With defence spending rising year on year, 2026 is shaping up to be a defining moment for the global defence funding landscape. Join OMFIF for the Defence funding forum, a must-attend half-day programme of expert-led panel discussions that brings together key stakeholders from across the defence, finance and policy communities. The forum convenes leading figures
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As innovation in payments continues to reshape financial market infrastructures, central banks face the dual challenge of supporting technological progress while maintaining trust in the monetary system. Ali Moussavi, head of policy and international strategy in the Bank of England’s payments innovation and fintech directorate, joins OMFIF to discuss how digital forms of money are
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State Street Investment Management and OMFIF invite senior representatives from central banks, public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to an exclusive, in-person roundtable in London. This high-level forum examines the latest economic and investment trends shaping the global landscape. Programme highlights: • Fireside conversation: Geopolitics and its influence on global markets and policy decisions
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The MENA sovereign, supranational and agency forum brings together SSA issuers from across the Middle East and North Africa, alongside global investors and market participants, for an in-depth discussion on the forces shaping the region’s debt capital markets. As global monetary conditions evolve and fiscal frameworks adapt, MENA issuers are navigating a rapidly transforming funding
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Dennis Novy, chief economist and director of analysis at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, joins OMFIF to discuss Britain’s global economic position as a place for trade, investment and innovation. The discussion delves into the changing global economic landscape and developing international partnerships in a volatile geopolitical environment.
The European Central Bank has maintained its key interest rates at around 2% for more than half a year. This steady stance reflects inflation stabilising near the 2% target and a commitment to a data-dependent approach amid global trade uncertainties. At the same time, euro area capital markets show cautious optimism: equity markets have outperformed
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OMFIF is hosting its fourth China-UK investor forum, which is now an established central platform for examining and developing areas of mutual economic benefit for China and the UK. The event brings together perspectives from both the public and private sectors. It features senior representatives from sovereign funds, public pension funds, asset managers, wealth managers,
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Over the past three years, OMFIF collaborates with EY on a project exploring how to improve public finance management. Following a series of roundtable discussions, the project culminates in a report that challenges the traditional view of public money as simply the funds raised and spent by governments annually. The report advocates a new fiscal
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Geopolitical developments have led to economic policy uncertainty, while recent research indicates growing fragmentation in trade and financial flows. Against this backdrop, Fritzi Köhler-Geib, member of the executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, joins OMFIF to discuss strengthening European resilience by completing the single market and integrating financial markets, as well as highlighting reforms to
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Mário Centeno was most recently governor of Banco de Portugal. He joins OMFIF to discuss the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy in Europe. He delves into the engagement between monetary and fiscal policy-makers to address current economic challenges, alleviating tensions in such coordination, and future objectives.
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