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Gillian Tett is an assistant editor of the Financial Times and oversees the global coverage of the financial markets. In March 2009 she was named Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In June 2009 her book Fool’s Gold won Financial Book of the Year at the inaugural Spear’s Book Awards.
In 2007 she was awarded the Wincott prize, the premier British award for financial journalism, for her capital markets coverage. She was named British Business Journalist of the Year in 2008.
She joined the FT in 1993 and worked in the former Soviet Union and Europe, and in the economics team. In 1997 she was posted to Tokyo where she became the bureau chief, before returning in 2003 to become deputy head of the Lex column. She is the author of Saving the Sun; How Wall Street mavericks shook up Japan’s financial system and made billions (Harper Collins and Random House).
Gillian Tett has a PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University, based on research conducted in the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s. She speaks French, Russian, moderate Japanese and Persian. - -
The race is on for Greece before the ECB exits
Some powerful investors are now betting on European debt defaults, writes Gillian Tett
Global fiscal reform hangs in the balance
The question is whether the US is intent on going it alone on the regulatory front – or whether it could be persuaded to co-operate with other governments
Greece suffers from ‘credibility deficit’
The real problem dogging Athens is its ‘credibility deficit’: that few investors believe what the prime minister has to say, either about the economy or the Chinese
Calls for a new Bretton Woods not so mad
Banking bonuses or credit markets may no longer dominate the debate; instead, the next big bogeyman may be exchange rates, writes Gillian Tett
A stress-free family skiing holiday
With a cheery nanny, ski school, and craft activities to occupy the afternoons – not to mention efficient travel arrangements – Gillian Tett discovers the way to a peaceful winter break with children in tow
Pitchforks take on Terminators
The position of the world’s largest investment banks reminds me of the closing scenes of the film Terminator II where the robot refuses to die
The story of the Brics
In 2001, Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O’Neill coined the acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and China. His idea redrew the world financial map, writes Gillian Tett
Britain’s unsavoury debt mire
After crunching the data, McKinsey estimates that the gross level of British private and public debt is now 449% of GDP – up from 350% at the start of the decade – and the UK has the most debt of any of the big western economies, writes Gillian Tett
Global Insight: Still bristling over AIG haircut
Washington’s decision to pay out on the insurer’s credit derivatives contracts at face value sparked a row that has not died down, writes Gillian Tett
Funding and the patriotism test
Moody’s is considering whether to introduce a formal rating of ‘social cohesion’ into sovereign debt indices
