The Masterclass consists of five sessions delivered across two days. Each is designed to address critical areas of private investing with clear learning goals and fresh perspectives:
- Mapping the Geopolitical Landscape for Investors
- Topics: Global power shifts; multipolar order; regional hotspots; sanctions; resource nationalism.
- Learning goals: Understand macro-geopolitical shifts, identify key risks for portfolios, analyze historical case studies.
- Geopolitics Meets ESG: Redefining Sustainability in a Fragmented World
- Topics: Energy security vs. climate goals; critical raw materials; ESG conflicts across jurisdictions; stakeholder pressures.
- Learning goals: Understand ESG challenges in fractured systems, assess implications for sustainable strategies, review case studies of ESG dilemmas.
- New Approaches to Risk Management and Portfolio Construction
- Topics: Systematic integration of geopolitical risk; stress testing; hedging strategies; dynamic asset allocation.
- Learning goals: Build resilient risk frameworks, design portfolios robust to shocks, apply innovative scenario approaches.
- Geopolitical Opportunities: Where Risks Create Rewards
- Topics: Investing in energy transitions, frontier markets, reshoring infrastructure, green tech competition.
- Learning goals: Identify opportunities in disruption, analyze country/sector case studies, evaluate responsible opportunity capture.
- Ethics and Fiduciary Dilemmas in a Geopolitical World
- Topics: Investing in high-risk regions; supply-chain risks; fiduciary vs. ethical trade-offs; regulatory developments.
- Learning goals: Recognize and manage ethical dilemmas, balance fiduciary duty with societal expectations, understand new disclosure regimes.