Disruptor Series

2Q 2022 Topic: Deglobalization

 

Life on the Other Side

Presented by Richard BrinkInigo Fraser Jenkins

For decades, globalization’s rise has driven down inflationary pressures and yields, thus increasing corporate profit margins, valuations in equity markets, and bond prices.

But with COVID-19, and most recently in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we’ve witnessed its vulnerabilities.

Learn how portfolio construction must adapt to this first major structural turning point in the investment landscape in 40 years.

75 min runtime

 
 

Topics Covered

  1. Pressures that globalization has faced over the past several years

  2. What this means for growth and real return expectations in the coming years

  3. The urgent risk investors face if they do not begin to make modifications to portfolio design

 
 

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