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1. Social Return on Investment (SROI) is one tool for measuring the social impact generated by an organisation or project. It does so by benchmarking social outputs, such as meals provided or vaccines delivered, and assigning them financial values ($).
a. Consider the main approaches to ESG investing.
b. Identify which approach is most likely to use SROI as part of their portfolio construction considerations.
2. The recent past has seen a rise in anti-globalisation rhetoric and policy. Discuss the current trend in trade protectionism by comparing this to the theory of mercantilism. Identify possible causes for this trend.
3. Helania is a small country in Eastern Europe with a hard peg currency system that uses the euro. The country is undergoing a string of financial deregulations and is considering adopting a new FX system. As such, the Helanian government is considering creating its own currency, the Helanian 'Hela'. To do so, the government is considering two system options: (1) a conventional-pegged arrangement to the euro; or (2) a free-floating Hela.
a. Discuss how these new systems would compare to their current arrangement.
b. Identify the main disadvantages to adopting either system.