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WTW Research Network Risk & Resilience Review: Emerging Risks from Geopolitical Shifts

This report by the WTW Research Network “introduces research and opinions that provide new perspectives to support risk management and resilience.” In particular, this report focuses on WTW’s work in geopolitics, topics such as supply chains, national competition, and emerging risks and their interconnectivity. WTW posits that the topics covered “highlight a need for an […]

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AXA Future Risks Report 2023: A World in Polycrisis

This tenth edition of insurance company AXA’s Future Risks Report surveyed 3,500 experts in 50 countries and a representative sample of 20,000 members of the general population in 15 countries. It found that the top three perceived risks are: 1) climate change, which for the first time occupied the top spot for both experts and

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The Good News Hidden inside Today’s ‘Polycrisis’

The article considers the novelty and utility of the polycrisis concept, alongside the difficulties of addressing the polycrisis. It concludes that “the growing use of the term polycrisis is in itself encouraging. It demonstrates that, although the problems that form the current polycrisis are neither new nor surprising, our perception of them is changing. A

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Investing in the Age of Polycrisis

This article by the Head of Multi-Asset Funds proposes that the UK economy and global equities are potential losers of the polycrisis, while equities in healthcare, energy, and raw materials may be poised as winners, where polycrisis has spurred innovation and demand. It then considers the uncertain prospects for Japan’s monetary policy and its zero-inflation

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A New World Disorder? Navigating a Polycrisis: Global Trends 2023

This market research report surveys public opinion on many current topics including technology, climate change, globalization, inequality, political splintering, and more. It frames its findings in the context of the polycrisis, asserting that the three major challenges facing all markets are economic crisis, globalization vs. local priorities, and the climate crisis. “We’re entering a ‘new

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