Simon French, Managing Director, Chief Economist & Head of Research at Panmure Gordon, the importance of economic analysis & macro-economic research, Investing Matters Podcast - Episode 32

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts. What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success. With that in mind, welcome to episode thirty-two, hugely talented, and sought after thought leader, Panmure Gordon’s Chief Economist, Managing Director and Head of Research, Simon French. Simon worked for the UK Government, latterly at the Cabinet Office as Chief of Staff to the UK Government COO. He had a central role in implementing the Coalition Government’s spending reforms between 2010 and 2014 as well as working on the UK’s Welfare and Pensions reforms between 2002 and 2008 , plus numerous other national Cabinet Office strategiesand implementations. Simon joined Panmure Gordon as their Chief Economist in 2015, he is now also a Managing Director and their Head of Research. Panmure Gordon is a UK based investment bank, providing a full range of services including Capital Raising, Corporate Advisory, Corporate Broking, Investor Relations, Research, Sales and Execution with distribution to the UK, Europe and the US. The company has helped its clients raise over £2.5 billion since 2020 and continues to grow its global footprint. Despite his extremely role at Panmure Gordon, Simon is also a columnist for the Times Newspaper and is regularly interviewed for Economic and financial insights by Bloomberg, CNBC, BBC, SKY, Radio Times and numerous other media outlets. In this Investing Matters interview, Simon gives a brief overview of the role that Panmure Gordon plays in the Investment industry and across Capital markets, the dynamics of his personal roles as Chief Economist, Managing Director and Head of Research, the importance of economic analysis and macro-economic research “sweet spot”, leadership, Corporate brokerage, Levelling up, Global, National and Regional fundraising, Health of Capital Markets, IPO’s, Capital raising, Quantitative Tapering, Investing themes of 2023, why you shouldn’t try to time the markets, Gold hedge, Sell side analysis, ESG / sustainability. Challenges for listed companies, personal investing strategies, property, growth companies, macro themes, the social function of capital markets, financial independence, second order effects and much more. We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Please subscribe to this podcast on your platform of choice and follow the @InvMattPodcast on Twitter.