Industry Engagements

Lena Komileva is a market economist with nearly two decades of experience as Head of US, UK and Eurozone Economics and Strategy in the City of London, managing research across three continents for the largest European government bonds broker and one of the two largest universal brokers in the world, the oldest US private bank and a 137yr-old German investment bank.

A recognised market authority on the world’s major economies (the G+), Lena focuses her commentary on the US, the UK, the Eurozone and China, with the ability to translate economic and market developments into easy-to-understand policy, industry and asset portfolio implications.

A prolific and widely recognised economist, Lena is frequently quoted by Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Financial Times, BBC News, BBC World, BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme, BBC 5Live, CNBC, Sky News, Dow Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, Nikkei, US NPR, China Central Television, Canada's BNN. She is a regular columnist for the Financial Times and Bloomberg Opinion, and has also published articles for Bloomberg Brief, Reuters Insider, FX Week, FX&MM Magazine, IFR.

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CFA Institute, European Investment Conference
CFA Societies, Madrid, Copenhgen, Nicosia, Athens, Lisbon, Helsinki, Luxembourg
London Volatility Investing and Tail Risk
Danske Bank Asset Management’s 2018 European Summit
FX Buy-Side Europe
Bloomberg FX Summits
Risk Treasury Conference
Global CIO Summit
CEO Brokers Summit
FX Europe Invest
Bloomberg Risk Summits
UK Treasury/ Local Authority/ Pension Fund conferences
The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI)
Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA)
Association of Foreign Banks (AFB)
100 Women in Hedge Funds
Moody’s Rating Agency
Marcus Evans Conferences
Citywire
Euromoney Risk conferences
GAIM USA - Alternative Investments
The ACI World Forex Congress
The Luxembourg Financial Forum

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Policy Events & Public Speaking Engagements	City	Date

The Annual IMF/ World Bank meetings	Washington	October 2019

- FX Buy-Side Europe, Inaugural event	Amsterdam	June 2019

- Bank of England Monetary Policy Roundtable	London	November 2018

- MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference	London	November 2018

- Danske Bank Asset Management’s 2018 European Summit	Copenhagen	May 2018

- London Volatility Investing and Tail Risk	London	April 2018

- ECB Watchers	Frankfurt	March 2018

- Bank of England Future Forum	London	November 2017

- CFA Institute, European Investment Conference, Key economic address: The Future of Finance	Berlin	November 2017

- CFA Society Luxembourg keynote speaker, "The Future of Finance"	Luxembourg	May 2017

- CFA Society Finland presentation on "The Future of Finance"	Helsinki	May 2017

- CFA Society Denmark presentation on "The Future of Finance"	Copenhagen	May 2017

- IFRS Foundation and the CFA Institute: Helena Morrissey, Investment Association chair; Russ Houlden, United Utilities chief financial officer; Gary Baker, managing director of CFA Institute in EMEA; Hans Hoogervorst, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board; and economist Lena Komileva	London	April 2017

- Key economics address at UK Broker CEO Summit 2017, “Prepare for change”	Pennyhill Park	March 2017

- Chair, Chief Economist panel at the FX Invest Europe Conference 2017	Zurich	February 2017

- Chair, Chief Economist Panel at the annual FX Week Europe Conference 2016	London	November 2016

- Chair, Fund Managers’ Emerging Markets panel at FX Week Europe Conference	London	November 2016

- Global economist address at Cash and Liquidity Optimisation Europe Conference	London	November 2016

- Special economic address “Global Imbalances in a Strong USD World” at Bloomberg Commodities Conference 2016	London	October 2016

- Speaking at the annual CEO Summit, IAIR Awards: "From cybercrime to political instability: Challenges and solutions"	London	October 2016

- MIFID II and The City after Brexit: What Next? A special report for MIFID Industry Conference	London	September 2016

- Keynote cross-asset strategy address to Citywire Fund Management conference, Germany	Munich	April 2016

- Keynote global macro address to Citywire Fund Allocators summit, Spain	Madrid	March 2016

- UK economy and policy outlook address to the annual UK General Government and Public Pension Funds Summit	London	March 2016

- Keynote economic address at Swiss fund manager and family offices conferences, Switzerland	Geneva	February 2016

- Keynote economic address to Swiss fund managers and family offices	Zurich	February 2016

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Speaker and Chair of the CFA Institute European Investment Conference, London 2015 and Berlin 2017:

