Presentation:
World in Motion: The Economics of Global Affairs
Speaker:
Eric Shimp
Vice President, International Government Relations
Principal Financial Group
Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 13th
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location:
Virtual through Zoom
This presentation is approved for 1 CFP CE!
About the Presentation: Get a better understanding of the impacts of domestic and foreign economic policies on retirement planning, investment decision making and global financial institutions both at a corporate and a sovereign level.
Objectives of this presentation include:
- Current Geopolitical Risks and steps to take to avoid them
- Ongoing Trade negotiations and the impacts these could have on investments
- Global Investment and sanction issues that need to be considered
- Updated reform policies being considered by US government and how these could affect financial planning going forward.
About the Speaker: Eric Shimp – Vice President – International Government Relations at Principal Financial Group
Eric manages international government affairs for Principal Financial Group, advising the company’s global asset management and pension businesses on a range of geopolitical risk and regulatory issues. Eric coordinates the company’s advocacy before foreign governments and international organizations on issues such as pension reform, financial inclusion and the development of ESG-related regulatory policy.
He has advised sovereign governments on trade negotiations, and foreign and economic policy issues, counseled corporations and financial institutions on geopolitical risk, cross-border trade, investment and sanctions issues, and represented clients before the U.S. government and Congress, as well as before governments in the European Union, East Asia and the Middle East.
Eric has a B.A. in International Relations from Drake University and an M.A. in International Affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. His languages are Mandarin Chinese and French.
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