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 »
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
Gender balance: is this the best we can do? Read More »
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
The OMFIF/KPMG series: Leveraging digital solutions for banking Read More »
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
ECB future direction and central bank independence Read More »
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
Italy’s G20 priorities Read More »
