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Conflict in Iran: Investors mute the noise but inflation risk grows

Conflict in Iran: Investors mute the noise but inflation risk grows

Investors are watching conflict in the Middle East closely as inflationary pressures begin to build beneath the surface. One of the challenges for many investors is reduced exposure to the hedging benefits of fossil fuels in listed, and private markets.

Sarah Rundell

March 19, 2026

NBIM quantifies the portfolio threat of economic fragmentation

Darcy Song

February 09, 2026

Learning to see with a risk 2.0 lens

Andrea Caloisi

January 05, 2026

The future is a riskier place than the present

Tim Hodgson

November 25, 2025

AP4: Why a dynamic, shorter term allocation is paying off

Sarah Rundell

August 05, 2025

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Different ways to navigate risk

Institutional investors are navigating the different risks that can impact their portfolios in different ways, explained chief risk offers speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Cambridge. Arjen Pasma, chief risk officer at Dutch asset manager PGGM noted how risks span investment risk, counterparty risk, liquidity risk and ESG risk. Measuring ESG risk in the manager’s large allocation to private markets where each deal is scored on ESG and climate risk is particularly important, he said.

Sarah Rundell

April 10, 2019

A ‘Sputnik Moment’ with China?

Whither United States-China? Stephen Kotkin, Professor in History and International Affairs at Princeton University and adviser to conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com, discusses the changing nature of the complex relationship between the US and China and the struggle underway as these two large economies find their positions in the economic and technological hierarchy. So what should investors watch for?

Stephen Kotkin

March 27, 2019

NZ investors act on terror attack

New Zealand’s largest investors are urging Facebook, Google and Twitter to take more responsibility for what is published on their platforms, following the live-streaming and sharing on social media of last week’s Christchurch terror attacks. They are calling on other global investors to act with them.

Sarah Rundell

March 22, 2019

Geopolitics: portfolio implications

For most investors recognising whether geopolitical tensions are a short term blip, or a long-term systemic shift is key to understanding how those risks inform investment decisions. Amanda White spoke to investors about the impact of geopolitical risk on their portfolios.

Amanda White

March 21, 2019

Geopolitics: risk or opportunity?

The challenge around geopolitical risk is determining how sustained or long-lasting any particular risk is. Angela Rodell, CEO of Alaska Permanent sees opportunity in having a view of the world.

Amanda White

March 15, 2019

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