Author Archives for Philippe Gautier 
Philippe Gautier is Sector Financial Services Specialist for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and is responsible for contributing to a marketing strategy to promote the UK, supporting existing inward investor relations and prospective new inward investors.
Prior to joining the Sector Champion programme, Philippe was a business consultant and has acted as a Business Expert witness on behalf of the Liquidator in the Barings case, which was heard at the High Court. Most of Philippe’s career has been in capital markets and he has been successively global Head of Derivatives for Chase Manhattan, Deputy Head of Capital Markets for BNP Capital Markets and assumed a similar position for Indosuez International Capital Markets. Philippe has an extensive knowledge of most areas of Capital Markets including equity and debt origination Japan is open for business
Having watched HMA David Warren’s regular reports on TV on the situation in Japan during March, always delivered with calm and precision, even at the height of the crisis, I decided to attend a briefing he gave in London at the beginning of last week.
The crux of his message is that Japan remains open to [...]
How is the UK Financial Services industry faring?
I always find it difficult to get an accurate and up to the minute picture of how the UK financial services industry is faring. Of course, there are the excellent analyses published by TheCityUK on various sub-sectors of the UK financial services industry and on the contribution of the industry to the overall economy, there [...]
A new concept to mitigate investment risk
Among the many ideas that are being discussed at the moment to make management more accountable for the risks they are taking, I recently came across a really interesting concept that is being promoted by UK-based Kirill Ilinski of Fusion Asset Management, called Shock Absorber Fees (”SAFe”)..
The Shock Absorber Fees (”SAFe”) is a new fee [...]
Why the UK is still an attractive location for fund managers
There has been a debate in the press recently about hedge fund managers leaving the UK because of high taxes. Recently, an FT article published on 1 October explained that the hedge fund exodus is likely to cost the Inland Revenue £500 million. In fact, almost half of that figure was derived from an estimate [...]
A response to the lost decade for stocks
In this difficult environment where many investors expect the world economy to go into a double dip recession, Scottish Development International and UK Trade & Investment organised an asset management seminar in Beijing on 15 September 2010.
The event was launched by the City of London Lord Mayor, Nick Anstee, who emphasised the scale and global [...]
The European sovereign debt crisis and its impact on banks in the eurozone
In the discussions on the Greek debt crisis, I believe a point that is often overlooked is the interdependence of the various eurozone economies with each other.
According to a diagram published recently by the New York Times, banks and governments in the weaker economies – Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Ireland, have lent in excess [...]