Wednesday webinar at one: The geoeconomic decade

Wednesday 13 May 2026 | 13:00 - 13:50 | Webinar

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In 2021, the CFA Institute Research Foundation published Geo Economics: The Interplay between Geopolitics, Economics, and Investments, a monograph examining how geopolitical developments shape financial markets. The publication also identified four major geopolitical trends that we believed would influence the decade ahead. 

Five years on, geopolitical risks have not only intensified but have also become more frequent and complex. In this session, we revisit and update the defining trends in geoeconomics shaping the 2020s. 

We will explore: 

• US–China strategic rivalry 
  How the evolving competition between the world’s two largest economies is reshaping trade, investment flows, and global market dynamics. 
• Climate change and the energy transition 
  The geoeconomic consequences of decarbonisation, shifting energy dependencies, and the race for critical minerals. 
• The rising risk premium on US treasuries 
  A more recent trend, examining why investors are demanding higher compensation for holding US debt and what this signals for global markets. 
• The debate around dollar dominance 
  An assessment of whether alternative currencies could meaningfully challenge the US dollar’s role in the international financial system.

Who Should Attend 

Ideal for investment professionals, economists, risk analysts, and anyone interested in how geopolitics shapes global markets and investment decision-making. 

This session will be moderated by Marie Diron, MD – Global Sovereign and Subsovereign Risk, Moody's Investors Service

Marie Diron is global head of Moody’s Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group, with responsibility for credit ratings on countries, regional and local governments, public sector entities and multilateral development banks. Marie is also Moody’s Investors Service lead coordinator on ESG monitoring and integration across asset classes.

Marie has worked in various functions at Moody’s in the Sovereign Risk Group and (then) Credit Policy. In particular, she was lead sovereign analyst for a number of Asia Pacific credits including Australia, China, India and some frontier market sovereigns. She then managed the Asia Pacific sovereign team, before expanding her responsibilities to today’s global role. Previously, in Credit Policy, Marie co-ordinated Moody’s Global Macro Outlook and other credit research.

Marie was previously Director at Oxford Economics, leading the company’s forecasting and scenario analysis service to financial sector and corporate clients, after a number of years at the European Central Bank and Brevan Howard LLP. Marie received a MPhil in economics from the University of Cambridge and graduated from the Ecole Centrale Paris.

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Event: 13:00 - 13:50

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