Policy Events & Public Speaking Engagements - Continued

	Chair, CFA Institute European Investment Conference, 2016 Chaired seminars with Anne Richards, CIO at Aberdeen Asset Management, and Tim Harford, economist and columnist at the Financial Times		London
	Presented keynote address at the Citywire Fixed Income Forum, Italy		Milan
	BoE conference on UK economy and monetary policy		London
	Presented the keynote economic address for the CFA Institute conferences in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Greece: “Volatility is back: A macro perspective”		Nicosia, Athens, Madrid, Lisbon
	Speaker at Prospect Magazine's first General Election 2015 debate titled “Austerity: who's right?” on a panel with Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and George Magnus, economist and author		London
	Speaker at the CSFI "Global Currency Wars" round table		London
	Speaker at the Bloomberg FX12 Summit		London
	GLG seminar on money markets and new UK regulation		international
	ECB economists summit		Frankfurt
	Speaker at the 51st ACI Financial Markets World Congress		Dubai
	Speaker at Bloomberg Link Sovereign Debt Conference		Frankfurt
	Delivered keynote address on the global economic outlook 2012 alongside Kristin Forbes, MIT at GAIM USA Hedge Funds Conference, 2012		Boca Raton, Florida
	Organised a Davos-style economics panel for fund managers commisioned by the Securities Association of China, joined by colleagues from the IMF, the FSB and Bloomberg/Oxford University		London
	CSFI think tank round table discussion on the ECB and the sovereign debt crisis		London
	ECB watchers summit		Frankfurt
	Speaker at the Bloomberg FX11 Summit		London
	Speaker on Eurozone crisis at Luxembourg Financial Forum		Luxembourg
	Speaker at Bloomberg Link conference on sovereign debt crisis		New York
	Meetings with senior policy officials from the US Fed, ECB, CB Malaysia, Qatar, Oman, South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, Czech Republic
	BoE conference on UK economy and monetary policy		London
	Speaker at CIPFA Central Government Finance conference		London
	Speaker at Marcus Evans Sovereign Risk Management Crisis Conference		London
	ECB economists summit		Frankfurt
	Speaker at UK National Treasury Risk Study Summit		Manchester
	Speaker at Bloomberg Link conference on sovereign debt crisis		Frankfurt
	Speaker at an evening seminar organised by 100W Hedge Funds and Moody's		London
	Speaker at CIPFA Treasury Management conference		London
	Speaker at a CSFI panel discussion on securitisation alongside Rick Watson, ESF, and Peter Thal-Larsen, Reuters Breakingviews		London
	Speaker at Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) conference on money and credit markets		London

g+economics in the news Komileva: selected articles

Selected interviews

Keynote Economic Address, Milan Pension Funds Fixed Income Forum

How China’s economic miracle could end in domino effects on global growth. What will happen as the Fed raises rates? How effective is the ECB’s QE for European growth?

European CEO: The Eurozone crisis presents lasting challenges

European CEO interview, during the CFA Institute European Investment Conference 2016 to find out where the trouble spots are for the Eurozone and which countries lead the recovery.

Bloomberg TV: Orphanides, Komileva, Pimco's Parikhs

Athanasios Orphanides, former governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Michael Meister, deputy leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party, Lena Komileva, and Saumil Parikhs, portfolio manager at PIMCO discuss Cyprus.

Bloomberg TV: Komileva on the Euro Crisis, IMF, ECB

Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, talks about the Greek debt crisis and the country's future in the euro zone. She speaks with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television's "The Pulse."

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Investing.com: Sterling Struggles to Hold Gains after U.K. Jobs Report (10/09/19)

Investing.com: Oil Ends Near Flat; Trade War Trumps Kurdish Conflict (08/10/19)

FTSE 100 finishes higher on Friday as US jobs report brightens the mood (04/10/19)

Yahoo Finance: Gold Steadies as Powell’s Inflation Quest Offsets Encouraging Jobs Report (04/10/19)

BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “ECB to do whatever it takes” - Lena Komileva, chief economist and managing director of G+ Economics, discusses what the ECB is likely to do, when interest rates are already negative. "There is a general agreement that the ECB has to follow up on reassuring words with action, a broad range of a blend of action, rates, asset purchases, guidance, a promise to do what ever it takes - again. It's clear that the ECB's toolkit is rather maxed out," she told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.(12/09/19)

