Risk Insights
Tunisia: Distressing Debt
Date first published: 21/04/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: default risks On 10 April the International Monetary Fund approved US$745m in emergency a...
United States: The geopolitics of Federal Reserve swap lines
Date first published: 31/03/2020 The Federal Reserve prides itself on its political independence, a core tenet of how it should operate. It should mak...
Chile: Political violence in times of COVID-19
Date first published: 07/04/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; policy continuity; looting; arson attacks; violent clashes The COVID-19 pan...
India: The economics of the lockdown
Date first published: 14/04/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: economic growth; sovereign risks; political stability On 24 March, Prime Minister Naren...
Lebanon: Broke down palace
Key sectors: banking; all Key risks: Default; sanctions On 7 March new Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced Beirut’s intention to default on US$1.2b...
South Africa: More bad news
Key sectors: all Key risks: economic risks; frustration of process The bad tidings keep coming in for South Africa. Data released on 3 March showed th...
Guyana: Teetering between blessing and curse
Key sectors: all, particularly extractives Key risks: political instability; policy uncertainty; contract frustration, civil unrest Guyana has failed ...
South Sudan: Unity government a way-stop, not the destination
Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; political stability After more than a year of political wrangling, two postponements and an eleventh-ho...
Nigeria: Security has improved, but for how long?
Key sectors: all Key risks: internal conflict; terrorism; political violence Restoring security has been a key promise of Nigeria’s President Muhamm...- AKE’s Head of Political Risk Quoted in Financial Times on Russia-Venezuela sanctions
AKE’s Head of Political Risk Quoted in Financial Times on Russia-Venezuela sanctions
Maximilian Hess, AKE’s Head of Political Risk, was quoted in the Financial Times’ writeup of new sanctions introduced by the US Treasury&#... 
El Salvador: Towards authoritarianism?
Date first published: 18 February 2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: governability; political stability; civil unrest On 9 February President Nayib Buke...
Chile: New norms
Date first published: 11/02/2020 Key sectors: all Key risks: civil unrest; policy continuity; looting; arson attacks; violent clashes Violent unrest h...
