Bank partner dies just days after DSK leaves

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF managing director, left as chairman of a Luxembourg bank daysbefore his partner died.

Strauss-Kahn, 65, gave up the chairmanship at Leyne, Strauss-Kahn, & Partners on October 20 “to dedicate himself to other activities”, the firm said in an email yesterday. His partner, Thierry Leyne, fell from a building to his death in Tel Aviv on October 23. Le Figaro newspaper reported that he committed suicide.

Strauss-Kahn bought a 20% stake in Leyne’s investment-banking and asset-management company last year as part of an effort to rebuild his post-IMF life after a scandal dashed his chance to run for the French presidency. LSK & Partnerssaid in March it planned to use Strauss-Kahn’s economic and political knowledge to help start a $2bn (€1.5bn) hedge fund.