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Top Five Risks: Critical Perspectives on the Global Economy

June 2008

Research Report – The Top Five Risks Conference: Key Takeaways [PDF, 80 KB]

The Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs (GMI) recently convened many well-regarded experts on trade, capital markets, demographics, resources and the environment at a full-day event entitled, Top Five Risks: Critical Perspectives on the Global Economy.

The conference was hosted at Goldman Sachs International in London on 4 June 2008, in collaboration with the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. The audience included nearly two hundred senior clients and business leaders, as well as policy specialists and academic experts.

The following five concerns were discussed as key challenges to sustainable economic development and effective risk management:

  • Resource Scarcity: Competition for Water, Food and Energy in an Era of Climate Change
  • Income Inequality: The Implications of Exclusion from Growth
  • Financial Integration: Is the Model of "Originate-to-Distribute" Permanently Damaged?
  • Managing Demographic Transition: Strains on Labor Supply and Financing Gaps
  • Rising Protectionism: From Trade to Investment


    The Risks Conference was first held in September of 2005. Since then, the perception of investors regarding risks to markets, economies and suitable government policies has shifted. The interdependence of economies and financial systems around the world remains in focus, and the challenges of resource allocation and the environment have risen as concerns.

    Further Information:
    Conference Agenda [PDF, 471 KB]
    Speaker Biographies [PDF, 4 MB]

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