Background
Buik was born in Montreal and moved to the United Kingdom in 1949.
Buik was born in Montreal and moved to the United Kingdom in 1949.
He was educated at Harrow School.
He started work at Philip Hill Higginson Erlangers in the City of London. He later worked for RP Martin, Kirkland Whitaker, London Deposit Agencies, Money Market Agencies, MY Marshall, and City Index Group. The companies he has worked for mostly involved financial spread betting.
He worked for BGC Partners from 1999 to 2011.
His retirement from BGC was celebrated with a dinner on 25 March 2011 at the Royal Exchange, London. He has appeared as a financial pundit on the British Broadcasting Corporation, Bloomberg Television, Cable News Network International and American Broadcasting Company News (Australia).
His predictions for 2012 on YouTube on Interactive Investor International
London markets on American Broadcasting Company News in July 2012 on YouTube
Markets on Cable News Network in 2008 on YouTube.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to financial services.