Dr. Helen Macnaughtan, Mr. Martin Malone, Mr. Andrew Rozanov, Dr. Ulrich Volz.
In this event, four Japan experts will assess the Japanese government’s progress in addressing the root causes of the country’s economic stagnation and deflation problems under the set of policies known as ‘Abenomics’. Panellists will discuss the efficacy of the various policy measures adopted by the Abe administration ranging from monetary and fiscal policies and corporate governance and labour market reforms to ‘womenomics’ and the plan to become a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Speaker Biographies:
Andrew Rozanov is an independent expert in institutional fund management and an associate fellow at Chatham House since October 2014. He previously worked at Permal Group, where he was responsible for advising long-term institutional investors on asset allocation, portfolio construction, risk management and alternative investments, with a particular focus on global macro and tail risk strategies. Before joining Permal, he held various roles at State Street Corporation and UBS Investment Bank. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He holds a Master’s equivalent degree in Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University. Andrew is a member of the Japan Economy Network.
Since 1990, Martin Malone has worked in senior financial positions at DKB. Norinchukin Bank, Merrill Lynch, Mizuho Bank, and West-Pac. Martin’s core competency relates to global fixed income and currency markets, especially Japan’s financial markets, and associated policy mechanisms. Over the past three years Martin’s global macro advisory business delivers advice to macro funds, SWFs, pension funds, commercial bank Treasury units, as well as policy makers. Martin holds an MA (Hons) in pure mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland having specialised in Hamiltonian quantum field theory. Martin is a member of the Japan Economy Network.
Ulrich Volz is Head of the Department of Economics and Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics at SOAS University of London. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo and co-editor-in-chief of the Asia Europe Journal. Ulrich has taught at Peking University, Kobe University, Hertie School of Governance, Freie Universität Berlin and Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. He spent stints working at the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and held visiting research positions at the University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, ECB, Bank Indonesia, and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Ulrich is a founding member and coordinator of the Japan Economy Network, which is hosted by the SOAS Department of Economics.
Helen Macnaughtan is Chair of the Japan Research Centre (JRC) and Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan) in the School of Finance and Management at SOAS. Helen is also Co-Editor of Japan Forum, the official journal of the British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS). Her academic research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues and employment in Japan. In particular, she has recently published articles assessing the progress and viability of ‘Womenomics’ policy in Japan. Helen is a member of the Japan Economy Network
This event is jointly organised by the SOAS Japan Research Centre, the SOAS Department of Economics and the Japan Economy Network.
Speaker(s):
Andrew Rozanov (Chatham House), Martin Malone (Alphabook/Mint Partners), Helen Macnaughtan (SOAS), Ulrich Volz (SOAS)
Event Date:
16 November2016
Released by:
SOAS Economics Podcast
