In today’s episode, John Anton and John Mothersole sit down to talk ferrous and non-ferrous metals. They discuss the divergent story between copper and aluminum vs steel, the impact of mine shutdowns, and even touch a little on petroleum. A must-listen if you are buying steel or copper. John Anton https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/anton-john.html John Mothersole https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/mothersole-john.html

Today we discuss banking sector vulnerability in emerging markets, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alyssa Grzelak, Director, Banking Risk, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/grzelak-alyssa.html Put Banking Risk to work for you: https://ihsmarkit.com/forms/contactinformation.html?fid=337734

Risk incidents in the US ramped up considerably over the last few months as has the news coverage. Sometimes it’s hard to understand what’s really unfolding and what it means for communities and people. In today’s episode, we focus on the recent civil unrest incidents in the United States; more specifically, we talk about how we cover these protests for our clients, where our data comes from, how we ensure it’s accurate and valuable, and how the data plays into our overall analysis of regional unrest. Please join John Raines, Justin Valentino, and Hugo Foster as we discuss why data is critical to find out what’s really happening on the ground. John Raines, Ph.D., Principal Global Risks Adviser and Head of North America, Economics & Country Risk, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/raines-john.html Hugo Foster, Principal Analyst, Country Risk – Applied Intelligence, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/foster-hugo.html Justin Valentino, Senior Analyst, Country Risk, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/valentino-justin.html

On June 9 the ICMA published voluntary guidelines for Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs). These bonds now have some suggested guidelines for issuers to meet including pre-defined sustainability or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives and targets. In today's episode, John Raines and Brian Lawson walk you through what this all means for investors: the differences between these guidelines and the ICMA's Green Bond Principles set forth in 2014, how these new guidelines will affect the appetite for issuers, and even delve into how the current pandemic is impacting these types of investments. John Raines, Principal Global Risks Adviser and Head of North America, Economics & Country Risk, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/raines-john.html Brian Lawson, Senior Economic and Financial Consultant, Country Risk, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/lawson-brian.html

As countries and organizations start to reopen, the question top-of-mind for many is when will a vaccine, or other treatment, be available? Many hold out hope that a vaccine will be the magic bullet — it’s not that simple. Our life science’s experts Gustav Ando and Milena Izmirlieva spend todays’ episode discussing the challenges and opportunities for developing a vaccine as well as the alternative therapies that are being tested in tandem to alleviate many of the symptoms of COVID-19. How has the industry risen to the challenge and what does this mean for future R&D? Gustav Ando, Vice President, Industry Services & Life Sciences, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/ando-gustav.html Milena Izmirlieva, Director, Life Sciences, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/izmirlieva-milena.html

Strong leadership during a time of crisis is critical to an organization’s success—more so when your organization is a country, and you are the leading millions of people through both an economic and public health crisis. Today, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has crippled world economies and has left hundreds-of-thousands dead, leaders are stepping into uncharted territory. Some will rise to the occasion bringing their citizens along with them through this veritable storm. Others will falter and bluster and wind up losing their way. Join John Raines, Deepa Kumar, Blanka Kolenikova, and Carlos Caicedo, as they view some of our most visible leaders through the lens of effective leadership—who has it, who doesn’t? What does that mean for future political, economic, and health security around the globe? Connect with our speakers: John Raines, Principal Global Risks Adviser and Head of North America https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/raines-john.html Carlos Caicedo, Senior Principal Analyst, Latin America Country Risk https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/caicedo-carlos.html Deepa Kumar, Senior Analyst – Asia-Pacific Country Risk https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/kumar-deepa.html Blanka Kolenikova, Principal Analyst – Europe & CIS, Country Risk https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/kolenikova-blanka.html

Economic shockwaves have intensified across the globe during April and early May. For the Asia Pacific region, this means that the recession will only hit its trough in Q2 with momentum improving in the second half of the year. In today's episode, our Chief Asia Economist, Rajiv Biswas, discusses the economic health of the region, which countries are poised for recovery, and which have a long way to go. While countries hit early are starting to come back online, and economies across the region are slowing moving in an upward trajectory, he is quick to caution that even though growth rates are expected to strengthen the overall pace of growth is very slow. Join him as he explores regional differences, sectors most impacted, and what we can expect moving forward. Speaker: Rajiv Biswas, Chief Asia-Pacific Economist https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/biswas-rajiv.html

Today’s episode is a timely discussion between Emily Crowley and Sophie Malin from our pricing and purchasing team. Building off their recently published construction and manufacturing wage studies, which looks at changes across the globe by sector, the two talk through what’s happening around the globe for wages, unemployment, and sector-specific challenges. They set the stage talking about the unemployment numbers for March (U.S. with depression-level numbers and Spain with numbers that are their largest yet to name two) and then take a deeper look into how specific sectors and countries are responding. Emily Crowley, Associate Director, Pricing & Purchasing, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/crowley-emily.html Sophie Malin, Pricing & Purchasing, IHS Markit

In today's episode, Gabrielle Ventura, an economist for our Banking Risk Service, discusses the fall of the Lebanese banking sector. She takes us through the government's financial sector restructuring plan, the escalation of violent protests in Lebanon, and how the loss of global confidence amidst the pandemic catalyzed the crisis situation. Read more: https://ecrstore.ihsmarkit.com/collections/covid-19-reports/products/banking-risk-rating-outlooks-revised-on-downside-risks-to-financial-stability Speaker: Gabrielle Ventura, Economist, Banking Risk, IHS Markit https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/ventura-gabrielle.html

In today’s episode, our economic and country risk experts look at two aspects of how countries are being impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. We talk about how to systematically measure and compare the vulnerability of countries dealing with the disease and then how the capital markets are affecting country risk in. Speakers: Brian Lawson https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/lawson-brian.html John Raines https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/raines-john.html Marie Lechler https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/lechler-maria.html