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‘Walking the tightrope’: How China is balancing geopolitics and economics

Dennis Shen, macroeconomist and director of sovereign ratings at Scope Ratings, speaks with Taylor Pearce, economist at OMFIF, about China’s economic relations with the US and Europe in the global macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape. Dennis discusses how China is balancing its political and economic interests in the face of western sanctions on Russia, assesses the

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How can central banks innovate in the digital age?

Xiaochen Zhang is principal manager at Amazon Web Services. Prior to AWS, Xiaochen worked with many portfolio companies in launching new offers, entering into new markets and building transformative collaborative initiatives on central bank digital currencies, sustainable development and blockchain. Xiaochen built strong collaborations with government agencies, multinational organisations and financial institutions through work with

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Developing ESG talent in financial markets

Sherry Madera, senior vice president, public policy and government affairs at Mastercard and co-chair of the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance, Matthew Blake, head of financial and monetary system initiatives at the World Economic Forum, and Haleh Nazeri, platform curator, financial services, WEF, join Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute. They explore the

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Regulating cryptoassets: balancing innovation and financial stability

At the global Digital Monetary Institute symposium, ‘Central banks and digital currencies’, Philip Middleton, DMI chairman, spoke with Ashley Alder, chief executive officer of the Securities and Futures Commission, and vice chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. Exploring the regulation of cryptoassets, they discussed the need to balance innovation in

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In conversation with Øystein Olsen, former governor of Norges Bank

Øystein Olsen, governor of Norges Bank for 11 years up to 28 February, speaks to David Marsh, OMFIF chairman, about the lessons he has learned over four decades in public service, including in helping to steer the world’s largest sovereign fund. Olsen, a veteran energy economist and formerly Norway’s statistics supremo, has become a member of

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Looking back on 25 years of the MPC

Andrew Sentance, former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, speaks to Neil Williams, OMFIF’s chief economist, on the 25th anniversary of the MPC. With the committee a ‘quarter century not out’, Sentance shares his experience of being one of the more outspoken members. While covering the MPC’s numerous runs scored since 1997,

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Strategies and policies for the clean energy transition in Germany

Philipp Steinberg, director general for economic policy and energy and ministry coordinator for sustainable development in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, joins Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, to discuss Germany’s policies and strategies for reaching net zero. They touch upon regulatory frameworks – including Germany’s relationship with the EU taxonomy – the implications of the

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Moving beyond ESG

Anne Simpson, newly appointed global head of sustainability at Franklin Templeton, joins Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, to discuss the need for a more holistic approach to environmental, social and governance issues. They examine the convergence of standards and the impact of the newly created International Sustainability Standards Board, the role of

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Quantum computing and the threat to standard cryptography

The advent of widely available quantum computing poses an existential threat to present techniques and standards of cryptography. William Gee, partner, innovation and digitalisation, PWC, and Andrew Cheung, president and chief executive officer of 01 Communique Lab, join Lewis McLellan, editor of OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute, to discuss the implications of a new, more powerful

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Is CBDC a necessary component of a digitalised capital markets infrastructure?

OMFIF’s Philip Middleton, Digital Monetary Institute chair, sits down with Denis Beau, deputy governor at Banque de France, to discuss whether central bank digital currencies are a necessary component of a digitalised capital markets infrastructure. This podcast is taken from our ‘Future of capital markets’ report launch on 31 March 2022. Watch more here. Watch

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