Chile is emerging as a green finance hub with increased borrowing in sustainability-related bonds and a big renewable industry build-up, according to Mario Marcel, the country’s minister of finance. Marcel spoke to OMFIF regarding plans to increase lithium production, a key ingredient in future-orientated technologies, as well as boosting renewable energy and green hydrogen output.
After the crypto winter last year, many commentators were keen to call time on digital assets and conclude that the craze is over. But the ecosystem is entering a period of reflection.
Despite the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s reluctance to approve applications, bitcoin exhange-traded funds are beginning to look like an inevitability.
Europe has been resilient to energy shocks from reduced Russian supply, yet with prices remaining high, OMFIF is convening a series of expert panels with policy-makers, regulators and public and private sector investors to discuss Europe’s future.
Vítor Constâncio, former vice president, European Central Bank, joins Ellie Groves, managing director, OMFIF’s Economic and Monetary Policy Institute to discuss the ECB’s September rate hike and Europe’s macroeconomic environment.
OMFIF’s Digital assets report examines the developing ecosystem, highlighting those exchanges, custodians and other infrastructure providers that have demonstrated the most robust and resilient quality throughout this challenging period.
