Meet our Analyst

Jasper Lawler

Head of Research and Education

Jasper joined the market analyst team in the London office in 2016, and has accumulated over ten years' experience working in the financial markets.

He delivers regular commentary, seminars and webinars on market news, trading analysis, strategy and psychology. He is regularly interviewed by BBC News, Bloomberg, CNBC and Sky News, and has featured in The Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph.

Before joining LCG, Jasper worked as a market analyst and as a market strategist at two other well-known broker-dealers in the City of London and on Wall Street.

He writes a widely-followed daily market wrap, plus commentaries on US, European and UK stock markets, FX and commodities. Jasper also hosts a weekly charting analysis webinar.

He is qualified as a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) with the Market Technician Association, and has a degree in Finance and Economics.

Ipek Ozkardeskaya

Senior Market Analyst

Ipek is a Senior Market Analyst at LCG with over seven years’ experience in the financial sector.

Having joined LCG in 2015, Ipek has a strong technical background in quantitative finance. Her daily market reports cover a large scope of financial and economic topics.

These are often featured in coveted financial news outlet such as the Financial Times, CityAM and MarketWatch. Prior to joining the LCG team, Ipek worked as a FX strategist for Swissquote Bank and prior to that as a client sales executive at HSBC Private Bank in Geneva.

Ipek has a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering & Risk Management and a Bachelor degree in Economics from University of Lausanne. She is fluent in English, French and Turkish.