Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Mitigating Risk from Financial Contagion
Tekedia Institute has a history of updating its curriculum on the fly as a result of global events. We added many courses during Covid-19, providing directions to our members on how to navigate and manage the paralyzes out of Covid-19. As the unfortunate event continues to unfold in Ukraine, we will be discussing how this war, if not curtailed immediately, could shape markets and affect economies.
From wheat prices to fertilizer to farm produce to nuclear plant management, from corn prices to specific asset classes, from Yandex (Google’s equivalent in Russia) being paused in New York/NASDAQ to other Russian firms across global boards (think of Ozon Holdings, Mobile TeleSystems, and Mechel), what are your risk exposures? Even the ETFs are not spared; VanEck Vectors Russia ETF is off.
But I do not think it will end in Russia. Brazil gets most of its fertilizers from Russia. If things stay the way they are, Brazilian agro could suffer. In Africa, there are many implications because most economies will suffer from high prices of commodities due to high energy costs.
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