Financial Speculation

“If one adds Gerald Ashley’s innovative thinking to his track record as a successful trader and his wealth of experience in international banking, this book makes compulsive reading” - David Buik Planning for the Unpredictable Crashes may have different names, but human attitudes to risk are far too predictable, says Gerald Ashley, author of Financial SpeculationA”. He explains how to build agile models that both the maths guys and the non-maths guysA” understand. _23-322872.html?tag=content;col1

Gerald Ashley is an advisor, writer and speaker on business risk and decision making. He has over thirty years experience in international finance, having worked for Baring Brothers in London and Hong Kong, and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. He is now Managing Director of St. Mawgan & Co which he co-founded in 2001, a London-based consultancy specialising in strategy consulting, risk management and decision making in finance, business and risk-taking. He is a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle Business School and a regular contributor in the press.