52: How do shareholders hold companies accountable on sustainability?
If you were to invest in a company, you’d watch how it performs and take interest in how it grows over time. In the world of investment stewardship, companies take those actions on behalf of their cli...
14 Jul 202026min
51: Dealing with the coronavirus shock
We entered this year with the view that there wouldn’t be an economic downturn in 2020. No one could have predicted the global pandemic that would come just a couple of months later. Since then, marke...
8 Jul 202024min
50: How has COVID-19 changed retirement planning?
The retirement landscape has been changing for some time. Before COVID-19, stopping work entirely was no longer the goal. Post-COVID-19, it may mean that stopping work won't be possible. So how should...
25 Jun 202022min
49: The climate data revolution
From hurricanes to wildfires to other extreme weather events, physical climate risk isn’t new. But the way we measure it is. Improvements in data over the past few years have allowed us to better unde...
15 Jun 202028min
48: How has the coronavirus impacted companies?
As the pandemic has expanded globally, it has created uncertainty about companies’ future prospects. One way to analyze this: credit. Credit is the market of bonds that companies issue to fund their g...
10 Jun 202027min
47: Coronavirus amplifies geopolitical tensions
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and accelerated many of the geopolitical trends already underway. On this episode of The Bid, Tom Donilon, Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute and form...
21 Mai 202018min
46: 4 global perspectives on the coronavirus
The coronavirus has spread to more than 180 countries. As the virus has progressed worldwide, what lessons can we learn from how different regions have navigated the pandemic?On this episode of The Bi...
13 Mai 202024min
45: Are low interest rates the new normal?
The Federal Reserve in the U.S. recently cut interest rates to zero, and it isn’t the only central bank to lower rates in response to the coronavirus. But low interest rates have been a theme for long...
29 Apr 202027min
