Past Events & Webinars

12 February 2025

The first tumultuous month of the Trumpian tornado and its economic repercussions

Financial economist Victor Hill dissects the flurry of executive orders that have defined the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second Presidential term. Is he instigating a trade war or re-opening global negotiations of the past?

In this talk with Master Investor’s Sarah Lowther, Victor makes a prediction about the conflict in Ukraine and explains why Elon Musk views the upcoming election in Germany as “the most consequential European election since the war”.

The United Kingdom’s fiscal situation is laid bare as is the fate of the ‘Tech Bros’ with some commentators foreshadowing the ‘twilight of the U.S.’s tech oligarchs’.

9 January 2025

2025 – The global economy and year-ahead end games

2025 heralds the second Trump administration predicted to be transactional and strategic, but will it result in ceasefires relating to wars and economic inertia?

In this lookahead to 2025, financial economist Victor Hill discusses the global outlook through the lenses of politics, financial markets and the evolution of Muskonomics as the billionaire is used as a litmus test for the EV revolution in China.

In this conversation with Master Investor’s Sarah Lowther he also delves into the U.K. economic landscape and discusses if there’s a sequel to Rachel Reeves’ Autumn budget and whether she’ll release her fiscal corset.