With globalisation under pressure and new challenges threatening the investment opportunities, the open economies of Europe and Asia Pacific can work together to ensure future mutual prosperity. Organised by OMFIF with the participation of the European Commission, this event includes contributions from the most senior officials from its budget and administration division. It also features central bank and ministry of finance leaders from across Southeast Asia, some of the region’s most influential investors and representatives from the world’s top banks.
COMMENTARIES Bungled monetary policy raises stakes Philip Moore Inflation has become the primary concern of global public investors, supplanting the winding-down of central bank asset purchasing schemes. However, the findings of an OMFIF survey of reserves managers show that many of them appear relaxed.
‘Definitional fog’ could obscure sustainable bond progress Philip Moore The range of sustainable bond structures has created a proliferation of labels, standards and nomenclatures. The definitional fog has given rise to concerns that it exposes the market to greenwashing.
ON DEMAND Next Generation EU with Siegfried Ruhl The Next Generation EU fund – set up to help finance Europe’s recovery from the economic damage of the Covid-19 pandemic – has been operating since last June. Siegfried Ruhl, head of funding and investor relations at the European Stability Mechanism, speaks to OMFIF’s John Orchard about it.
Ukraine safeguards relations with international investors Yuriy Butsa, Ukraine’s government commissioner for public debt management, joined OMFIF’s public debt summit. Speaking in a video interview, he discussed the resolute management of Ukraine’s finances and why the country has continued to issue bonds to international investors at a time of crisis.
REPORTS Future of capital markets Bankers, issuers and technology companies are scrambling to develop technology to overhaul how capital markets operate, a new report from OMFIF finds. The ‘Future of capital markets’ report also includes a survey of public sector funding teams on their plans for and expectations of digital assets.
