How to make the IMF work even better By Brent Neiman This month, the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will take place in Washington…
Fed shifts focus from inflation to employment By Yara Aziz and Taylor Pearce China’s economy has continued to struggle in 2024, laying to rest any remaining hopes of a strong…
Will the AI bet pay off? By Julian Jacobs In recent months, there have been murmurs about the failure of artificial intelligence to live up to the hype. As AI…
Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100 By David Marsh Helmut Schlesinger, the quintessential post-war German central banker, turns 100 on 4 September. Although he was president of the Bundesbank for…
German coalition unlikely to last until September 2025 By David Marsh A sense of foreboding is building in Germany about prospects for government stability. Under pressure from all sides, the…
Slovenia breaks ground with first European sovereign digital bond By OMFIF editors Amélie Frémy, innovation chief operating officer for global markets at BNP Paribas, spoke to Burhan Khadbai, head of…
Embracing the Markets 3.0 paradigm By Ollie Carew and Fran Clausen Interest in the use of blockchain or distributed ledger technology across financial services has grown in recent years, especially…
Addressing barriers to climate investments in EMDEs By Ekaterina Gratcheva To mitigate and adapt to the severe and systemic consequences of climate change, emerging market and developing economies require substantial investments.…
Digital assets need interoperability to achieve global scale By Jonathan Ehrenfeld The discussion around tokenised assets and their use cases has surged in the past year. A recent study from…
The 16th Maritime Conference, jointly organized by Maritime Economies and UPoilTankers & Trading Ltd, concluded on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, with resounding success. The conference focused on the theme: “Navigating…
Greening portfolios is simple, real-world decarbonisation is not By Nikhil Sanghani If public investors want to decarbonise their portfolios, the solution is simple. They should simply divest from positions in…
How Ukraine reconstruction could help Europe By David Marsh and Lewis McLellan ‘Ask not what you can do for Ukraine – ask what Ukraine can do for you.’ President John…
Regulators are rebuilding trust in digital assets By Edward Maling The successive crises that marred the cryptoassets market last year dealt a blow to trust in the digital assets industry.…
Marrakech meetings will be a sombre affair By Mark Sobel The world’s finance ministers, central bank governors and many private financial leaders will descend on Marrakech, Morocco on 9 October…
Inside the Banque de France’s digital payments experiments By OMFIF editors The Banque de France has been exploring the feasibility of incorporating distributed ledger technology into payments systems for financial…
Finance minister Mario Marcel says Chile becoming green finance hub By David Marsh and Ben Rands Chile is emerging as a green finance hub with increased borrowing in sustainability-related bonds…
Increase in foreign investors will help to stabilise UK gilt market By Burhan Khadbai The Office for Budget Responsibility’s latest fiscal risks and sustainability report highlights the growing share of…
One year later: eNaira as a force for financial inclusion and digital payments By Olugbenga Agboola CBDCs have launched in 11 countries, while 15 more are testing and 26 are…
Cryptocurrencies can improve speed, cost and ease of access of payments By Rana Kortam Although cryptocurrency is still in nascent stages, 91% of crypto holders believe it’ll become as common…
Global economy faces challenging 2023 By Mark Sobel There is rare universal agreement: the global economic outlook for 2023 is bad. Global growth will be low, even perhaps recessionary, and…
From dyslexia to Downing Street: Brian Reading, 1936-2022 By OMFIF editors Brian Reading, who died on 14 December aged 86, a frequent contributor to OMFIF in recent years, was one…
EU should brace for further lawsuits over funding By Burhan Khadbai, David Marsh and Edoardo Reviglio The German constitutional court has opened the door to further ambitious European Union borrowing…
Renminbi movements: it’s more than the trade and current account By Mark Sobel The Chinese renminbi has fluctuated widely this year, both against the dollar and its trade-weighted basket, and…
Regulators make progress despite COP27 frustrations By Emma McGarthy and Edward Maling COP27, riddled with frustrated negotiations and running 40 hours over schedule, has come to an end. Set against…
Brussels, 30 November 2022 – Late last night, the European Parliament, Council and Commission reached a preliminary agreement on maritime elements of the EU ETS. Including the maritime sector in…