OMFIF’s Gender Balance Index tracks the number of men and women in senior leadership teams in central banks and major financial institutions. The 2024 edition of the report unveils the latest gender balance scores for central banks, commercial banks, public pension funds and sovereign funds, and unpack whether there has been progress in achieving gender […]
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Randal Quarles, former vice-chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and former chair of the Financial Stability Board, joined Mark Sobel, US chair of OMFIF, to discuss the March Federal Open Market Committee outcomes and the outlook for US monetary policy.
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On 19 March, OMFIF gathered key regulators and innovators at the inaugural AI in finance seminar in London. As AI continues to rise in the public consciousness, questions about regulation have become particularly widespread. This manifested recently in the UK AI summit, which brought together governments and key stakeholders to develop AI governance standards. Yet
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Steven Kamin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Mark Sobel, OMFIF’s US chair, discussed their paper, ‘Dollar dominance is here to stay for the foreseeable future’. They explored the dollar’s role in the global financial system and the benefits of this, as well as the lack of viable alternatives and prospects for other
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Jay Shambaugh, under secretary for international affairs, and Brent Neiman, deputy under secretary for international finance at the US Treasury, join Mark Sobel, US chair at OMFIF. They discuss how the US Treasury’s interactions with China fit into the administration’s broader US/China priorities, the two Treasury-led US/China working groups – the Economic Working Group and the
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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
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Headline inflation has decelerated rapidly, but the services component remains stuck at around 6%. Catherine Mann, external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, joined OMFIF to highlight the key factors behind the deceleration in the headline rate and to discuss how they impact services inflation dynamics. She also discussed how consumer price
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John Velis, FX and global macro strategist for the Americas at BNY Mellon, joins Mark Sobel, OMFIF US chair, to discuss the outcome of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting and the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and foreign exchange markets in 2024. They discuss the FOMC statement and press conference, the
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Introducing a central bank digital currency requires collaboration between the public and private sectors. The key question is no longer whether monetary authorities will issue a CBDC but rather how they will do so. A new report by OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute and Giesecke+Devrient distils the insights gathered from conversations with central banks and the
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Central banks around the world are increasingly recognising the pressing issue of biodiversity and the loss of nature. This roundtable discussed the strategies central banks are implementing to integrate nature into their operational frameworks. Speakers explored how central banks are embracing their role in safeguarding nature and how this can contribute to the emergence of
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