Edward Chancellor is the author of Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation (FSG, 1999), a New York Times Notable Book of the YearA and recently ranked as one of six indispensable investment classics by Money magazine. He has contributed to a variety of publications including The Economist, Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal and is currently a columnist for Breakingviews, the award-winning financial commentary service.

Marathon Asset Management (trading in the United States as Marathon-London) is an independent, owner-managed investment firm based in London. Founded in 1986 by William Arah, Jeremy Hosking and Neil Ostrer, Marathon has successfully applied longer-term and often contrarian investment strategies around the globe.