Siegfried Ruhl, hors classe adviser to the director general for budget at the European Commission, provided an in-depth look at the Next Generation EU green bond programme and presented the findings of the first allocation and impact report. The presentation took place at OMFIF’s ‘Europe: The opportunity for global investors’ summit in Dubai.
OMFIF, in partnership with the European Commission, will be continuing the discussions of the EU’s developments as a global benchmark and safe asset in the capital markets with an event in Singapore on 10 September. This will be an exclusive opportunity for investors in the Asia Pacific region to hear directly from the officials responsible for the EU budget and its funding and disbursement programme.