Germany’s Boersen Zeitung: “Rezessionsangste schuren Debatte uber Konjunkturstutze / Recession fears spur debate about economic stimulus” Lena Komileva speaks to Germany’s Boersen Zeitung chief economics correspondent Mark Schrörs together with Lucrezia Reichlin, Stefan Kooths, Stefan Schneider and Christoph Schmidt (23/08/19)

Bloomberg Businessweek: What a Yield-Curve Inversion Really Says About the U.S. Economy. A reliable recession indicator has lost some of its power to predict. (22/08/19)

FT: Germany confronts growing risk of economic slowdown (13/08/19)

Bloomberg TV: Komileva Says Wall of Liquidity Is Hitting Capital Markets (17/07/19)

Investing.com: Forex - Dollar Drops as Commodity Currencies Shine on Rate Outlook (12/07/2019)

In my closing address to the 2019 #FXBUYSIDE Europe Summit I argued that markets face a web of geo-economic risks:
- Politics of debt
- Politics of FX
- Politics of protectionism
The war b/n reflationary fiscal deficits & contractionary econ wars will determine the growth outlook pic.twitter.com/rgoN4C0Pff
— Lena Komileva (@komileva) June 17, 2019

Bloomberg TV: Best Place Is in Cash at the Moment, Says G Plus Economics’s Komileva (10/06/19)

Marketwatch: Why the path for stocks and other markets now depend ‘critically on politics’ (10/06/19)

Bloomberg News: Stocks Advance, Peso Surges on Mexico Trade Relief (09/06/19)

Bloomberg TV: Economist Komileva Views U.S. 10-Year Yield as the 'New VIX’ - Lena Komileva, chief economist and managing director at G Plus Economics, discusses market signals from the declining U.S. 10-Year yield. She speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg) (28/05/19)

Bloomberg TV: We Are in Extremely Binary Markets at the Moment, Says G Plus Economics’s Komileva (25/04/19)

MarketWatch: How far can stocks rally on dovish Fed? It depends on the data (31/01/19)

FT Market Forces: A weaker dollar favours risk appetite (31/01/19)

Bloomberg TV: Komileva, Todd on the Future of Brexit (16/01/19)

FT Market Forces: Investors in thrall of the market tug of war (07/01/19)

FT Market Insight: Market challenge for the Fed is just beginning (07/01/2019)

FT Market Forces: Investors in thrall of the market tug of war (07/01/2019)

Bloomberg Radio: Komileva says Tensions Between US and China Run Deep (03/12/2018)

FT: G20 caution leaves US stocks treading water (30/11/2018)

FT Market Forces: Ending November with markets stuck on hold (30/11/18)

MarketWatch: As Lighthizer predicts ‘success’ in Trump-Xi dinner, here’s what such an outcome might look like (30/11/2018)

FT: Wall St debates two words in Powell speech: 'just below' (28/11/2018)

EFE: La incertidumbre del Brexit pone en jaque a la economía británica (25/11/2018)

Bloomberg News: Pound Plunge Was Mere Prelude to What May Happen With No Deal (16/11/2018)

MarketWatch: Here's how Brexit turmoil could become a problem for US and global markets (16/11/2018)

FT: A Congress divided: Analysts explain what it means for Wall Street (07/11/2018)

FT: Dollar drops as midterm results dim stimulus hopes (07/11/2018)

MarketWatch: As election clouds clear, get ready for the rush back into US stocks (07/11/2018)

CNBC: Tax cuts have been controversial, but voters didn't seem to care about them (07/11/2018)

FT Market Forces: Gridlock - no escape from trade tension (06/11/18)

Bloomberg Radio: Bloomberg Daybreak with Karen Moskow and Nathan Hager (23/10/18)

Bloomberg TV: Fed Should Be Proceeding Towards Normalization Says G Plus' Komileva (04/07/18)

Reuters: Yields drop as US-China trade tension mounts (19/06/18)

Bloomberg TV: UK Parliament Set for Vote to Decide Brexit End Game (18/06/18)

Bloomberg: Taper Without the Tantrum as Draghi Pulls Off Virtuoso Performance (14/06/18)

FT: Euro under pressure as ECB delivers ‘dovish taper’ (14/06/18)

Bloomberg TV: Komileva says happy to let US economy run hot. Lena Komileva, chief economist at G Plus Economics, discusses Federal Reserve policy and inflation. She speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (28/05/18)

