Risk market performance in the third quarter of 2011 was brutal. Not since the depths of the 2009 recession and systemic shakedown have the markets taken such a beating. And unfortunately, the key factors that bounced risk managers between fear and panic in the least three months are still with us.

Risk managers need to know, will 2012 inflict even more pain?
In this presentation, CreditSights Chief Strategist, Louise Purtle will detail the outlook for risk assets in the coming months and consider the policy responses that are likely to evolve, providing an independent perspective on the following key issues:

• Can the European sovereign debt crisis be resolved to the market’s satisfaction? Risk managers hate uncertainty but the Euro crisis is more political than fiscal and that makes for prolonged debates and unpredictable developments in a complex situation. Can markets be immune when so much is at stake?
• How foreboding are the current warning signals of a recessionary reprise in the United States?
  Growth is fading from 2010's stimulus-sponsored rebound but double dip fears may have been overplayed. "Slow growth" is not "no growth" and not every sector is equally exposed, which should be reflected in analysis.
• Can the world's export-dependent emerging economies withstand a slow down across the G7?
  Or will they be dealing with problems of their own making? Concerns are rising about the consequences of a "growth at any cost" model and yet comparably robust E7 markets underpin the global outlook. How realistic is that forecast?

Join us for a wide-reaching discussion of economic realities, policy possibilities and market trends that will be invaluable to determining successful risk investment strategies.