Björn Storim, chief executive officer, and Ben Pott, managing director and international head of public policy and government affairs at BNY Mellon, join Clive Horwood, managing editor and deputy chief executive officer at OMFIF. They assess the progress towards capital markets union in Europe and the need to accelerate financial market integration. They discuss the […]
Taking stock: financial market integration in Europe Read More »
Max Castelli, head of strategy, sovereign institutions at UBS Asset Management, joins Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, to discuss the role of the dollar as a global reserve currency in a multipolar world. They discuss factors such as China’s rise in power, sanctions risk and the development of alternative payments systems and how these could
US dollar dominance: Is there no alternative? Read More »
Taylor Pearce, senior economist, Economic Monetary Institute at OMFIF, hosts Elliot Hentov, head of macro policy research at State Street Global Advisors, to discuss the interplay between geopolitics and financial markets. Hentov outlines several risk factors that could impact markets – including geopolitical shocks, risk premium repricing and the upcoming US election – and what
Geopolitical risks: what’s at stake for investors? Read More »
Charles Dallara, former managing director of the Institute of International Finance, joins OMFIF’s David Marsh, chairman, and Burhan Khadbai, head of content for the Sovereign Debt Institute. They discuss Dallara’s book, ‘Euroshock’, and he explains how the 2012 Greek debt restructuring helped save European economic and monetary union from breakdown.
Greece’s landmark debt restructuring: what happened and why it matters Read More »
Saleha Mohsin, senior Washington correspondent for Bloomberg News joined Mark Sobel, US chair at OMFIF, to discuss her recently published book, Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order. She discusses how secretaries of the Treasury of past decades managed communications about the dollar and how the department developed and deployed
The history of dollar dominance and weaponisation Read More »
Cian OMurchu, head of strategic transformation, Mireia Guisado-Parra, pre-validation product owner at Swift and Julien Lasalle, head of cashless payment monitoring at Banque de France, join Lewis McLellan, editor of OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute. Together, they discuss the implementation of pre-validation – a new tool developed to reduce the number of errors in payments and
Pre-validation: combatting fraud and minimising errors in payments Read More »
Stefan Nanu, head of public debt management and state treasury at the ministry of finance of Romania, joins Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, to discuss Romania’s long-awaited inaugural green bond, which was the most successful ever euro-denominated bond in this format by an emerging market issuer. As well as the
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Monique Newiak, deputy unit chief, inclusion and gender, and Mariarosaria Comunale, economist at the International Monetary Fund, join Arunima Sharan, senior research analyst at OMFIF’s Economic and Monetary Policy Institute, to discuss the state of gender balance in financial institutions. They examine the IMF’s gender strategy, the macro-criticality of gender equality and findings from their
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Max Castelli, head of strategy, sovereign institutions, and Philipp Salman, director of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets, UBS Asset Management, join Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, to discuss what’s in store for global public investors. The discussion identifies opportunities and risks for reserve managers and sovereign funds amid evolving market dynamics, including falling
Global public investor outlook: another ‘rollercoaster’ year? Read More »
Environmental, social and governance data is integral to scaling up sustainable finance and investment. With increasing regulation and demand for information, it’s also crucial for organisations and businesses. Sherry Madera, chief executive officer of CDP, joins John Orchard, OMFIF chief executive officer, to discuss how data can improve the quality of a company, how datasets
Safeguarding the future: why organisations need ESG data Read More »
