In this episode (recorded on 22 February 2022)  we discuss the rapidly changing situation between Russia and Ukraine, look at how the crisis developed, and explore the potential longer term geopolitical consequences 

How will central banks behave in response to Omicron, shifting labour markets and inflation? In the second of a two-part series looking at Omicron, we are joined by James McCann and Luke Bartholomew to explain

How is Omicron impacting China’s globally important economy? What impact will China’s strategy to confront Covid have on global supply chains? And what do these supply chain issues mean for inflation?  

In this episode, the first of a two-part series, Luke Bartholomew is joined by abrdn Research Institute colleagues Robert Gilhooly, Senior Emerging Markets Research Economist and Sree Kochugovindan, Senior Research Economist to discuss these key questions.

In this podcast episode we discuss the latest installment in our award-winning series, “A Woman’s Place”, identifying three areas in which governments and companies can do more to boost female participation in the workforce.

Authors Stephanie Kelly and Abigail Watt discuss how tax rates can discourage women from paid  work and suggest how governments can lower this barrier.

The research also examines how childcare cost and availability are deterring women from paid work and how such obstacles reinforce both gender and ethnic inequalities. 

In this episode we're joined by James McCann, Deputy Chief Economist, to look forward to 2022 thinking about the important economic and political issues that we think will be shaping the investment landscape and market returns. 

In this episode we discuss China’s shifting regulatory sands, particularly in the real estate, technology and education sectors where sweeping changes in these areas stunned investors through 2021. 

The first note in our series on China regulation can be found here: https://www.abrdn.com/en/uk/institutional/insights-thinking-aloud/article-page/china-policy-xi 

COP26 created a lot of headlines but will it lead to meaningful policy change on the ground? The team discuss the significance of promises made and missed, and explain what it could mean for investors and our commitments going forwards.  

 | Nick Robins, Professor in Practice of Sustainable Finance at the London School of Economics, joins to discuss the Just Transition, what it is, why it matters and what it means for financial institutions. 

In this episode we consider the role of government policy in the transformation, the UK’s strategy to achieve decarbonisation and how the outcomes of COP26 could influence the future of energy on a global scale. 

In this episode,  Anna Moss, Climate Change Scenario Analyst at abrdn, and Luke Bartholomew, co-host and our Senior Monetary Economist, join Paul Diggle to discuss the role of the judicial system and the courts and central banks in climate policy, and the profound impact that climate litigation and central bank action has on investment markets.