Author: Christopher K. Merker, Ph.D., CFA

Christopher K. Merker, PhD, CFA, is a director with Private Asset Management at Robert W. Baird & Co. He holds a PhD in investment governance and fiduciary effectiveness from Marquette University, where he has taught the course “Sustainable Finance” since 2009. Executive director of Fund Governance Analytics (FGA), an ESG research partnership with Marquette University, he is a member of the CFA Institute ESG Working Group, an international committee currently exploring ESG standards, publishes the blog, Sustainable Finance, which covers current topics around governance and sustainability in investing, and is co-author of the book, The Trustee Governance Guide: The Five Imperatives of 21st Century Investing.
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Global Risks Report 2017 (World Economic Forum)

http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2017/

Top 5 Trends Determining Global Development

1 Rising Income and wealth disparity
2 Changing climate
3 Increasing polarization of societies
4 Rising cyber dependency
5 Ageing population

Most Important Risks’ Interconnections

1 Unemployment and underemployment
Profound social instability
2 Large-scale involuntary migration
State collapse or crisis
3 Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaption
Water crises
4 Failure of national governance
Profound social instability
5 Interstate conflict with regional consequences
Large-scale involuntary migration

Source: World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2016.