Macroeconomics, the financial markets and

the aging population

TOPIC 

Koen makes regular guest appearances on the news programs of TV channels and also on the radio and is frequently quoted in both the popular and the specialised financial press. In 2006, he published, along with co-author Paul Huybrechts, a book entitled Naar Grijsland (A Greying Country), an in-depth analysis of the social and economic consequences of an ageing population. The book was one of three works nominated for the ABN Amro Prize awarded for the non-fiction book of the year. In 2012 he published Gouden Beursleuzen (Golden Stock Market Tips), in which he reviewed and updated stock market tips from the world’s leading investors and examined the most common emotional traps into which investors frequently fall.

In June 2017, Koen published his 3^rd book about the digital revolution and its economic and social impact on our society : “The Winners' Economy: Challenges and opportunities of the digital economy”.

In December 2023 Koen published his latest book: “The New World Economy in 5 Trends: Investing in times of Superinflation, Hyperinnovation and Climate Transition” which was co-authored by Philippe Gijsels, Chief Strategist at BNPPF. The book describes the five main trends (ageing, climate change, innovation, debt and (de-)globalisation) for the coming decade and its implications from a macro and investment strategy perspective.

BIO

Koen De Leus (b. 1969 in Bonheiden) graduated in Commercial Science from the Saint Aloysius Economics High School (EHSAL). Working as an analyst for a daughter company of Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, he was from 1998 onwards closely involved in the design and calculation of European sector indices. From 2004 to January 2006 he was Chief Economist for Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, the company which publishes business daily newspaper De Tijd and investment journal De Belegger.

From 2006 to July 2012, Koen served as a Market Strategist at Bolero, the online broker of KBC Securities, before moving over to take up the post of Senior Economist at the parent company KBC in August 2012.  Since September 2016 he is Chief Economist at BNP Paribas Fortis. He is also a guest lecturer in ‘Behavioral Finance’ on the Investment Management programme at EHSAL Management School and in Real Estate at KUL.

FORMULAS

From 30 minutes to half a day as well as panel discussions