Here’s the No. 1 risk weighing on investors’ minds this year

SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Geopolitics is now the leading concern among global institutional investors, overshadowing fears of rising interest rates and an economic slowdown.

This is according to the fifth global RiskMonitor study conducted by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) for 2017, and marks the first time geopolitics has topped the list of risk factors since the study was launched in 2013.

Among the 755 institutional investors surveyed across Asia Pacific, Europe and North America, 44% have flagged geopolitics as a major risk to investment performance, ahead of a global economic slowdown (41%) and rising interest rates (32%).

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