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Feb 2025
20m 53s

Investment Ideas: Debt

ACTUARIES INSTITUTE
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As nations continue to respond to crises by taking on more debt, are we kicking the can down the road on global debt sustainability?

In the second episode of Investment Ideas, Debt, Douglas Isles sits down with Simon Warner, Head of Portfolio Management at Aware Super, to explore how investors should think about debt sustainability and the factors that influence debt markets.
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