Fraser Howie is co-author of three books on the Chinese financial system, Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundations of China’s Extraordinary Rise (named a Book of the Year 2011 by The Economist magazine and one of the top ten business books of the year by Bloomberg), Privatizing China: Inside China’s Stock Markets and “To Get Rich is Glorious” China’s Stock Market in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

He studied Physics at Cambridge University and Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University.  He started his career with Baring Securities in London before moving to Hong Kong with Bankers Trust in 1994.  In the late 1990s he worked at CICC Beijing, the first Chinese joint venture investment bank.  Later he moved to Hong Kong and then Singapore working for CLSA and Société Generale.

His writing and commentary have been featured in the Nikkei Asia Review, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, as well as media appearances on Bloomberg, the BBC and Deutsche Welle.