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Christian Kopf on liquidity and volatility in the European SSA bond market

Christian Kopf, head of fixed income at Union Investment, speaks to Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, about the difficult market conditions European public sector borrowers face. Kopf outlines the macro environment for fixed income and the rate hiking cycle, deteriorating liquidity and high volatility for European government bonds, and why

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Avoiding a debt crisis

The Bank of England’s intervention in September to restart gilt purchases to support markets and pension funds troubled by rising rates and unfunded fiscal expansion is a warning that fiscal considerations are becoming a more potent force in monetary decisions. It could also be an early test case for other quantitative easing countries grappling with

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Countdown to COP27: More African countries implementing sustainability-focused policies

With only days to go until COP27 takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, there is hope that it will focus on priority issues for the African continent, including addressing Africa’s climate challenges and the deadlock on climate finance. The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2022, published by OMFIF, found that more African countries are implementing

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Tammo Diemer on weak demand for Bunds, the repo market and EU joint debt

Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, sits down with Tammo Diemer, member of the management board at Deutsche Finanzagentur, to discuss the unprecedented volatility and challenges facing the German government bond market. Diemer discusses the weak demand facing Bunds – including the recent seven-year auction and 30-year syndication – the Finanzagentur’s

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Combatting money laundering and payments risk in digital assets

Lewis McLellan, DMI editor, is joined by two representatives from Promontory, a digital asset advisory service within IBM consulting. Elizabeth Severinovskaya, senior principal at Promontory specialising in anti-money laundering, and Lorena Rosero, principal at Promontory focusing on information risk management and the mitigation of cyber risks, discuss the challenges of policing the increasingly popular digital

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What’s next for the Italian economy?

In this podcast, former Italian diplomat Antonio Armellini and Silvia Dall’Angelo, senior economist at Federated Hermes, speak with OMFIF Economist Taylor Pearce about the economic consequences of the 25 September general election in Italy. They explain the factors that led to the victory of far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and explore the outlook for Italy’s

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In conversation with De Nederlandsche Bank: Nature risk and the role of central banks

Biodiversity loss is increasingly on financial market agendas and De Nederlandsche Bank has been assessing nature-related risks that financial institutions face. Saskia de Vries, head of the international financial architecture department at the financial stability division of De Nederlandsche Bank, speaks with Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, about the role of central

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Informing CBDC development with a qualitative look at consumer behaviour

Andrew Slack, strategic designer at SICPA, along with Erin Taylor, consultant, and Annette Broløs, associate consultant from Finthropology, join Lewis McLellan, Digital Monetary Institute editor, to discuss their fascinating new report on consumer behaviour in payments. They discuss the insights this research gives them into the priorities and concerns of citizens and how they can

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Bank of England independence under Truss

A fundamentally weak pound is not the best platform on which to base uncertainty about the Bank of England’s future. But, barring the withdrawal of independence, there are – after 25 years of the Monetary Policy Committee – real opportunities to make new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ review constructive. It must be thorough, non-political

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