OMFIF - Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum

State of the Union

Following the appointment of Mark Sobel as US chairman, OMFIF is extending its track record in providing a platform for US economic and monetary policy representatives with a series of meetings across the globe. Drawing audiences from the public and private sectors, current and former US policy-makers will discuss the country’s economic outlook, the future of interest rates and the effectiveness of quantitative easing, as well as trade, commerce and investment issues and other topics of domestic and international importance.

The Bulletin: Digital Invasion

Changes in financial regulation introduced in the light of the financial and banking crises of the past decade, in conjunction with rapid progress in fields such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, are creating shifts in the relationship between technology and the banking industry. Fintech companies are capitalising on the regulatory challenges banks face, especially when it comes to servicing smaller customers, as well as in relation to their biggest asset – data – which is helping them offer a more cost-effective service.

Investment increases in real assets

‘Real Momentum: Global Public Investors and the Real Assets Market’ is based on a survey of Global Public Investors representing over $4.6tn in assets under management. The findings reveal investors’ growing appetite for infrastructure and real estate, coinciding with the growing need for investment in such projects around the globe.

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Global Public Investor 2018

The global economic recovery and upturn in equity markets boosted central bank, sovereign fund and public pension fund assets by $2.5tn in 2017 according to Global Public Investor. The $2.5tn surge, representing a 7.3% rise from 2016 to $36tn, is the largest such increase in the five years since OMFIF began tracking the assets under management of the 750 institutions covered in GPI 2018.

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Interactive databank for GPI

For the first time, OMFIF is offering a comprehensive interactive online databank available as a practical resource for the reserves management and research departments of all global public investors, and their counterparts in the asset management and banking community. Users can filter five years of data by individual GPI, type of institution and region to chart changes in assets under management.