Olivier Desbarres

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Information collected

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Who sets the cookies?

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Disabling cookies?

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies.  How to do this will depend on the browser you use and I provide further detail below on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers:

 

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:

1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”

2 Click on the “privacy” tab

3 Select the setting the appropriate setting

 

For Mozilla firefox:

1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”

2 Click on the icon “privacy”

3 Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options

 

For Opera 6.0 and further:

1. Choose the menu Files”> “Preferences”

2 Privacy

 

What happens if I disable cookies?

This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the site may not operate properly if cookies are switched off.

 

SECURITY

No financial transactions are run through this website. However, please note that whilst I take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the personal data (name, address, email address, phone number) that you provide to me, no transmission over the Internet can ever be guaranteed secure.  Consequently, please note that I cannot guarantee the security of any personal data that you transfer over the Internet to me.

 

Spoof/false emails

I will never ask you to confirm any account or credit card details via email. If you receive an email claiming to be from Olivier Desbarres asking you to do so, please ignore it and do not respond.

 

Your rights

You have the following rights:

• The right to ask what personal data I hold about you at any time, subject to a fee specified by law (currently £10);

 

• The right to ask me to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that I hold about you free of charge; and

 

• The right to opt out of any marketing communications that I may send you.

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact me at olivierdesbarres1@gmail.com. However, if you wish to unsubscribe from e-mail marketing communications that I send you, you can most easily do this by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any e-mail newsletter I have sent you.

 

Third party sites

This Website contains links to other websites operated by third parties (including microsites, described above).  Please note that this privacy policy applies only to the personal data that I collect through this website and I cannot be responsible for personal data that third parties may collect, store and use through their website (including microsites).  You should always read the privacy policy of each website you visit carefully.

 

Updates to this policy

This privacy policy was last updated in January 2014.  Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this privacy policy.

 

Contact us

If you have any questions please contact us at olivierdesbarres1@gmail.com.

I worked 15 years as a senior Economist, Rates and FX strategist for Credit Suisse and Barclays in Moscow, London and Singapore between 1998 and 2012.

As Head of Asia-Pacific FX Strategy at Barclays in Singapore, my primary responsibility was devising Asia-Pacific FX strategies, trade recommendations and regional macro views. My team was also the focal point for G10 research during Asian trading hours, conducting its own analysis of G10 economies, currencies and interest rate markets.

I was highly ranked by a number of institutions and polls and participated regularly in high-profile events and presentations. I was frequently quoted in the written press, including the Financial Times, and was a guest host on CNBC and regular participant on the BBC, Bloomberg, Channel News Asia, CNBC TV 18 and Reuters TV.

Prior to that, I was for 10 years the Economist, Rates and FX strategist for Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Credit Suisse in London where I built a strong track record and following amongst the world’s largest fund managers and corporates. I was also the UK Rates Strategist for two years and wrote extensively on European Union and eurozone membership.

After leaving investment banking I ran a respected Macro & FX Research website. My 2,000 subscribers were based in 77 countries in Europe, America, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Middle East and worked for, amongst others, Fortune 500, FTSE-100 and S&P 500 companies and some of Europe’s largest corporations.

Over 1,000 of my subscribers worked on the buy-side, including in sovereign wealth funds and central banks, 115 of the world’s 500 largest real money fund managers, 40 of the world’s leading 100 hedge funds, international financial and insurance groups, private equity firms (including five of the ten largest) and family offices. On the sell-side, I had 330 subscribers across 70 commercial and investment banks, 10 private banks and over 20 brokerages.

I also had a strong following within corporates, including global commodity producers, retail and telecoms groups, healthcare providers, property groups and industrial conglomerates, as well as industry associations, international organisations, credit rating agencies, consultancies and law firms.

I subsequently founded 4X Global Research, a London-based Macro & FX Research consultancy providing institutional and corporate clients with focused, actionable, independent and connected research on Emerging and G20 fixed income and FX markets and economies.

I hold a Master of Science in the Political Economy of Transition in Europe from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Cambridge. I am fluent in French and English and speak conversational Russian and Spanish.

I am a keen skier, surfer and scuba diver and hold Advanced PADI and Nitrox diving certificates. I am an avid advocate of food and wine and was honoured to become the youngest member of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, a Burgundy wine tasting society founded in 1703.

You can connect with me personally on social media, including LinkedIn and Twitter.

My name is Olivier Desbarres. I am a G20 and emerging markets economist, rates and currency strategist, passionate about getting to the heart (and truth) of the matter.

My experience includes 15 years with Credit Suisse and Barclays in Moscow, London and Singapore (1998-2012) as a senior Economist, Rates and FX strategist.

After leaving investment banking I ran a respected Macro & FX Research website, with 2,000 subscribers in 77 countries who worked for, amongst others, Fortune 500, FTSE-100 and S&P 500 companies and some of Europe’s largest corporations.

I subsequently founded 4X Global Research, a London-based Macro & FX Research consultancy providing institutional and corporate clients with focused, actionable, independent and connected research on Emerging and G20 fixed income and FX markets and economies.

I hold a Master of Science in the Political Economy of Transition in Europe from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Cambridge. I am fluent in both English and French.