BNP Paribas Banker Murdered

Another tragic event took place this weekend. Benoit Phillipens, bank manager of BNP Paribas' agency at Ans/Saint-Nicolas, Belgium, was killed along with his wife and god-child. The shocking thing is that this happened in the country where I live in. Belgians usually don't attract problems.

This is the 18th banker death. It looks to me that being in the finance industry isn't a very safe job at this moment. This indicates to me there is definitively stress in the financial system.

• CEO Daniel Eicher, 53 — suicide, left two notes — week of 6/10/2013
• CEO Carsten Schloter, 49 — suicide, found hanging — 7/23/13
• Intern Moritz Erhardt, 21 — seizure due to exhaustion — week of 8/12/2013
• CFO Pierre Wauthier, 53 — suicide, found hanging, left two notes — 8/26/2013
• Hedge fund exec Robert Wilson, 87 — suicide, jumped from 16th floor — 12/23/2013
• Wallstreet Reporter David Bird, 55 – missing/disappeared – 1/11/2014
• Swiss Re AG director Tim Dickenson, 39 — cause not released — week of 1/19/2014
• Executive William Broeksmit, 58 — apparent suicide, found hanging— 1/26/14
• Banker Gabriel Magee, 39 — jumped or fell from building — 1/28/14
• Chief economist Mike Dueker, 50 — found dead next to Bridge — week of 1/26/2014
• Executive Ryan Crane, 37 — no cause given — 2/3/14
• CEO Richard Talley, 57 — suicide by nail gun,7 or 8 self-inflicted wounds — 2/7/14
• Banker Dennis Li Junjie 33 — jumped from from a buidling— 2/18/14
• CEO Autumn Radtke, 28, — was found dead in her Singapore apartment— 2/28/2014
• Banker Kenneth Bellando, 28 — found dead outside his apartment . — 3/12/2014
• CEO Jan Peter Schmittmann, one of the 3 dead found in a home — 4/5/2014 
• Banker Juergen Frick, 48, CEO of Bank Frick & Co. AG, killed in underground garage - 4/7/2014
• Bank Manager BNP Paribas Benoit Phillipens, 37, killed along with wife and god-child  — 4/18/2014 

 

Another Banker Drama: ABN AMRO

You can't count them on your fingers anymore. Jan Peter Schmittmann (former CEO of ABN AMRO) has been found dead in his house along with his wife and daughter. The cause of death is suicide.

I think we need to chart the amount of dead bankers on a timeline, could be a correlation there. Apparently it started to get serious around February 2014, which was also the month where the stock market was the lowest in 2014.

• CEO Daniel Eicher, 53 — suicide, left two notes — week of 6/10/2013
• CEO Carsten Schloter, 49 — suicide, found hanging — 7/23/13
• Intern Moritz Erhardt, 21 — seizure due to exhaustion — week of 8/12/2013
• CFO Pierre Wauthier, 53 — suicide, found hanging, left two notes — 8/26/2013
• Hedge fund exec Robert Wilson, 87 — suicide, jumped from 16th floor — 12/23/2013
• Wallstreet Reporter David Bird, 55 – missing/disappeared – 1/11/2014
• Swiss Re AG director Tim Dickenson, 39 — cause not released — week of 1/19/2014
• Executive William Broeksmit, 58 — apparent suicide, found hanging— 1/26/14
• Banker Gabriel Magee, 39 — jumped or fell from building — 1/28/14
• Chief economist Mike Dueker, 50 — found dead next to Bridge — week of 1/26/2014
• Executive Ryan Crane, 37 — no cause given — 2/3/14
• CEO Richard Talley, 57 — suicide by nail gun,7 or 8 self-inflicted wounds — 2/7/14
• Banker Dennis Li Junjie 33 — jumped from from a buidling— 2/18/14
• CEO Autumn Radtke, 28, — was found dead in her Singapore apartment— 2/28/2014
• Banker Kenneth Bellando, 28 — found dead outside his apartment . — 3/12/2014
• CEO Jan Peter Schmittmann, one of the 3 dead found in a home — 4/5/2014