Scourge of the establishment Ian Hislop kept the audience under control at this years Euromoney awards dinner.
Once again held at the Natural History Museum in London, the evening saw nearly 400 bankers turn up.
Hislop, editor of satirical magazine Private Eye, and a panellist on the BBC's notorious Have I got news for you show poked fun at the assembled bankers. "I feel like somone handing out prizes for ice sculpture on the Titanic," he said.
Citigroup dominated the global awards, scooping eight prizes, including best bank. John Costas of UBS picked up the lifetime achievement award.