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Establishing a new framework for international climate finance

Sustainable Policy Institute /

Vera Songwe, a non-resident senior fellow in the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution and co-chair of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance, joins Katerina Atkins, programme coordinator at OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, to explore the key outcomes and challenges from the COP28 climate summit. They discuss the agreement to transition away […]

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Navigating the new norm: the long-term outlook for inflation and implications for investors

Economic and Monetary Policy Institute /

Max Castelli, head of strategy, sovereign institutions, and Philipp Salman, director of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets, UBS Asset Management, join Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, to discuss macroeconomic challenges marked by exogenous shocks. They explore the short- and long-term outlook for inflation and the potential for a ‘higher-for-longer’ interest rate environment. The

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Unlocking the benefits of smart contracts for retail CBDCs

Digital Monetary Institute /

Katie-Ann Wilson, managing director of OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute, is joined by Peter Faykiss, director of digitalisation at Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Imre Kocsis and László Gönczy, associate professors at Budapest University of Technology, and Chris Ostrowski, chief executive officer of SODA, to explore what we mean by programmable money and its potential impacts on how

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The IMF’s role in Ukraine’s economy and financing

Economic and Monetary Policy Institute /

The International Monetary Fund’s Ukraine team joins OMFIF to discuss the stabilisation of the Ukrainian economy over the past year. They assess the critical role played by the Fund’s programme and foreign financing for Ukraine, as well as Ukraine’s progress on combatting corruption and strengthening the domestic financial system. Speakers: Mark Sobel, US Chair, OMFIF

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Improving grant delivery and management for emergency responses

Digital Monetary Institute /

There has been a rise in the number of people needing humanitarian assistance over recent years, resulting in disaster response public funding having to tackle immediate and longer-term socio-economic challenges. Gareth Owen, humanitarian director of Save the Children UK and Simon Inglis, partner, grants & relief funds management at EY join OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute

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Enhancing retail government bond programmes to improve diversification

Sovereign Debt Institute /

In the second part of a special mini-series on the European retail government bond market, Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, speaks to senior officials at the Hungarian, Irish and Romanian debt management offices about how they are developing their retail bond programmes. Zoltán Kurali, chief executive officer of Hungary’s debt

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How European DMOs are embracing the return of retail investors

Sovereign Debt Institute /

In the first of two parts in a special mini-series on the European retail government bond market, Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, speaks to senior officials at the Belgian and Portuguese debt management offices about their record-breaking retail bond programmes this year. Rui Amaral, board member, Portugal’s debt management office

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Investment needs for the energy transition

Sustainable Policy Institute /

Diala Hawila, Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre programme officer at International Renewable Energy Agency, speaks with Katerina Atkins, programme coordinator at OMFIF, about the energy transition investment required under the 1.5°C scenarios, geographical aspects and key financing tools. They both discuss the importance of innovative instruments for under-invested countries, the need to expand the definition

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From conception to implementation: the CBDC journey

Digital Monetary Institute /

Whether or not they eventually go through with it, virtually every central bank will, sooner or later, at least consider issuing a digital currency. Whatever their aims and strategic priorities, they will need to go through a process of strategy formation, examination and experimentation. This process is fraught with challenges and must be carefully constructed

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Maintaining liquidity in times of crisis

Economic and Monetary Policy Institute /

Max Castelli, head of strategy, sovereign institutions, and Philipp Salman, director of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets, UBS Asset Management, spoke with Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, about financial liquidity. They looked at how institutional investors have balanced liquidity needs with their pursuit of higher returns over the past decade and how these

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