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The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have highlighted the need for investors and companies to monitor their exposure to geopolitical risks. But our latest analysis shows that rising interstate tensions along several other geopolitical fault lines also need to be at the forefront of investors’ minds, as these have similar if not greater potential to create market shocks due to the high levels of exposure of Western stocks and strategic industries. Using data from our Asset Risk Exposure Analytics (AREA) to map geopolitical risk against the global footprints of 1000s of public companies, we’ve found that Europe’s largest stock market indices have greater exposure than their US and Japanese counterparts. But companies in key industries in the S&P 500 and Nikkei 225 also have operations straddling both sides of diplomatic conflicts, leaving them exposed to volatility in the event of a geopolitical shock. Read the full analysis in our Political Risk Outlook:  https://lnkd.in/gwNYgr3j #politicalriskoutlook #geopolitics #interstatetensions #spatialfinance

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