Margaret Kuhlow, finance practice leader at WWF, joins Emma McGarthy, programme manager of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, to discuss how finance can be a powerful tool for addressing climate change, and how financial flows can be directed to meet the Paris agreement objectives. They discuss how building a resilient recovery from Covid-19 can help make […]
David Marsh, OMFIF chairman, is joined by Marek Mora, deputy governor, Czech National Bank, and Zuzana Schwidrowski, director, public finance, Scope Ratings, to discuss the CNB’s monetary response to Covid-19 and the challenges confronting central banks. They delve into a multitude of topics including the CNB’s pandemic track record, the possible extension of the ECB’s
Overcoming monetary challenges during the pandemic: view from central Europe Read More »
OMFIF’s Katie-Ann Wilson and Bhavin Patel discuss the forthcoming DMI Journal and offer a sneak peek into what you can expect at the DMI’s inaugural Symposium on the 28-29 April. The Journal covers the latest developments in the payment space, insights from the Bank of England’s real-time gross settlement team, and the move from competition
In focus: DMI Journal and Symposium Read More »
Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research at OMFIF, is joined by Ernst Welteke, former president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, and David Marsh, chairman of OMFIF, to delve into issues surrounding the European Central Bank’s governing council meeting on 22 April. They touch upon the increase in European and German inflation, potential influence on
President Joe Biden’s administration promises a reset for much of the diplomacy we’ve seen from the US over the last four years. Covid-19 has caused an unprecedented shock to states in the Americas, while slow growth, an oil price shock and political instability trouble many economies across Latin America. With diverging responses to the health
Economics and diplomacy in the Americas under Biden Read More »
Public versus private blockchains Read More »
The infrastructure sector is evolving, putting greater emphasis on sustainability, digitalisation and the use of data to inform planning decisions. OMFIF’s Kat Usita speaks to Richard Threlfall, global head of infrastructure for KPMG, and Imad Fakhoury, global director of the infrastructure finance, PPPs and guarantees group of the World Bank, about their views on these
The OMFIF/KPMG series: Emerging trends in infrastructure Read More »
Lady Suzanne Heywood and Lords Meghnad Desai and Norman Lamont join John Orchard, OMFIF’s chief executive officer, to discuss her book on her late husband, What Does Jeremy Think?: Jeremy Heywood and the Making of Modern Britain. The book, as much a moving biography as it is an exploration of the machinery at the heart
OMFIF’s Ellie Groves, deputy head of programming and Europe manager, and Natalia Ospina, research assistant, give an overview of OMFIF’s varied activities during a challenging first quarter of 2021. OMFIF podcasts, meetings and publications tackled a problem many are asking: how to achieve a sustainable recovery from Covid. We also covered themes related to the
First quarter in focus Read More »
Cryptoassets: EU legal and regulatory approach Read More »
