In brief: LaBranche's Ksiss talks to ETFM

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ETFM talks to Laurent Ksiss, head of ETF advisory and sales at LaBranche in London about how he spends his spare time and his aspirations to be a professional golfer.

What are you reading? I tend to read The Week, it gives me a good update and it covers everything you want. I am not a big book reader. What is the next film you would like to see? I just went to see The Tree of Life, I didn't like it. The next film I would like to see is 127 Hours. I use Love Film so I watch a lot of films. What is your favourite album? I'm a big Blondie fan, I went to see them last week in London; I had never seen them live, they were very good and Debbie Harry is 66 - it's incredible. Did you have any strange/awful jobs growing up? I spent three months working f...

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