Chinese economy and society. Euro-zone debt crisis and China's role in it. The microcredit industry in China. The myth that Chinese individuals are high savers, how to grow the Chinese economy and how to find an optimum balance between agriculture, manufacturing and service industries. Renminbi exchange rates, impact on exports, migrations, rural finance, hukou, land-transfer and reforms of banking and stock exchange markets.
Michele Geraci is a managing director-level investment banker with vast international experience, having worked over the last 20 years in fund management, equity research, corporate finance, management consultancy, and as a telecom engineer across Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Michele regularly participates in conferences and forums. He has been invited twice to the “China Summit”, organised by The Economist, where he gave speeches on financial system reform and on China’s growing role in international affairs. He is a frequent guest on television news programmes (for example, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, CCTV, Al Jazeera) and is often quoted in the media. He is a regular contributor to China Daily and a columnist of Caixin Magazine, offering commentaries on financial and economic issues.
Previous extensive media work includes:
Urbanisation to fuel China’s Growth
Talk show guest commentator , CCTV “Voices and Votes”, March 2013
Italian Election: Grillo and the Five Star Movement Tsunami
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, February 2013
The race for Italian Elections
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, February 2013
Agricultural Transformation in China
Talk show guest commentator , CCTV “Dialogue”, February 2013
The new “Impossible Trinity” of Chinese economy
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, February 2013
China 2012 Economic Data
Talk show guest commentator , CCTV “Dialogue”, January 2013
Building a moderately prosperous society?
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, November 2012
The Chinese Economy : Impossible to rebalance?
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, November 2012
Baroni, Addio – Io Vado in Cina
Interview – Espresso Magazine, July 2012
C’e’ la crisi in Cina
Interview – China Files, Sept 2012
Lowering interest rates may not be the best option to stimulate the economy
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, July 2012
Misplaced Optimism
Op-ed – Insight Magazine, American Chamber of Commerce, May 2012
Savage Urbanisation: the new Cultural Revolution (“粗放城市化”中的文化灭绝)
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, Apr 2012
Eurozone Crisis: origin, solutions and impact on China
Guest Lectures, Various Universities, 2012-2013
Fostering the Development of SMEs in China
Op-ed — China Daily，Mar 2012
Is China getting ready for a break-up of the Eurozone? (中国是否准备好面对欧元区瓦解)
Op-ed – Caixin Magazine, Feb 2012