February 2026

Country Risk Atlas 2026: Under the surface

Despite a year marked by intense trade tensions and multiple layers of risk – political, geopolitical and fiscal – global country risk improved in 2025, underscoring the fiscal, monetary and trade-related coping mechanisms that tend to emerge in times of high uncertainty.

Feb 24, 2026

Variable geometry for European trade: Building resilience and diversification

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Feb 23, 2026

Schroedinger’s tariffs

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Feb 20, 2026

Private equity in transition: from distribution drought to selective recovery

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According to Allianz calculations, the pension savings gap for younger generations in the eurozone alone is around 350 billion euros per year on average. That sounds like a lot – but it is bridgeable if the savings rate were to rise by a quarter.
How to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions has become one of the most central questions of this century. Tackling this challenge requires timely climate action. We explore some of the most relevant sectors from the perspective of the EU’s Green Deal ambition, and identify what gaps still need to be addressed to limit global warming to 1.5°C. 

In the 80 years since World Food Day was first established, the transformation of agriculture, fueled by fertilizers and international trade, has helped reduce global hunger – albeit unevenly across regions.

Trade rerouting and (energy) deflation have prevented tariffs from unleashing the wave of corporate insolvencies many feared.


 

 
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