Topic: Global Forces, Local Impacts: How World Events are Shaping the NZ economy

Description: Between geo-political realignments, tariffs, AI, and many other forces there’s a lot going on in the world. This seminar will examine how current international developments may affect the New Zealand economy in 2026 and beyond. 

Speaker: Shamubeel Eaqub is the Chief Economist at Simplicity. He graduated with Honours in Economics from Lincoln University and is also a CFA Charterholder. He has 25 years of experience as an economist in Wellington, Melbourne and Auckland in leading financial institutions and consultancy (ANZ Bank, Goldman Sachs JBWere, NZIER, Sense Partners and Simplicity).