Global finance ministers and central bank governors will spend much time handwringing about the depressing global outlook and risk-off market conditions during next week’s International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings. But don’t forget the fires in the Fund’s inbox where it can make a big difference.
 Surge in UK gilt yields exposes pension fund weaknesses By Colin Robertson A decades long downward move in UK gilt yields has led to a fall in the interest rate used to discount future cashflows and increased the value of UK defined benefit pension fund liabilities. Â
 MEETINGS Energy security and the economic outlook in Europe Tuesday 11 October, Roundtable As European countries seek to phase out Russian energy from their domestic markets, Jörg Kukies, state secretary at the German Chancellery and G7 and G20 sherpa, discusses Germany’s approach to energy diversification and security, market stability and curbing price rises.Â
 ON DEMAND Climate finance and the IMF: in conversation with Bo Li Ahead of COP27, the International Monetary Fund is releasing a paper on climate finance, carbon taxes and their impact on accountancy firms. Bo Li, deputy managing director of the IMF, discusses the paper and the IMF’s role in advancing sustainable finance and the COP agendas.
 LATEST REPORT Blockchain for public finance In collaboration with EY, this report studies the degree to which digital technology could improve the efficiency and transparency of public finance management.
