Volume 4 – 10 Jan 2024
Look Forward
Funding the Future
Welcome to Look Forward. In this issue, our teams take you inside some of the biggest trends shaping the business world and global economy from now until the end of the decade.
For my entire career, I’ve been working with data —for energy markets, to manage risk and to make strategic investments. The data and analysis in this report point to a future in which leaders face a more challenging and costly operating environment. At a time when the need to finance economic growth, climate resilience, the energy transition and aging populations is as great as ever, decision-makers must also confront higher debt levels, higher interest rates and higher degrees of fragmentation within and among nations.
Despite the uneven state of global affairs, I remain optimistic about the years ahead. I still believe in the value of public-private partnerships and in the power of technology and innovation to execute and finance the transition to a sustainable future. Finding solutions won’t be straightforward, but leaders have the data and insights to inform their thinking and to propel organizations to success.
In closing, I want to thank Look Forward’s researchers, analysts, writers and editors for the fabulous work they do, and I want to thank you, our readers, for your interest in the insights our teams have uncovered about the themes transforming our world.
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Douglas L. Peterson
President and Chief Executive Officer, S&P Global
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Co-chair, S&P Global Research Council
Alexandra Dimitrijevic
Global Head of Research & Development
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Co-chair, S&P Global Research Council
Atul Arya, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist
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Martina L. Cheung
President, S&P Global Ratings
S&P Global Mobility
Ali Adim
Senior Research Analyst, Supply Chain & Technology
S&P Global Ratings
Marion Amiot
Head of Climate Economics & European Economist
S&P Global Mobility
Tim Armstrong
Senior Vice President, Planning Solutions
S&P Global Ratings
Terence Chan, CFA
Managing Director and Senior Research Fellow, Credit Research & Insights
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Miriam Fernández, CFA
Director, Analytical Innovation
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Paul Gruenwald, Ph.D.
Global Chief Economist
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Nathan Hunt
Head of Content & Digital Marketing
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Christine Ip
Associate, Credit Research APAC
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Alex Johnston
Research Analyst
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Sudeep Kesh
Chief Innovation Officer
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Shankar Krishnamurthy
Head of EssentialTech COE and Innovation, S&P Global
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Gregg Lemos-Stein
Chief Analytical Officer, Corporate Ratings
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Jeff Meyer
Director, Energy and Mobility
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Marko Mrsnik
Managing Director, Sovereign Ratings
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Joydeep Mukherji
Sector Lead, Sovereign Ratings, Americas
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Paul Munday, Ph.D.
Director Climate Adaptation & Resilience Global Expert
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Carlos Pascual
Head of Geopolitics & International Affairs
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Nick Patience
Research Director
S&P Global Ratings
Jose Perez-Gorozpe
Head of Credit Research Emerging Markets
S&P Global Ratings
Roberto Sifon-Arevalo
Chief Analytical Officer, Sovereign and IPF Ratings
S&P Global Ratings
Eunice Tan
Head of Credit Research, Asia-Pacific
S&P Global Ratings
David Tesher
Head of Credit Research, North America
S&P Global Ratings
Samuel Tilleray
Associate Director, Sovereign Ratings,
Emmanuel Volland
Global Sector Lead, Financial Institutions
S&P Global Ratings
Paul Watters, CFA
Managing Director, Head of European Credit Research
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ken Wattret
Vice-President, Global Economics
S&P Global Ratings
Ruth Yang
Managing Director, Global Head of Ratings Thought Leadership
S&P Global Ratings
Yucheng Zheng
Director, Credit Research & Insights
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