EU political developments ‘biggest risk to investors’

The success of anti-EU parties and fraying bonds among EU nations are the biggest risks facing investors in 2015, says the Eurasia Group.

The standoff over Ukraine between Russia and the US and its European allies, China’s slowing economy and Islamic State’s designs outside of its Iraqi and Syrian bases are among the New York-based Eurasia Group’s leading threats for this year, according to its annual Top Risks report released yesterday.

The US use of sanctions and access to capital markets to impose its objectives on financial institutions and on states — what Eurasia Group terms the “weaponisation of finance” — round out its five top risks for 2015.