.K. These assignments have been exclusively in the area of Treasury,  and,  apart from a substantive educational background,  have required a high degree of specificity for their respective fields.    

         Most recently,  we have been able to broaden 'Interlangue's' investment banking portfolio in Geneva by having given the opportunity to  add a unique, highly respected research institute (a "think tank" ) to our list  of clients.

                               JANUARY  23rd, 2012

                    Financial Executive  Opportunities  (click here)

                After 30 years in this marketplace, the current environment continues to represent  a 'sui generis' crisis for us as a firm  given, among other unprecedented difficulties, the  syndrome of downward mobility, reduced compensation, et al. The period starting in 2008 has seen our firm struggle with issues entirely new to us. We had  hoped  that in 2011 we would witness a somewhat ameliorated environment, which seemed to materialise , judging by one index, the Dow Jones, which had reached  the mid 12,500 point range.

                 Regrettably as the new year begins, Q1 prognosis remains  contentious and unstable, with somewhat limited potential thus far.

                The Dow Jones  gyrations, 400 point 'in caliber' shattered whatever hope we had for a less volatile marketplace, although the Dow's return to the all-critical 12,000 point mark is encouraging.  The changes in the governments of Greece and Italy, respectively,  have yet to demonstrate a degree of concrete change,  irrespective of the  hope that the anticipated German  financial assistance will materialise. The new credit agencies' input is not helpful.

                Not withstanding any of the above,  the European sovereign debt crisis  has been  brought into sharp focus by the launching of a EU inquiry into Derivatives:  in this case, specifically the modus operandi of Credit Default Swaps. Six months later  the only visible result is the increase in the  the cost of insuring them

                The potential implication of their being a contributing factor to the current sovereign debt crisis, traded by some of the best known names in European banking,  serves to add the Credit Default Swaps to the  existing list of exotic trading instruments with egregious consequences to the financial markets. Such factors,  a degree of international tension  only  serve to substantively affect a firm such as ours. Not having ever practiced alarmism, we do indeed continue our work, albeit on a diminished scale. Furthermore, although six months have passed, no laws have been written, and the IMF downgraded the US by a whole % point given the European crisis. The reason seems simple enough: despite laws which were proposed in 2010, they have not been passed.

                While based in New York  (with a  presence in Geneva),  our current activity  focuses on Treasury appointments in Banking, now exclusively located in European financial centres.

                We are delighted furthermore that,  given the perhaps somewhat unusual,  strictly private ownership  of this firm, a few European universities have added our name to their Internship Syllabus.  As a result a few graduate students working towards their respective PhD theses  have elected to spend their internship months with us in Geneva.

               Irrespective of current market conditions, we are always pleased and grateful to hear from our clients and friends about  previous times or places shared over more than thirty years.  Given the priviledged and confidential  nature of our communications,  we do not  participate in social media.

              Contact:  Danelle Dann

              212 687 5050. (europa@interlangue.com)

 

 

 

                                 The INTERLANGUE Group, Inc.

                                  90 Park Avenue

                                  New York, N.Y. 10016

                                   (212) 687-5050

                 

                                                   November 2011, Geneva

 

 

 


 


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