Public Sector Debt Summit Seminar | Thursday 21 March 2024, Paris We are delighted to announce that OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute will be hosting its second exclusive Public Sector Debt Summit…
Storms ahead if monetary losses turn political By David Marsh The rise in Europe’s populist parties, underlined by this week’s far-right election win in the Netherlands, further exacerbates central banks’…
Seeing through the glass cliff By Janan Jama While the widely accepted notion of the glass ceiling describes a vertical barrier to aspiration for women, the lesser-known glass cliff evokes…
Charles Goodhart: ‘Growth is bound to fall’ By OMFIF editors Taylor Pearce, OMFIF senior economist, spoke with Charles Goodhart, professor emeritus of banking and finance at the London School of…
Central and eastern European sovereigns must step up GSS issuance By Burhan Khadbai Sovereign borrowers in the central and eastern European region are being left behind in the global shift…
Russian sanctions spur renminbi trade, not end of US dominance By Herbert Poenisch The latest trade figures settled in renminbi have shown a surge in the currency’s share of trade…
Smaller SSA issuers must ensure secondary market liquidity By Burhan Khadbai One of the issues raised at OMFIF’s inaugural European agency and sub-sovereign forum was how smaller agency and sub-sovereign…
Global economy can’t afford to wait for gender equality By Tea Trumbic Gender equality can strengthen and grow economies. Research has shown that it leads to a more efficient allocation…
Interoperability key to unlocking potential of regulated digital payments By David Creer Deglobalisation will have varied and complex effects on different economies, but it will hurt growth everywhere. Fortunately, central…
A new China strategy for Germany By Taylor Pearce For the seventh consecutive year, China ranks as Germany’s largest trading partner. The partnership between the two economic powerhouses has grown substantially…
Should reducing inequality be a central bank mandate? By Julian Jacobs Traditional monetary theory holds that central banks are guided by a mandate of protecting price and financial stability. Yet…
Borrowers grapple with a challenging market environment By Clive Horwood Public sector borrowers face a raft of challenges in funding their programmes through difficult and volatile markets, OMFIF’s Public Sector…
Outlook 2023: Euro will continue to beat expectations By Geoffrey Yu After all the uncertainty which Europe endured last year, it is quite a feat that the European Central Bank’s…
Outlook 2023: Foreign exchange traders might actually have to earn their keep By Mark Sobel Foreign exchange market trading, let alone predicting currency movements, is often a fool’s errand. But…
Sovereign ratings under pressure entering 2023 By Dennis Shen The outlook for sovereign ratings in 2023 is challenging, reflecting the effects of Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine, high inflation and…
Flight to safety versus fight for returns By Clive Horwood The 2022 edition of OMFIF’s Global Public Pensions paints a clear and stark picture of the fundamentally changed investment challenges…
Digital assets: regulation and infrastructure for an evolving economy Wednesday 26 October, Launch As new financial instruments and techniques emerge, particularly from the decentralised finance community, regulators must develop the…
Team Europe borrowers seminar: a new era for sovereign debtOne week to go Seminar | Tuesday 25 October, 09:00-14:30 Luxembourg Europe’s sovereign borrowers face a dramatically changed environment, with the return…
Asia’s role in Europe’s future Tuesday 19 July, 08:00 SGT With globalisation under pressure and new challenges threatening the investment opportunities, the open economies of Europe and Asia Pacific can…
Fed presidents cautiously optimistic for a soft landing By Julian Jacobs The central question facing the US economy right now is whether the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes will produce…
Uncomfortable realities behind ECB’s dilemma over fragmentation and inflation By David Marsh The European Central Bank’s complex planning for an anti-fragmentation facility for euro area unity could backfire – by…
Inflation blame game By Julian Jacobs Amid declining real wages, accumulating household debt and the looming prospect of recession, the problem of inflation is now firmly in the arena of…
Triple tightening blow threatens reflation; Asia’s borrowing outlook Friday 4 March 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.9.5 Commentary: Financial markets need stimulus to stay on By Neil Williams in London A triple…
ECB should act now on climate change, UK issues its first green gilt Tuesday 28 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.39.2 Commentary: ECB is obliged to support the low-carbon transition By…