| Outlook 2025: An uphill battle for gender parity in financial leadership |
| By Arunima Sharan |
| The financial sector stands at a crossroads. 2025 could either solidify progress towards gender parity or witness a regression in representation. Success hinges on whether organisations can maintain a focus on gender equality amid competing priorities and external challenges. Read the full commentary → |
Outlook 2025: Crucial ‘bridge year’ for Africa to lead on the global stage
By Udaibir Das
For decades, external voices have narrated Africa’s economic story through a narrow lens: uneven growth, energy deficits, food insecurity, extreme poverty, mounting debt and stalled reforms. While these obstacles are undeniable, they overshadow a more compelling narrative of resilience, innovation and cautious hope.
MEETINGS
The economic outlook for Austria and euro area monetary policy
Tuesday 14 January, Roundtable
Birgit Niessner, head of economic analysis and research at Oesterreichische Nationalbank, joins OMFIF for a timely discussion on Austria’s fiscal outlook, structural challenges and international competitiveness.
ON DEMAND
From petrodollar to petroyuan?
Mark Sobel, OMFIF’s US chair, speaks with Max Castelli, head of strategy, sovereign institutions at UBS Asset Management, on the role of the dollar and the various dedollarisation scenarios. They discuss Saudi Arabia’s decision to join Project mBridge and the potential implications for the dollar-based financial system.
LATEST REPORT
Gold and the new world disorder
Building on OMFIF’s long-run analysis on the ‘Seven Ages of Gold’, this report, in partnership with Commodity Discovery Fund and GoldRepublic, explores new developments in central bank gold policies.
