Marko Papic is a Partner and Chief Strategist at Clocktower Group, an alternative investment asset management firm. As Chief Strategist, Papic leads the firm's strategy team and provides bespoke research to clients and partners on macroeconomics, geopolitics, and markets. Prior to joining Clocktower, Papic founded BCA research's Geopolitical Strategy practice in 2012, the financial industry's first dedicated political analysis investment strategy, which generated “geopolitical alpha” by identifying gaps between the market’s political expectations and the firm’s forecasts. As a consulting editor, he consistently produced research, participated in webcasts, and consulted with clients on the Geopolitical Strategy. He began his career as a Senior Analyst at Stratfor, a global intelligence agency where he contributed to the firm’s global geopolitical strategy as well as its analyst recruitment and training program. In addition, Papic is the author of geopolitical alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future, an essential book that introduces his constraints-based framework to investors.
Marko was Chief Geopolitical Strategist for the firm, combining the firm's macroeconomic research experience with geopolitical risk analysis.
The GPS service generated geopolitical alpha by identifying gaps between the market’s political expectations and the firm’s forecasts.
He provided clients with market-relevant and investment-focused views after recognizing the need to preserve capital and make profits when risks are mispriced.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Marko has appeared as a guest on Real Vision and the 2021 Real Vision Festival of Learning.