We provide advice on international asset allocation to over 100 clients based mainly in London, New York, Boston and Tokyo. Headed by Andrew Smithers, one of the world's foremost economists, we utilise the latest investment tools developed by academia to provide cutting edge asset allocation advice to investment professionals.

Our work focuses mainly on stocks, bonds and currencies in the 5 largest economies (US, UK, France, Germany and Japan). However, where abnormalities exist at the micro-economic level, such as in the UK housing market, or the issuance of stock options by companies, we apply the same rigorous and inventive tools to determine the implications for investors both at the micro and macro level.

About Andrew Smithers

Andrew Smithers founded Smithers & Co in 1989. Before that he ran S G Warburg's asset management business for many years (now part of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers/BlackRock). A regular financial commentator and columnist, and author of several academic publications, he co-authored Valuing Wall Street with Stephen Wright (published March 2000).
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His most recent book is entitled Wall Street Revalued: Imperfect Markets and Inept Central Bankers (published July 2009).