Welcome to Connolly Global Macro Advisors
Who are we?
Connolly Global Macro Advisors (CGMA) is a specialist macroeconomic and geopolitical consultancy providing financial market research to a global client base.
CGMA was started by Bernard Connolly, the renowned economist and commentator.
Prior to establishing CGMA, Bernard had spent 11 years as the global strategist for Banque AIG and AIG Trading - a platform that enabled him to distinguish himself as a thoughtful, insightful and independent economic thinker. In so doing Bernard's analysis became a "must read" not just for leading market participants, but also for a large number of top policymakers.
Before joining AIG Bernard had spent a number of years working with the European Commission in Brussels, where he was head of the unit responsible for the European Monetary System and monetary policies.
While at the Commission Bernard was a Member of the Monetary Policy and Foreign Exchange Policy sub-committees of the Committee of Central bank Governors and was on the OECD Group of High-Level Monetary Experts. Prior to that Bernard worked in the Industrial Trends and Forecasting Unit of the Confederation of British Industry.
Bernard is the author of the acclaimed and best selling book, "The Rotten Heart of Europe: the Dirty War for Europe's Money" - a work that foresaw many of the consequences and pitfalls of European monetary union that have only recently become apparent to many. Indeed, in somewhat prophetic comments, William Rees-Mogg noted the striking resemblance of the book to Keynes' Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that Rees-Mogg considered changed the view of a whole generation.
The publication of the Rotten Heart of Europe led the Wall Street Journal Europe to name Bernard as one of its outstanding Europeans of the year in 1995 and in March 2001 he received the Frøde Jakobsen prize, awarded in Denmark for outstanding moral courage in public affairs. More recently, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has identified Bernard as one of the very few economists who predicted the current global economic and financial crisis.
What do we do?
CGMA provides three distinct levels of service.
CGMA;
- is a specialist macro economic consultancy for a strictly limited set of market-leading clients.
- provides frequent research to a wider group of subscribers. This research comprises both high level economic analysis as well as commentary on the implications of recent developments.
- undertakes dedicated client specific consultancy assignments.
What we don't do?
Unlike a lot of economic consultancies, CGMA does not suffer from conflicts of interest. We do not manage funds or provide trade ideas or investment advice.
We also do not blandly report or analyse economic releases - except where we think the market has got it wrong or where the release has implications for the bigger macroeconomic picture.
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