FT: Dollar near 2018 highs ahead of Fed meeting (01/05/18)

Reuters: After Carney surprise, chance of May BoE rate hike down but not out (25/04/18)

Barron’s “Up and Down Wall Street”: Does the Flattening Yield Curve Signal a Recession? (21/04/18)

FT: Fed’s rate signals belie benign financial conditions (22/03/18)

FT: US stocks gain traction on signs of North Korea progress (06/03/18)

Bloomberg Prophets: The Rules of the Game Are Changing for Investors (16/02/18)

Financial Times Insight: Why volatility is here to stay (12/02/18)

FT: European stocks on track for worst week in two years (09/02/18)

FT: US stocks may find support as S&P 500 tests key level (09/02/18)

FT: S&P 500 in correction territory as sell-off continues (08/02/18)

MarketWatch: Stock-market melt-up takes a timeout as bond yields rise (03/02/18)

Business Insider: Wall Street is watching a key recession indicator that keeps flashing (19/01/18)

Bloomberg Opinion | Prophets: The Fed Is Losing Control of the Financial Markets (16/01/2018)

Asset TV: Masterclass Global Outlook - 2018

FT: Wall Street struggles to extend new year rally (08/01/18)

Bloomberg TV: What are the biggest risks facing markets in 2018? (01/01/18)

Bloomberg Best - Radio: The outlook for 2018 (28/12/17)

Bloomberg TV: Komileva Says Markets in State of “Rational Exuberance” (28/12/17)

Bloomberg Opinion | Prophets: Stocks and Bonds Are Sending the Correct Signals (15/12/17)

WSJ: As Fed Tightens, Europe Hangs Loose (14/12/17)

FT: Yellen kept markets calm but 2018 may be rockier (13/12/17)

Bloomberg TV: G+’ Komileva Says BOE Is in 'Holding Period' on Rates (13/12/17)

Financial Times: High-stakes game of financial risk for policymakers - Cracks appearing as fears grow central bank tightening could provoke market instability (28/11/17)

Milano Finanza: May in limbo, pound under pressure (14/11/2017)

Dow Jones Newswires: BoE Risks Weak Growth, High Inflation, After Rate Rise: G+ Economics (14/11/17)

Dow Jones Newswires: Sterling Price Doesn't Reflect "Extreme" Scenarios - Market Talk (13/11/17)

5 Mega-Trends that will Define the Future of #Finance - outlined by @komileva
1. Macro-Market Liquidity and Cost of Risk
2. Demographics, Productivity and Economic Imbalances
3. Debt
4. Geopolitics of De-globalisation
5. Regulation and Systemic Risk #EICBerlin @FutureFinance pic.twitter.com/dqJYrdRWfU
— CFA Institute® (@CFAinstitute) November 16, 2017

Finance as a dynamic system: how are we going to get ready for a world of constant change? asks Lena @komileva at the European Investment Conference #EICBerlin pic.twitter.com/CMFrwjrOia
— CFA Institute® (@CFAinstitute) November 16, 2017

MarketWatch: Here’s why investors look too complacent about the Powell Fed (14/11/17)

Barron’s: How the Powell Fed Will Be Tested (11/11/17)

FT: “Continuity candidate” Powell still leaves questions for investors (03/11/17)

DowJones Newswires: ECB Must Strike Right Balance in Scaling Back Bond Purchases (24/10/17)

FT: The ECB and the Fed find themselves at the opposite ends of an exchange rate move that neither of them wants (08/09/17)

Bloomberg: Draghi's Soft Euro Talk Suggests He's Holding Back the Magic (07/09/17)

WSJ: ECB Weighs Ending Stimulus as Fed Calibrates Its Easy Money Stance (07/09/17)

Dow Jones Newswires: Mario Draghi Says ECB Held Talks on Future of Stimulus (07/09/17)

WSJ: ECB Weighs Ending Stimulus as Fed Calibrates Its Easy Money Stance (07/09/17)

FT: Euro rally pushes chances of ECB rate hike to lowest on record (04/09/17)

BBC Radio 4 Today: Eurozone looking healthy (01/09/17)

#r4today business: @kiergroup CEO on #brexit, careers & margins @komileva on #Eurozone @jamesbevan_ccla = markets https://t.co/Oogcji9sKG
— Lucy Burton (@lucyburton) September 1, 2017