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The Network for Greening the Financial System, a group of 34 central banks and supervisors, calls for collective action to green the financial system. With the issuing of the first NGFS report, Morgan Després, head of secretariat for NGFS and head of financial regulation policy at the Banque de France, and Frank van Lerven, senior […]

Sir Jonathan Faull, partner and chair of European public affairs at Brunswick, and Thomas Costerg, senior economist at Pictet Wealth Management, join Chris Ostrowski, director of commercial partnerships at OMFIF. They discuss the political and economic implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Further topics include the significance of the latest Brexit delay,

Samy Chaar, Chief Economist at Lombard Odier, and Danae Kyriakopoulou, Chief economist and Director of Research at OMFIF, discuss the policy outlook for the European Central Bank. They analyse the macroeconomic backdrop behind the recent dovish signals coming from the ECB, especially the weakening economic outlook in Italy and Germany and global headwinds from trade

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Amias Gerety, partner at QED Investors and former acting assistant secretary for financial institutions at the US Department of the Treasury. They discuss macroprudential policy in the US. They focus on the Financial Stability Oversight Council, including its role in the wider economy and its implications for

James Crabtree, associate professor of practice at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and formerly the Mumbai bureau chief for the Financial Times, joins OMFIF’s Ellie Groves. Ahead of India’s general election, they give an overview of the candidates, the key campaign issues and the possible outcomes. They go

Patrick Harker, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, joins Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research at OMFIF, in Frankfurt. They discuss the Federal Reserve’s outlook for the US economy, monetary policy, forward guidance, reserves management and global affairs affecting the financial system.  

Peter Andrews, senior adviser at Oxera and former chief economist at the Financial Conduct Authority, joins Ellie Groves, programmes manager at OMFIF. They discuss the risks and opportunities as shadow banking becomes a more established feature of the global financial sector.  

Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT, and Georgios Petropoulos, Research Fellow at Bruegel, join Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research at OMFIF, to discuss the impact of shifts in technology on labour markets, and whether ultimately these will be negative or positive on balance. They focus on factors such as changes in

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Nellie Liang, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. They discuss developments in macroprudential regulation in the US since the 2008 financial crisis, including policy-makers’ key tools, the role of stress tests and future policies.

Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and head of research at OMFIF, speaks to Vicky Pryce, former head of the UK Government Economic Service, Amelia Cox, co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Student Interest Group at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, and Hannah Bargawi, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at SOAS. They discuss the prospects for