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AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst Maximilian Hess has published a new piece with Foreign Policy, examining the collapse of CEFC China Energy’s planned investment into Russian state oil giant Rosneft. The piece looks at what insights can be drawn from the deal’s collapse and highlights the risks associated with Rosneft’s assertive foreign policy agenda.
AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst for Europe and Eurasia, Maximilian Hess, spoke this morning with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche regarding the risks associated with Russia’s latest Eurobond issuance, both regarding potential Western sanctions and the bond’s own terms. A clip of the discussion is available here.
AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst Maximilian Hess speaks with Deutsche Welle following a poisoning in Britain linked to Russia.
Max Hess, senior political risk analyst at AKE International, discusses a list of Russia’s wealthiest released by the U.S. Treasury. Max also discussed with CNBC how the U.S. Treasury Department’s list released Monday detailing 210 Russian oligarchs and close political affiliates of President Vladimir Putin bears a striking resemblance to a list of Russia’s richest citizens published in Forbes […]
AKE’s analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa, Alisha Patel, is featured in CNBC’s coverage of the crisis in Zimbabwe and Mugabe’s prospects for retaining power.
AKE Credit Risk Model – Probable Maximum Loss We’ve launched a Credit Risk Model to help clients assess the effect of political and economic shocks on the risk of corporate defaults and the dollar impact on an insurance or investment company’s assets. The Credit Probable Maximum Loss (PML) model helps leading credit risk underwriters to […]
Freelance journalist safety and security consultations AKE International is delighted to have teamed up with Rory Peck Trust and Frontline Freelance Register to provide free, one-to-one journalist safety consultations for freelance journalists, photographers and filmmakers. Security advisors from a range of organisations will be available on THURSDAY 13 JULY 2017, at London’s Frontline Club in central London, to […]
Europe Beckons, but Security Consultants Urge: Be Prepared Favorable exchange rates between the dollar and both the euro and the pound, along with expanded air routes linking the United States and Europe, are helping to bolster tourism to Europe this summer despite lingering concerns over security in the wake of terrorist attacks over the past […]
AKE Senior Political Risk Analyst Max Hess spoke with BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss relations between Russia and the United Kingdom and between Russia and the United States. The interview is available on the BBC’s website at the following link, with the relevant portion beginning at 34:00.
We are proud to announce the launch of our online training platform. At AKE we embrace technology, E-learning provides learners with mobile, relevant and self-paced content. The acceleration of technology has triggered huge changes in how we access, consume, discuss, and share content. A key advantage to learning online is that it ensures faster delivery and lower costs. E-learning courses can have a positive and direct […]
We are proud to announce the launch of our next generation country risk tool, Global Intake 2.0. Global Intake has been developed through consultation with our users, to provide enhanced usability and visualisation. This allows users a greater understanding of the risks facing their business globally, through visual analysis, statistics and incident mapping. AKE’s country risk […]
We are pleased to announce that AKE International has been approved as a Qualsafe Awards training centre to deliver a suite of First Aid and Prehospital Care courses. Qualsafe Awards are an Awarding Organisation recognised by Ofqual to offer regulated qualifications. From January 2017 we will be adding the following courses to our existing portfolio: First […]
