When does corruption have an impact on markets?
Long-term investors are surprisingly sanguine about the erosion of democratic norms in America
Long-term investors are surprisingly sanguine about the erosion of democratic norms in America

Corporates try to take advantage of market rebounds rather than risk further turbulence or US midterm elections

A wave of documentaries are bringing viewers up close to increasingly sinister threats to democracy around the world

Investors’ first duty is to their stakeholders, not to politicians trying to fund spending and infrastructure

Political pressure in response to public anxiety will demand policy responses

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour

They offer a troubling opportunity to manipulate public perceptions of the outcome of political events