> they aren't well-known for their trading or investment banking prowess Actually, back in the very late 1990s i worked for Credit Suisse Financial Products in

> they aren't well-known for their trading or investment banking prowess Actually, back in the very late 1990s i worked for Credit Suisse Financial Products in London, which was a spinoff company from CS and did complicated derivatives and such. It was quite well thought of back then - no idea now, or even if it exists. Everyone at CSFP thought the parent bank was a pile of poo.