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William Hobbs

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William Hobbs joined Barclays in October 2005, working in the Equity Research team, covering the global consumer sector. He then moved into the Investment Strategy team running global equity strategy for the EMEA division. After four years as Head of Investment Strategy, he was made Chief Investment Officer for Barclays Investment Solutions in January 2019.

William is a fellow of the Securities Institute and has close to 20 years’ experience in the financial sector. He has a Masters in international business and economic development at Birkbeck, University of London and is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst. He is a frequent contributor of economic and capital market’s insight to Bloomberg, CNBC and various other media outlets.

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The contraction in the UK economy has been significant. However, the numbers alone leave much of the story untold. When thinking about the effects on businesses, consumers and investors we need to take many other factors into account.

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