Our clients have repeatedly relied on us for market intelligence: while the foreign banking community does not employ more than 5000 individuals in senior positions in New York, each bank enters the US market with a specific goal and an expressly stated Purpose of Mission. Through us, our clients have been able to attain an in-depth look at the respective market conditions, applicable at the time of their entry in this market place or at the time of a specific search. We would subsequently be contacted in matters of strategy and compensation. As of 2009, we have concluded a few searches in financial centres in Europe or elsewhere. While the American market entered its recession in 2008, we found  activity and innovation on a surprising scale in countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Holland and others. Having witnessed first-hand the booming 80s followed by the 1987 market collapse, the expansive 90s following the First Gulf War, September 11th,  the Iraq War i and II, the market collapse of 2008 along with the sluggish pace of 2010,  our 'bird's eye view' offers a perspective which may well be of assistance to both existing clients and new arrivals in the New York market place. In assisting clients both during an up-swing, invariably followed by the cyclicality of a shortfall, we have been an active participant in the compensation structures inherent to these conditions. Utilised creatively or formulaically, we have been called upon regularly to assist in designing the respective business formulae as such. While Treasury Bonuses originally lent themselves to percentages  of individual dealers' salary bases at year-end, more recently bonuses are multiples of, albeit lower, salary bases. In Corporate Finance, while many of our clients were endevouring to transit into investment banking, the bonuses paid started to resemble those paid by US investment banks. In more recent history we have witnessed a shift back to a more traditional payment structure, be that a 13th month or a percentage of the salary base, usually capped at 100%. Here the concept of "Kurzarbeit" must be mentioned for its actual impact on the European marketplace. Our unique culture has been created by applying the New York dynamics to each individual bank case and generating the optimum goal-driven candidacies that enhance the bottom line of each foreign bank client in this environment. As our knowledge base covers twenty-five years, or more, it affords us the insight that our clients tend to value. What we know is a client benefit that is able to deliver value-added. The niche market we have covered and the niche marketing we have practised have afforded us the priviledge of becoming a corporate reliable 'citizen' of foreign banking, as some clients refer to us, or partner to our clients in our community. We have worked with our clients on respective road maps, suitable to their specific needs: for example, our  concept of a 'team lift-out' in Derivatives trading, has proven of high efficiency for those banks who had an interest in purchasing market share versus developing it from zero. While our clients reach a decision, The Interlangue Group offers interim management candidacies as a courtesy to our clients. Our 30 years un-interrupted presence  New York, now enlarged by assignments outside the U.S., enables us to offer our clients knowledge of the key players or of business scenarios seen previously, with the ultimate success or failure thereof. We are able to provide, in a small manner and for a limited market, the sense of continuance or history for the and to the FOREIGN BANKING MARKET in New York, albeit an altered one since the 'first recession' of 2008 and the subsequent market jitters  of 2010.