| How Africa is making sustainable finance matter |
| By Yara Aziz |
| Integrating environmental, social and governance principles into its financial markets is an ambitious yet urgent mission for Africa. The 2024 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index highlights how African nations are advancing sustainable finance despite shallow market depth, high debt levels and data scarcity. Read the full commentary → |
Germany gets ready – after a wait – for Merz as leader
By David Marsh and Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath
Germany is getting ready for a new leader, probably Friedrich Merz, head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union – but Europe and the world will have to wait.
Trump 2.0: a surprisingly easy and decisive win
By David Marsh and Mark Sobel
Donald Trump will return to the White House, winning in a surprisingly easy and decisive manner. Trump won the aggregate US vote and the Senate is now red. Whether the Democrats pick up the House as long expected remains an open question.
MEETINGS
European sub-sovereign and agency forum
Tuesday 12 November, Seminar
This event focuses exclusively on the European sub-sovereign and agency bond market. It brings together issuers from Europe, including German Laender, as well as agency borrowers, fixed-income investors and other key market participants in the region.
ON DEMAND
Transitioning global public funds: strategies, barriers and opportunities
Anne Simpson, global head of sustainability at Franklin Templeton, joins Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, to assess the role of public pension and sovereign funds in transition finance ahead of COP29.
LATEST REPORT
The future of public money
This report outlines the need for an urgent rethink of how public spending is framed, conducted and evaluated to ensure governments can meet growing societal demands while improving the sustainability of public finances.
