Risk tolerance: Essential, behavioural and misunderstood

Author's Biography

Greg B. Davies leads a global team of behavioural and quantitative finance specialists, and is responsible for the design and global implementation of Barclays’ Investment Philosophy. He is an Associate Fellow at Oxford University’s SaÏd Business School and his first book, Behavioral Investment Management, was published in January 2012. He has authored papers in multiple academic disciplines and is a frequent media commentator on Behavioural Finance. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Cape Town, an MPhil in Economics and a PhD in Behavioural Decision Theory, both from Cambridge University. Greg’s co-created ‘reality opera’ Open Outcry, which turns the behaviour of a functioning trading floor into a musical performance, received its premie` re in London in November 2012.

Peter Brooks is Vice President and behavioural finance specialist working at Barclays. His focus is on the psychology and attitudes of investors in emerging economies. Peter has done much research on how investor attitudes are affected by prevailing market conditions. He frequently shares these insights with the leading business newspapers and news channels across Asia. He holds an MSc in Economics and Econometrics, and a PhD in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, from the University of Manchester. Peter has previously held a research fellowship at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.