Harold James, professor of history and international affairs at Princeton, and Bob Koopman, chief economist at the World Trade Organisation, join Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF. They discuss the state of globalisation, including whether it is reversible, how it is shaped by large firms, and how it interacts with technology.
Paul Tucker, chair of the Systemic Risk Council and former deputy governor of the Bank of England, joins Mark Sobel, US chairman at OMFIF, to discuss international financial regulatory issues. Focusing on key concerns following the 2008 financial crisis, Tucker analyses the role of central banks in ensuring financial stability, regulating medium-sized banks, addressing the
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As China undertakes a greater role on the world stage and trade tensions with the US persist, Prof. Steve Tsang, director of SOAS China Institute, George Magnus, independent economist at the University of Oxford China Centre, and John Adams, director of China Financial Services, join Ellie Groves, OMFIF programmes manager for emerging markets, to discuss
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
