On Demand (Podcasts)

Chris Ostrowski, OMFIF’s Head of Commercial Partnerships, speaks with Marco Cattaneo, of the Group of Fiscal Money in Italy. The Group of Fiscal Money advocate the introduction of a new financial instrument which would curtail threat of Italian exit from the euro area.

Rein de Loor, programmes manager at OMFIF, is joined by Darrell Delamaide, US editor at OMFIF and writer for Handelsblatt Global. They discuss US monetary policy in 2018, developments at the Federal Reserve and in US economics, and the global outlook for 2019.

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, is joined by David Marsh, OMFIF chairman, and Yu Jie, head of China foresight at the London School of Economics. Their discussion focuses on the political and economic events that shaped 2018, as well risks and prospects for 2019. Topics include US-China relations, protectionism, and trade war implications on

Political risk series: ‘US-China trade war and implications for Asia-Pacific region’. Ellie Groves, programmes manager – emerging markets at OMFIF, is joined by Kishore Mahbubani, academic and former diplomat in the Singapore Foreign Service, to discuss the history of the US-China relationship and the implications of the ongoing trade war, including possible resolutions to the

Marcin Stepan, deputy head of meetings at OMFIF, is joined by Francesco Papadia, fellow at Bruegel and former director general for market operations at the European Central Bank and Alexander Petrov, assistant vice-president, policy and research, Official Institutions Group, State Street Global Advisors. They discuss the December 2018 ECB monetary policy meeting as the central

Political risk series: ‘The retreat of globalisation’. Rein de Loor, programmes manager at OMFIF, is joined by Gervais Williams, senior executive director at Miton Group and author of the book The Retreat of Globalisation. They discuss geopolitical developments affecting globalisation, changing narratives on global economics and the outlook for globalism in the 21st century.

Political risk series: ‘The Brexit deal, scenarios after the parliamentary vote and implications for markets’. Marcin Stepan, OMFIF’s deputy head of meetings, is joined by Hetal Mehta, senior European economist with Legal & General Investment Management, Denis MacShane, former Europe minister under UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Anand Menon, director of the UK in

Ellie Groves, OMFIF programmes manager for emerging markets, is joined by Lord (Meghnad) Desai to discuss the political and economic implications of government pressure on the Reserve Bank of India. Desai examines the importance of central bank independence for global capital markets and promoting investment into a country, why the government of Prime Minister Narendra

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Caroline Atkinson, former deputy national security adviser for international economics to US President Barack Obama. During this time, she served as the US ‘sherpa’ at G7 and G20 summits. They discuss the forthcoming G20 summit in Buenos Aires, including the consequences of the economic crisis in Argentina,

Political risk series: ‘Where we are on fears for euro breakup’. Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist at OMFIF, is joined by Hans-Werner Sinn, president emeritus of the Information and Forschung Institute and professor at the University of Munich. They discuss the euro area’s macroeconomic outlook, focusing on the state of the banking sector and non-performing loans.