Martin Lück

Martin Lück is the founder and CEO of Macro Monkey, an analysis and consulting firm based in Frankfurt am Main.

Founded in 2024, the company provides professional capital market participants with in-depth research and advisory services in the areas of macroeconomics, (geo-)politics, and financial markets.

Before launching Macro Monkey, Martin Lück spent nearly 30 years in various roles at banks and asset management firms. Most recently, he served for over eight years as Chief Economist for UBS Germany and as Head of Capital Market Strategy for the DACH region and Eastern Europe at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.

Martin Lück Lecture topics

  • Financial markets at the interface between economics and (geo)politics
  • Is a new crash looming? What to look out for when investing
  • Central banks are no longer “the only game in town”. Has their importance outlived their usefulness?
  • The debt brake and the black zero: Why it’s high time to think differently about government spending
  • The word according to Trump: What the new US foreign policy means for the global economy
  • The role of the Global South: How the role of emerging economies is changing

The starting point for Lück’s long career in the financial industry was his training as a banker, which he began over 40 years ago in his home town of Hanover. This was followed by a degree in economics and a doctorate with a thesis on Italian central bank policy before Martin Lück returned to the financial markets as a capital market economist in Frankfurt am Main in 1997.

Analyzing the capital market environment in the ups and downs of various financial and currency crises, the crashes after 9/11, the Covid pandemic or the Russian war of aggression, the omnipotence of central banks and the helplessness of financial politicians – all this has shaped the experience he has gained over the decades with the complex interplay between the economy, political decisions and the free play of market forces.

After literally thousands of client meetings, presentations and capital market discussions, Martin Lück is now a sought-after speaker and participant in panel discussions, as well as a frequent interview guest in the press, radio and television.

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Dr. Martin Lück is one of the leading capital market strategists in the German-speaking world. With almost 30 years of experience, including as Chief Economist at UBS Germany and Head of Capital Market Strategy at BlackRock, he combines economic expertise with practical market analyses. As founder of Macro Monkey, he provides independent assessments of global economic and financial trends. His ability to explain complex issues in an understandable way makes him a sought-after speaker at conferences and corporate events.

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