Geopolitics and sovereign risk for financial advisers

The investment landscape has shifted sharply, with geopolitical forces such as trade disputes, sanctions, military tensions and supply‑chain fragmentation reshaping risks across global markets. For financial advisers, the practical challenge is understanding how the funds in their clients' portfolios are responding to these changes, and whether those responses stand up to scrutiny. This panel brings together two fund managers from different asset classes, equities and fixed income, to explore how they assess geopolitical risk in practice. The discussion will examine the signals managers watch for, how geopolitical instability changes the investment case for specific holdings, and where the most significant risk concentrations sit today, equipping advisers with a clearer set of questions to apply across any internationally invested fund.

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