Financial Follies Roast Trump, Brexit

Fri., Nov. 18, 2016

By Editorial Staff

The 74th annual Financial Follies was held Nov. 11 with no shortage of material to work with such as ongoing speculation about when the Fed will finally raise interest rates, to Brexit and the U.S. presidential race.

More than 1,000 attended the dinner and entertainment gala at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel sponsored by the New York Financial Writer’s Association.

For a full catalog of pictures by Christine Albano (people shown are not identified) go here.

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