The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing Preston Keat Eurasia Group, Director of Research Friday, March 13th Petroleum Club 800 Bell Street 43rd Floor

For this program we have these partners:    The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge For Strategic Investing will be on sale at the program for $27.95 plus tax. In the international economy, politics can matter at least as much as economic fundamentals. Governments suddenly seize oil fields. They support weak currencies. They refuse to meet sovereign debts despite having the capacity to do it. While investors may recognize the importance of political risks, until now they have not the tools to analyze, evaluate, and predict them. Preston Keat will outline current global political risks and will recommend on how corporations can understand and manage these challenges. Preston Keat is Director of Research at Eurasia Group. He received a doctorate in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has held research and faculty positions at Columbia University, UCLA, and Bard College. Dr. Keat has extensively research the emerging European countries, including Poland, Hungary, and Turkey. His research covers emerging markets, political economy, risk management and early warning, and country and city stability. He is the co-author, with Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, of The Fat Tail the Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing, it will be for sale and signing at the program.