On Demand (Podcasts)

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.

Mark Sobel, OMFIF’s US chairman, is joined by Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University; George Hoguet, member of the research committee at the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Foundation; Christopher Smart, head of macroeconomic and geopolitical research at Barings; and Marsha Vande Berg, 2016-17 Stanford University career fellow. They discuss the

Political risk series: ‘Super-fast politics, what it means for politics and the global economy’. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, professor of political communication at Oxford university and director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and Roel Janssen, Dutch financial journalist, formerly of NRC Handelsblad, speak with Julian Frazer, OMFIF senior editor. They discuss government

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Scott Morris, senior fellow and director of the US Development Policy Initiative at the Center for Global Development. They discuss China’s Belt and Road initiative, including its debt implications, lending structures and coordination, international ramifications and Washington’s approach to the infrastructure programme.

Political risk series: ‘Cyber resilience and financial stability’. Martin Boer, director of regulatory affairs at the Institute of International Finance, joins James Cannings from OMFIF to discuss cyber resilience and financial stability. They discuss the threats to financial stability posed by cyber attacks, strategies to prevent them, the role of new technology, and how regulators

Political risk series: ‘Politics in the Middle East’. Kristian Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, speaks to Julia Demidova from OMFIF. They discuss the political structure and dynamics of the Gulf Co-operation Council states: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. They also

Ahead of the European Central Bank governing council’s monetary policy meeting, Danae Kyriakopoulou, head of research and chief economist at OMFIF, spoke with Thomas Mayer, founding director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute.

Islamic finance series: ‘London as a hub for Islamic finance’. Stella Cox, managing director of DDCAP Group, speaks to Anton Varga from OMFIF. They discuss the origins of Islamic finance in the UK, why London is the ideal hub for Islamic financial services in Europe, and the opportunities that Islamic finance offers the UK post-Brexit.