Future of payments forum – Frankfurt Forum | Frankfurt | Tuesday 3 December 2024 | 14:00-18:30 As the European Central Bank marks the second year of the digital euro’s ‘preparation phase’ and…
EU fiscal reform: a new era of public finances Thursday 17 October, Roundtable In April, the European Parliament approved reform of the European Union’s economic and fiscal governance framework. This…
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…
Euro is ‘punching above its weight’ as global demand rises By Burhan Khadbai For the first time this year, issuance from the ‘E’ name supranational borrowers – the European Union,…
Success of tokenisation will depend on the private sector By OMFIF editors Antoine Martin, member of the governing board at Swiss National Bank, spoke with OMFIF for the Digital assets 2024 report. He…
Watershed for Europe in UniCredit-Commerzbank dispute By David Marsh The long-discussed move by UniCredit, Italy’s number one bank, to seek control of Germany’s Commerzbank is a watershed for Germany and…
Brics considering petroyuan in next de-dollarisation attempt By Herbert Poenisch Unlike the Brics summit in Johannesburg in 2023, which was waved off by western observers as no real threat to…
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…
The macroeconomic impact of CBDC: why model predictions may be wrong By Ulrich Bindseil and Richard Senner A debate about retail digital money issued by central banks began in 2016.…
Sovereign index inclusion will be a ‘game-changer’ for EU bonds By Burhan Khadbai While the European Union was dealt a blow earlier this year when both Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and…
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…
Digital assets 2024: a long-awaited revolution Tuesday 17 September, Launch Financial markets are undergoing a long-awaited overhaul. To explore this, OMFIF is conducting an extensive survey of market participants, examining…
How deeply rooted are China’s economic woes? By Nicholas Borst China’s economy has continued to struggle in 2024, laying to rest any remaining hopes of a strong post-pandemic recovery. Instead…
The case for gender equality and financial inclusion Roundtable | London | Wednesday 4 September 2024 | 15:00 – 16:30Estimates indicate that gender equality could add $12tn to global gross domestic product…
Future of payments 2024 Report launch | Tuesday 26 November 14:00 – 15:30 London ​​​Advancements in technology have instigated a period of remarkably rapid change in the payments industry. The official sector…
Data will reveal gold medallists of the climate transition By Trevor Allen If renewable energy had been an Olympic contender, it would not have made the podium in Paris. Over…
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…
European sovereign, supranational and agency forum Forum | Thursday 19 September 2024 | 08:15 – 17:00 | Luxembourg OMFIF’s flagship annual event from the Sovereign Debt Institute returns to Luxembourg on 19 September,…
In focus: the FCA’s market abuse regime for crypto Tuesday 3 September, Roundtable Helen Boyd, head of capital markets at the Financial Conduct Authority, joins OMFIF to discuss key components…
How to make climate adaptation and resilience investable By Umar Ashfaq Avoiding the worst impacts of a warming world will demand both a transition from the burning of fossil fuels…
Configuring on-chain assets in a token economy By Christoph Hock and Frank Scheidig The token economy, which provides the foundation for assets and cash on the blockchain, can be seen…
Understanding a new generation of AI-related risks and regulation Thursday 29 August, Roundtable David Harris, chancellor’s public scholar and continuing lecturer at the University of California, joins OMFIF to discuss…
EU’s sovereign ambition in capital markets suffers setback… for now By Burhan Khadbai The European Union’s long-held desire to be seen as a sovereign issuer in the capital markets is…
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…