Dr. Enzio von Pfeil is a German

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Early life

Dr. von Pfeil has been a commercial economist throughout his working life.German Direct Investments in the United States'', Enzio von Pfeil, 1985, 178 pages, JAI Press, p. vi, webpage
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Enzio studied ''inter alia'' under

Friedrich von Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek ( , ; 8 May 189923 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian–British economist, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical liberalism. Haye ...

at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württe ...

, in

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

. He graduated at the top of his class and received two scholarships. One from the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes", which is reserved for the top one per cent of all German students, and the other from the Free Democratic Party's (FDP) exclusive Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung. His

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examined the macro economic impact of direct investment flows. At the University, he was appointed as an

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specializing in

international economics International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns and ...

Career

Dr. von Pfeil spent many years as a treasury economist for

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and Schroders in New York and London, and as a

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specializing in macro investment planning on behalf of large industrial families in the region while stationed in Istanbul. In 1986, von Pfeil became Chief Regional Economist at Smith New Court Far East Ltd, London which merged with

Merrill Lynch Merrill (officially Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated), previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investment banki ...

. Dr. von Pfeil moved to Hong Kong in 1989 and by 2000 he had helped, as Chief Regional Economist, S.G. Warburg Securities Far East (which subsequently was bought by

UBS UBS Group AG is a multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. Co-headquartered in the cities of Zürich and Basel, it maintains a presence in all major financial centres as the largest Swis ...

), Clarion Capital and ABN-AMRO establish Asian specialist regional economic research teams. For some years, Dr. von Pfeil ran his own macro advisory firm, Commercial Economics Asia Limited. He advises institutional as well as private investors. In 2015 Dr. von Pfeil joined Private Capital Limited as their Investment Strategist.

Works

Dr. von Pfeil has written the following books: * 2008 - ''Trade Myths: Globalization and the Trade Balance Fallacy''. "Trade Myths" at Books.Google.com:
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* 1988 - ''Effective Control of Currency Risks : A Practical, Comprehensive Guide'', Macmillan, London and St. Martin's Press, New York. * 1985 - ''German Direct Investments in the United States'', JAI Press, Greenwich, Connecticut. * 1979 - ''Deutsche Direktinvestitionen in den USA'', Knapp, Frankfurt. Dr. von Pfeil contributes regularly to

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as well as

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and to

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as well as

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and Z TV (India). He has appeared ''inter alia'' in the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''the

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'', and the '' South China Morning Post''.

References

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