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Gillian Tett is an assistant editor of the Financial Times and oversees the global coverage of the financial markets. 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. - -
Markets throw one tantrum after another
For most of the past year, senior bankers have struggled to avert a collapse of faith in modern finance. Tragically, as this month’s events show, they have largely lost this fight, writes Gillian Tett
Insight: Iceland woes hint at contagion
When it comes to the crunch, European governments are hopeless at co-ordinating, writes Gillian Tett
A shift from bumbling to sensible policy
This package suggests British mandarins have finally learnt to draw lessons from the past, notably from the 1990s crises in Japan and Sweden, writes Gillian Tett
Tumbling markets respond rationally to a crazed world
Six months ago, one of the world's most seasoned policy makers observed that the western banking system appeared to be locked in a race against time
Markets respond rationally to a crazed world
What policy makers are staring at is exactly what they so desperately did not want to see: namely the preconditions for a vicious feedback loop between the financial world and ‘real’ economy, says Gillian Tett
Fear, panic and an Icelandic morality tale
I don’t know if a phrase exists in Icelandic to say “This sucker could go down”, as George W. Bush, US president, remarked last week. But if there is, Icelandic leaders might need it soon
Insight: Seeds sown in murky finance
Policymakers shouldn’t have allowed an information gap to build up between bankers and investors, says Gillian Tett
Time for central bankers to take Spanish lessons
Not many banks have emerged from recent events with their reputations intact. Santander might be the exception that proves the rule writes Gillian Tett
Putting dodgy assets in deep freeze will not remove rot
A decade ago, when Japan’s government was devising schemes to deal with its own mountain of bad debt, local bankers used to joke: “You can put rotten meat in a freezer, but it doesn’t remove the rot. It just takes away the smell – for a while.”
US woes are a taste of honey for Japan
The US repeated Japan’s mistakes on a bigger scale. It is Japanese groups that are snapping up distressed names such as Lehmans
