GENE PHILLIPS

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CEO, DIRECTOR, PF2 USA

Gene Phillips is the Chief Executive Officer at PF2. Gene was previously on the buy-side at a hedge fund within Citigroup Alternative Investments. He began his career in the Derivatives group at Moody’s Investors Service. Gene has written extensive research on debt and credit concerns, including pricing and manipulation in the realm of corporate and structured finance securities; litigation and cultural concerns at financial institutions; and whether credit ratings should be afforded First Amendment protections. More recently, he has concentrated on inefficiencies in market mechanisms. His research and commentary has received numerous press citations in publications such as The Financial Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek. Gene holds a BSc degree in mathematics and applied mathematics, and a BSc Hons degree in the Advanced Mathematics of Financial Derivatives, from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Recent Articles and Publications

Zachary Mazin, Daniel Hendler and Gene Phillips, “A case for experienced legal counsel on COVID-Era financial markets and products litigation,” Attorney Analysis – Westlaw Practitioner Insights, 2020 WL 5733216
Gene Phillips, “Damages: risk exposure as an element of damages in financial and privacy litigation,” Thomson Reuters Expert Analysis – Westlaw Practitioner Insights, 2020 WL 4013041
Gene Phillips and Joe Pimbley, “The Myer Ruling and its Limitations,” Commercial Law Quarterly, 34(1), 2020
Ron Bewley and Gene Phillips, “On testifying experts and their misuse of models,” Commercial Law Quarterly, 33 (3), 2019
Terry Marsh and Gene Phillips, "The Hayne Report - One Giant Leap Forward for Australia," Law and Financial Markets Review, 2019.
Gene Phillips, "Are ABS Credit Ratings = Free Speech?" Journal of Structured Finance, Summer 2018, 24 (2), 55-63. © 2018 IPR Journals. All rights reserved.
Joe Pimbley and Gene Phillips, "Fix the VIX: Reducing Manipulation in the Volatility Index," Global Association of Risk Professionals Quant Methods, April 2018.
Gene Phillips, "Overcoming Inefficiencies in the Pricing of Structured Finance Instruments," Journal of Structured Finance, Fall 2016, 22 (3), 8-20. © 2016 IPR Journals. All rights reserved.