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Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Kotkin: China bears may have been right about Western resilience

ESG-focussed investors are having a hard time justifying their China exposure to boards. They will need to develop new narratives if they want to stay in the China game, argues historian Stephen Kotkin.

Ben HurleySeptember 30, 2022

Investor Profile

Temasek drops exposure to China on pandemic and property headwinds

Singapore's Temasek pares back on China in favour of local assets as pandemic restrictions bite. Temasek has been investing in China for 20 years and for the last decade it has been its best performing market, but CIO Rohit Sipahimalani thinks China may face challenges achieving its 2022 growth target.

Sarah RundellJuly 15, 2022

FIS Chicago 2022

Kotkin: The risks of investing in China; Ukraine’s battle ahead

Stephen Kotkin, the John P Birkelund Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University, cites the many risks of investing in China.

Sarah RundellJune 2, 2022

Risk

Kotkin warns of Ukraine break up as key geopolitical risk

It is not war between Russia and Ukraine that investors should be concerned about, according to Professor Stephen Kotkin, but the destabilising effects of Russia’s actions that could impact globalisation and harm the west. Watch this video interview with Princeton University's geopolitical expert.

Amanda WhiteFebruary 17, 2022

Featured Story

UTIMCO harvests SPAC boom

UTIMCO's new CIO Rich Hall talks at the December board meeting about the profits the fund has found in SPACs, adding that UTIMCO is currently deploying strategies to arbitrage the market where Hall estimates there are still around 500 SPACs looking for acquisition targets.

Sarah RundellDecember 20, 2021

FIS Digital – November 2021

Climate, China and The Fed: Kotkin’s big risks ahead

The climate emergency, China and Federal Reserve policy pose the most systemic investor risk ahead according to Stephen Kotkin, Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University, who said a dramatic misstep from the US Federal Reserve could cause a massive dislocation.

Sarah RundellNovember 4, 2021