In The Press

An archive of Tina Fordham’s headlines covered by news channels such as Bloomberg, CNN and CNBC and a collection of articles found in publications such as Forbes and the Financial Times.

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The New Geopolitical Risk Supercycle

Geopolitical risk is back and rapidly re-shaping the global business environment. Artificially suppressed during the period of super-empowered central banks and historically regarded…

Following the Rules Podcast

Today’s guest outlines how she expects financial services bosses and the policymakers setting their rules will adapt to a “paradigm shift” in global geopolitics that will see China get increasingly assertive, US more protectionist and Russia more aggressive.

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A Call to Action for Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Although there is much in the world to be proud of, we still face enormous societal, environmental, and economic challenges. Even in this day and age, more than 2 billion people — a quarter of all humankind — lack access to even the most basic elements of life that most of us take for granted, such as clean water, sanitation, and energy…

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Geopolitical Headwinds: U.S., Iran, and North Korea Time to Worry?

After a period of disinterest, investors have recently taken notice of political risks. First came the shift in U.S. trade policy (and fear of Chinese retaliation) and then the departure of two key advisers to U.S. President Trump: National Economic Council head Gary Cohn, who had opposed the tariff bill, and Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, who had opposed President Trump’s often-stated intention to nullify the diplomatic deal on Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA)…

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Women in the Economy II – How Implementing a Women’s Economic Empowerment Agenda Can Shape the Global Economy

2016 began, as 2015 ended, amid a significant worsening of the global political climate and along with that, considerable volatility in financial markets. Investors and businesses are increasingly aware of the need to understand the drivers and the implications of a greater level of event risk exacerbated by shifting social patterns…

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Global Political Risk

In 2015 Citi published the Citi GPS report Women in the Economy: Global Growth Generators, which made the case that the role of women in the labour force should be incorporated as a mainstream topic within the debate on global growth for both economic as well as social reasons. In the new report, Citi digs deeper into the economic case for female economic empowerment through some fresh insights on the key issues as well as through a series of country case studies comparing the U.S. with Canada and Italy with Sweden. Alongside this, Citi produced a standalone investigation of the issues facing Japan where harnessing the potential of women in the economy will be vital to protecting even modest growth prospects in the country…

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Taking it to the streets – What the New Vox Populi Risk Means for Politics, the Economy and Markets

It seems like political risk is on the front page every day: crowds of protestors gathering, a rally calling for independence, a military coup, or scenes of civil conflict. Is there more unrest globally, or is 24/7 media coverage creating this perception? Is social media to blame?…