Two surveys of central bank foreign exchange reserve managers have been published in recent weeks – both of which highlighted that geopolitical risks were now considered to be the primary investment challenge. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, war in Gaza and political tension between the US and China are just three episodes that have played a role.
Despite numerous pilots and experiments, few distributed ledger technology-based capital markets systems have reached production-grade scale. Read the full commentary →
This event convenes debt management offices from central and eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, along with multilateral developments banks, portfolio managers and key market participants.
Carolyn Bourdeaux, former member of the US House of Representatives, and Mark MacDonald, global public finance management leader at EY, join OMFIF to discuss the growing fiscal constraints facing governments.
The 11th edition of OMFIF’s Global Public Investor surveys 73 central banks to uncover how $5.4tn in international reserve assets are likely to be deployed across financial markets.