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OMFIF - the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum - is an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy and public investment. A neutral platform for best practice in worldwide public-private sector exchanges.

News and commentary

Excess foreign exchange grumbling

Relative calm for major currencies

Mark Sobel 24 September 2020

Politics and practicality: the German-British mix David Marsh, 24 September 2020

Normalisation: You wouldn’t start from here Ellie Groves, 23 September 2020

Strategic outlook for gold OMFIF, 23 September 2020

Energy transition must accelerate Nandita Parshad, 22 September 2020

Europe ‘heading for transfer union’ Claudia Scholz, 22 September 2020

Realignment of financial markets towards sustainable development

Socioeconomic resilience in the face of risks such as the pandemic and climate change is moving to the forefront of agendas across the financial sector.

Navigating the digitalisation transformation

Virtual panel Fri 25 Sep 2020, 07:45 - 10:30. Virtual.

The economics of artificial intelligence and machine learning

Virtual panel Tue 29 Sep 2020, 09:30 - 11:30. Philadelphia.

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Analysis

Latest Bulletin

July 2020: Uncharted waters: Navigating the post-Covid recovery

Summer 2020 Vol.11 Ed.3 As lockdowns ease and the world enters the mysterious, ...
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Latest report

The role of data in sustainable investment, policy and regulation

The move towards sustainability is accelerating even as the global economy grapples with ...
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Navigating the digitalisation transformation

François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor, Banque de FranceVirtual panel Fri 25 Sep 2020, 07:45 - 10:30. Virtual.

The economics of artificial intelligence and machine learning

Patrick Harker and Simon Freyaldenhoven, Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaVirtual panel Tue 29 Sep 2020, 09:30 - 11:30. Philadelphia.

State Street Global Advisors roundtable: Public investors in the COVID-19 world

Virtual roundtable Wed 30 Sep 2020 - Thu 1 Oct 2020, 14:00 - 16:25. .

Outlook for Asean post-Covid

Virtual panel Wed 30 Sep 2020, 16:00 - 17:15. Virtual.

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The OMFIF podcast

Alberto Musalem, former executive vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, joins Mark Sobel to discuss September’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Neil Macdonald, head of the Wealth and Asset Management Centre of Excellence at KPMG, and Amar Gill, APAC head of investment stewardship at Blackrock, talk about the changing nature of asset management.

James McGregor, chairman of APCO Worldwide, and Andy Rothman, investment strategist at Matthews Asia, discuss economic and political developments in US-China relations.

Jun Saito, senior research fellow at the Japanese Centre for Economic Research, and Kotaro Tamura, adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, discuss the priorities for the country’s next leader.