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Europe provides international yardstick for sustainable finance |
By Edward Maling and Arunima Sharan |
Among this year’s landmark climate talks, the sustainable finance landscape has continued to exhibit encouraging signs of maturity. Despite the dampening effects of macroeconomic headwinds on green investment levels, the sector has demonstrated resilience. Progress has been particularly notable in the evolution of financial products and regulatory frameworks. Read the full commentary → |
John Kornblum: Cold war diplomat with warmest of hearts |
By David Marsh |
Kornblum’s action-packed ambassadorship in 1997-2001 was the cumulation of more than 40 years in the US state department, where he was a key player in the high and low points of the cold war and its aftermath. Read the full commentary → |
The key to a sovereign’s resilience |
By Udaibir Das |
Sovereigns are between two conflicting goals: setting up domestic safeguards against uncertain macroeconomic and financial stability risks and supporting international efforts to invest in climate change and facilitate broad-based sustainable development. Read the full commentary → |
MEETINGS
Unlocking new investment: Labour’s approach to funding UK growth |
Wednesday 17 January, Roundtable |
With the UK general election expected in 2024, Darren Jones, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, joins OMFIF to discuss the major investment opportunities for the UK in the next decade and what is needed to realise it. Register → |
ON DEMAND
The long-term outlook for inflation and implications for investors |
Max Castelli, head of strategy, sovereign institutions, and Philipp Salman, director of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets, UBS Asset Management, join Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, to discuss macroeconomic challenges marked by exogenous shocks. ​​​​​​ Listen → |
Future of payments 2023 |
From central banks’ forays into digital currencies and attitudes to cross-border payments, this report delves into the push to develop regional payment networks and the challenges of establishing regulatory harmony. Download → |