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How Covid-19 is widening gender gap

How Covid-19 is widening gender gap

Targeted policies needed to prevent magnifying inequalities
Modern monetary theory would produce chaos Otmar Issing, 26 November 2020
APAC financial inclusion rides high through the power of the cloud Bhavin Patel and Brandon Chye, 25 November 2020
Yellen at the Treasury Mark Sobel, 25 November 2020
Power and globalisation at the Bank of England David Marsh and Ellie Groves, 24 November 2020
The UK loses as Labour fails to get its act together Meghnad Desai, 23 November 2020
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Meetings

Outlook for the UK economy

Virtual roundtable Mon 30 Nov 2020, 15:00 - 16:00. Virtual.
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Developments in fintech and regtech

Virtual panel Tue 1 Dec 2020, 11:00 - 12:30. Virtual.
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Analysis

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Autumn 2020: State of the union

Autumn 2020: State of the union

Autumn 2020 Vol.11 Ed.4 Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House upended US ...
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Enabling financial inclusion in APAC through the cloud

Enabling financial inclusion in APAC through the cloud

APAC financial inclusion surges forward through the power of the cloud Policy-makers in ...
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Meetings

Outlook for the UK economy

James Benford, Director of Economics, HM TreasuryVirtual roundtable Mon 30 Nov 2020, 15:00 - 16:00. Virtual.
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Developments in fintech and regtech

Jeff Bandman, Founder, Bandman Advisors; Fintech Adviser, US Commodity Futures Trading CommissionVirtual panel Tue 1 Dec 2020, 11:00 - 12:30. Virtual.
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The global regulatory agenda in the face of Covid-19

Ashley Alder, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures CommissionVirtual panel Wed 2 Dec 2020, 17:00 - 18:00. Virtual.
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North Africa’s economic outlook: Tunisia’s economy, regional integration and financial innovation

Marouane El Abassi, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia H.E. Nabil Ben Khedher, Ambassador of Tunisia to the UK, Embassy of TunisiaVirtual roundtable Thu 3 Dec 2020, 10:30 - 11:30. Virtual.
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The OMFIF podcast

Tim Jones, executive director of the Tata Group, joins Philip Middleton, chairman of the Digital Monetary Institute, to discuss the future of digital cash.

Robert Lovelace, vice-chairman of Capital Group, joins OMFIF’s Angelia Lee to discuss his forecast for global markets and investment opportunities.

Paul Kent, global infrastructure head of smart cities at KPMG, and Paul Lam, digital strategy lead at AIIB, join OMFIF’s Brandon Chye to explore the development of smart cities.

Heath Tarbert, chairman and chief executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, joins Mark Sobel, US Chairman of OMFIF, to discuss the CFTC’s work in managing the Covid-19 crisis

Recent meetings

The role of governments, policy-makers and finance in building green infrastructure
Virtual panel

The role of governments, policy-makers and finance in building green infrastructure

Thu 26 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Global economic crisis and gender equality
Virtual panel

Global economic crisis and gender equality

Fernanda Nechio, Deputy Governor, Banco Central do Brasil, Ratna Sahay, Deputy Director Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Enabling financial inclusion in APAC through the cloud
Virtual panel

Enabling financial inclusion in APAC through the cloud

Benjamin Diokno, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Serey Chea, Assistant Governor, National Bank of Cambodia
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Digital operational resilience in the financial sector
Virtual panel

Digital operational resilience in the financial sector

Rahul Prabhakar, Arthur Lindo, Peter Kerstens
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Consequences of success and failure: Making a modern central bank
Launch, Virtual panel

Consequences of success and failure: Making a modern central bank

Mon 23 Nov 2020
Virtual
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GPP 2020 Asia launch – Funds face a defining moment
Virtual panel

GPP 2020 Asia launch – Funds face a defining moment

Fri 20 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Federal reserve financial stability report
Virtual panel

Federal reserve financial stability report

Andreas Lehnert, Director of the financial stability division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Virtual
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GPP 2020 launch - Funds face a defining moment
Launch, Virtual panel

GPP 2020 launch – Funds face a defining moment

Thu 19 Nov 2020
Virtual
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When central bank digital currency is the solution: Future of capital markets and wholesale payments
Virtual panel

When central bank digital currency is the solution: Future of capital markets and wholesale payments

Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Addressing climate change with capital markets
Virtual panel

Addressing climate change with capital markets

Leslie Maasdorp, Vice-President, New Development Bank
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Virtual
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Growing pains: the story of the euro
Virtual roundtable

Growing pains: the story of the euro

Yves Mersch, member of the Executive Board and vice-chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Virtual
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World Economic Outlook update and macroeconomic implications of US election
Virtual panel

World Economic Outlook update and macroeconomic implications of US election

Thu 12 Nov 2020
Virtual
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