On Demand (Podcasts)

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Fintech series:’Technology and the future of global remittance’. Stanley Blankson, founder and director of Pay Afrique – an online remittance company – speaks with Oliver Thew of OMFIF. They discuss the changing dynamics of the global remittance market, including the impact of mobile and other technologies. They also examine how regulators

Mark Sobel, former deputy assistant secretary for international monetary and financial policy at the US Treasury and former US Representative at the International Monetary Fund, and Vicky Pryce, former joint head of the UK Government Economic Service and board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, speak to Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and

Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, chair of the CIMB Asean Research Institute, speaks with OMFIF Chair David Marsh. They discuss the changing dynamics of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations under Singapore’s chairmanship as well as barriers to business and trade in the region, including issues around corruption. They also speak about mounting pressure on

Ephyro Amatong, commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines, speaks with Adam Cotter, head of Asia at OMFIF. They discuss the role of green bonds role in filling the infrastructure gap in Asia, the development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations green bond principles, and the difficulties in attuning Asean investors and

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Financial stability series: ‘Will central banks be to blame for the next crisis?’. Mohamed El-Erian, chief economist at Allianz, and Charles Goodhart, emeritus professor at the London School of Economics, speak with Marcin Stepan from OMFIF. The role of central banks over the past 10 years has changed dramatically, expanding beyond traditional

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Financial stability series: ‘Cryptocurrencies, ICOs and the risk to retail investors’ Garrick Hileman, research associate at Cambridge University and co-founder of Mosaic, a market intelligence platform for crypto-assets, speaks to Oliver Thew of OMFIF. They discuss the factors inhibiting the widespread use of cryptocurrencies for payments, the shift in terminology from cryptocurrencies

OMFIF-BNY Mellon report launch special episode. Hani Kablawi, CEO of Global Asset Servicing and EMEA chairman at BNY Mellon, talks to Ben Robinson, deputy head of research at OMFIF, about the growing investments in real estate and infrastructure made by public pension funds and sovereign funds. They discuss the causes and extent of the shift

Magdalena Polan, global emerging market economist at Legal & General Investment Management, speaks with Rein de Loor, programmes manager at OMFIF. They discuss the global effects of Donald Trump’s economic policies, the prospect of a trade war with China and other powers, and the consequences of his foreign policy decisions in emerging economies.

In Conversation: S.V. Sukumar, senior advisor at XinFin, a blockchain-based platform for infrastructure investment and trade finance, talks to Ben Robinson, deputy head of research at OMFIF. They discuss the ability of blockchain technology to provide finance solutions for projects that banking institutions are unable to take up given post-crisis disintermediation. The benefits of reducing the

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Financial stability series: ‘Monetary instability in Argentina.’ Otaviano Canuto, executive director at the World Bank, speaks to Anton Varga, programmer at OMFIF. They discuss the recent financial upheaval in Argentina and President Mauricio Macri’s decision to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund in the light of the country’s history with