A timely and highly detailed look at the German economy, Europe’s powerhouse, with implications for capital markets and countries in Europe and beyond
12 Sep 24 15:00 BST / 10:00 EDT
QuantMetriks
Dr Savvas Savouri
Dr Savvas Savouri
Founder & Chief Economist
Savvas completed his PhD at the LSE in 1993 and spent a period lecturing at Oxford University. After a brief period at Henley Forecasting, Savvas joined Hoare Govett Securities as their UK economist. In 1994 Savvas moved to Credit Lyonnais Securities to develop a quantitative economics product (‘Margin-Call’) for the UK. In 1996 Savvas launched Margin-Call, the first quantitative economics service of its kind, exploiting the rich data available from the UK’s central statistical agency, the ONS. The dataset - offering timely & extremely detailed information at the sector level for prices, costs and demand - had until then been grossly underutilised. In the 1997 Extel investor ratings, the Margin-Call was ranked No.1 UK Quantitative Analysis. In 1999 Savvas and his team moved to Commerzbank Securities to develop a European side to their system, being ranked No1. European Quantitative Analysis in 2000. The team returned to Credit Lyonnais in 2002, where a Japanese dimension was added. In 2003 the team relocated to Lazard, & whilst there it more fully developed the US system. Their quantitative data was widely used at the Capital Markets, Asset Management and Banking levels of Lazard, UK, Continental Europe and US. In 2005 Savvas and his team formed QuantMetriks Research Limited. They simultaneously launched the website QuantMetriks.com, on which their extensive dataset is platformed. In 2007, the team joined Toscafund Asset Management to set up their own fund and give investment advice. Savvas also served as Chief Economist to the Toscafund Group. In 2024, the team restarted QuantMetriks.