What is Risk-Free Debt?
In this last video of the series, Keith explains how currency volatility can impact so-called risk-free investments.
Overview
UK Government debt is essentially risk free in the sense that the funder will receive their money back. However, other UK assets i.e. currencies are subject to volatility, and thus investors and traders face heavy risk.
Key learning objectives:
Identify if there are risks associated with UK Government debt
Be able to classify if all Government assets are risk-free
Explain how currency volatility affects returns
Summary
Expert
Keith Mullin
Keith is the founder and director of KM Capital Markets, a media and thought-leadership consultancy. He spent the past 35 years working in specialist capital markets media and has had a ring-side seat at all of the major market events. Prior to setting up KM Capital Markets in 2017, Keith worked at Thomson Reuters.
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