Christopher Swann

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Position: Columnist

I am a columnist at Thomson Reuters focusing on economics. Prior to this I worked at Bloomberg and the Financial Times.

Articles

Bernanke: back to Clark Kent: Christopher Swann August 11, 12:40pm EDT

-- Christopher Swann is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- Full Article

Recession at half time?: Christopher Swann

Bracing for a glut of leisure time: Christopher Swann

The rich are not an easy quarry: Christopher Swann

Can good numbers be bad news?: Christopher Swann

Stomachs of steel for U.S. debt: Christopher Swann

Blog Posts

Opening the hedge fund kimono

The seductive figures so assiduously promoted by the hedge fund industry exaggerate returns for several reasons. The easiest to correct is that reporting results is purely voluntary. Full Article

Do android hedge funds dream of alpha?

Hedge funds are the Rolexes of the investment world. Traditionally they have been available only to the wealthy. But as with any luxury product, imitators are never far behind. A range of funds claims to mimic the performance of hedge funds -- minus the princely fees. Full Article | Comments [1]

The Credit Crunch Diaries

For many financial services professionals the 2008 credit crisis was about as amusing as the Hundred Years' War. So it was refreshing to read "The Credit Crunch Diaries" - a humorous account just released ... Full Article