The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) kicked off yesterday in Davos, Switzerland, welcoming more than 2,500 business leaders, politicians and social activists. A laundry list of issues awaited those in attendance, from the global economy to Eurozone debt to responsible capitalism to preventing the next financial crisis. These issues, along with several others, are what [...]
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Recently, the World Economic Forum released its “Global Risks 2010″ report, in which partners, including Swiss Re and other corporate and academic entities, collaborated to analyze the most serious global risks for the current year. This was the one of several posts we have run recently about the biggest risks ahead for 2010, whether economic, political or [...]
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Every year the World Economic Forum releases its Global Risk Report with the aim of addressing the key current and emerging risks and advancing thinking about their mitigation. It’s no suprise that financial risks top this year’s list. The potential for further deterioration of asset prices and fiscal positions could be exacerbated by a potential slowdown [...]
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