Christophe Barraud

Christophe Barraud is Head of Discretionary Management and Research at LIOR Global Partners, a global macro discretionary asset manager based in Monaco, a position he has held since October 2025. In this role he oversees research and discretionary portfolio management, applying a top-down macroeconomic framework that integrates sustainability into the investment process.

Prior to joining LIOR Global Partners, Barraud spent nearly fourteen years as Chief Economist and Strategist at Market Securities Group, where he also served as CEO of Market Securities Monaco S.A.M. from November 2023 through the end of 2025. Over that period, Bloomberg ranked him Top Forecaster of the U.S. Economy in 2012–2020 and 2022–2024, Top Forecaster of the Eurozone Economy in 2015–2019 and 2022–2024, and Top Forecaster of the Chinese Economy in 2017–2020 and 2024. In January 2026, Bloomberg recognised him simultaneously across all three regions, covering the 2025 ranking cycle. MarketWatch named him Forecaster of the Year in 2020. His research is addressed to institutional investors including banks, insurers, asset managers, and pension funds, as well as public bodies; he is regularly consulted by the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance and by the Elysée. Since 2021, he has been Adjunct Lecturer in the MSc Finance programme at ESCP Business School. On the academic side, he holds a Master II in Finance and wrote a thesis in Financial Economics at Paris-Dauphine University focused on parallels between the sports betting market and stock markets. In 2021, he was appointed Knight of the National Order of Merit, a distinction conferred by Bruno Le Maire on 10 November 2021.