OMFIF’s 8th annual Gender Balance Index found that fewer than 1% of leading global financial institutions have achieved gender balance. The report looked at 540 institutions, including central banks, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and commercial banks. While some progress has been made, the numbers do not point to success. Patricia Haas-Cleveland, OMFIF’s president, US […]
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Bhavin Patel, head of fintech research at OMFIF, is joined by Judd Caplain, global head of banking and capital markets at KPMG, and Olivier Dang, global chief operating officer for the wholesale digital office at Nomura. They discuss digitalisation trends and how new initiatives can be successful, as solutions and architectures require more focus and
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Otmar Issing, former chief economist at the European Central Bank and Lord Mervyn King, former Governor at the Bank of England discuss the current monetary policy landscape. Discussing the ECB’s role in Covid-19 crisis response and the long term path back to normalising monetary policy. King and Issing consider the changing role for central bank’s
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Alessandro Rivera, director general of Italy’s treasury and this year’s chair of the G20 finance deputies, joins Mark Sobel, OMFIF US chairman, for this OMFIF podcast. Rivera discusses the key priorities for Italy’s G20 presidency, presenting his country’s agenda for financial regulation, international financial architecture and international tax issues. He also offers his perspective on
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Blockchain, crypto & digital currencies – a gamechanger for traditional finance Read More »
Francesco Papadia, senior fellow at Bruegel and previously of the European Central Bank and Banca d´Italia, Bill Papadakis, macro strategist at Banque Lombard Odier, and John Nugée, who has an expansive career in the world of reserve management including spells at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Bank of England, join OMFIF’s Ellie Groves. Drawing
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Wolfram Seidemann, chief executive officer of G+D Currency Technology, joins John Orchard, CEO of OMFIF, to discuss how to overcome the major roadblocks, concerns and challenges of introducing a central bank digital currency and how policy-makers could address privacy concerns. They touch upon how a lack of financial literacy may impact the adoption of CBDC.
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Tamara Singh, head of Asia Pacific, speaks with Julian Vella, co-head of infrastructure at KPMG in Hong Kong, and Zheng Yu, professor at the school of international relations and public affairs at Fudan University, about the evolution of Asia’s special economic zones. They cover emerging trends in the development of fit-for-purpose cities, delving into the
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Since the Suez crisis and imperial retreat, the UK has seesawed between affiliation to the US and to Europe, for a while managing both. What drove its decisions and were there better choices? Does Brexit change the geopolitical logic? How will the UK square its economic and strategic imperatives? Talking to OMFIF’s John Orchard, Philip
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OMFIF’s Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research, and Clive Horwood, managing editor and deputy chief executive officer, discuss the Sustainable Policy Institute’s Gender Balance Index, which was launched on 8th March. In this podcast, they talk about the expansion of the report to include commercial banks, the importance of gender diversity and what
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