News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
Carving out new opportunities to improve gender balance
Senior technology roles in financial institutions could be a promising avenue for women in leadership
| By Arunima Sharan and Katerina Liu
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How debt-for-nature swaps can affect sovereign credit
Buyback of sovereign bonds at discount can be viewed as default by Moody’s
Fitch downgrade of US is odd but not pointless
The decision hopefully signals a longer-term wake-up call
Increase in foreign investors will help to stabilise UK gilt market
Overseas gilt holders bring value in diversity
Primary dealers profit from ‘destroying their own credits’
Use of private placements to fill engineered shorts distort government bond market
It’s time to get creative on Ukraine’s debt
Public and private sector lenders must work together
‘Bonds are back’ as reserve managers seek steady income
Global public investors battle pressures from multiple fronts
Central and eastern European sovereigns must step up GSS issuance
Investors ‘disappointed’ with slow development of green, social and sustainable bonds
Borrowers urged to issue more sustainability-linked bonds
Narrowly missing targets is a sign of issuer ambition – not failure
Should SSA and sovereign markets be grouped together?
Public sector bond market divided over how to boost liquidity in Europe
Real-time settlement of bonds is ‘fundamentally problematic’
Still a long way to go in digitalisation of debt capital markets
Governments, central banks and commercial banks ‘joined at the hip’
Continuing the constant debate about money
EU primary dealer exits underline pressure facing smaller banks
Fears that more bank departures will follow
Slow-burning route to financial disorder
Central banks as sorcerers: well-intentioned actions with disastrous results
India poised between global clout and looming domestic threats
Strong economic growth, but democracy at risk
NDB begins ‘new journey’ after selling first bond since Russia-Ukraine conflict
Bank starts road to redemption with capital markets return
Inflation, ideology, debt and war: unsettling snapshot from OMFIF advisory council
‘We haven’t yet found out who is swimming naked when the tide recedes’
