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ADB Launches its Annual Report in collaboration with the IGF
Asian Development Outlook Report on Development for Asia
On 3 April, the IGF hosted a senior delegation from the Asian Development Bank who launched the ADB’s Annual Report on Development. ADB’s flagship economic publication Asian Development Outlook 2014 (ADO) Report provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia and the Pacific, with growth projections by country and region.
How to improve Global Governance
Swiss Re 150 Anniversary event in Sydney
The Swiss Reinsurance has celebrated its 150 Anniversary in Sydney on 17 March 2014 at Sofitel Hotel and attempted to analyse the above issues and provide thought leadership on themes that are influencing the prosperity of our generation including issues facing the Australian economy.
Investing in Infrastructure, Growth and Job Creation
Mr. Bertrand Badre, Managing Director and World Bank Group CFO
The Institute of Global Finance recently invited Bertrand Badré, the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank to discuss investment in infrastructure projects by major banks, superannuation funds and the private sector following the Sydney G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting.
The IGF in collaboration with the ADB launches a book
Asian Capital Market Development and Integration: Challenges and Opportunities
In Seoul, South Korea, the Director of the IGF Professor Fariborz Moshirian was one of the keynote speakers for the launch of a book that has been written by the Asian Development Bank and its partners on Global financial Stability and Regional Economic Integration. The IGF contributed to this book by writing on the Evolving Global Regulatory Framework and Its Impact on Asia. The focus of this work has been Capital Market Linkages, Contagion, and Institutional Representation.
Business Forum on Global Systemic Risk, Liquidity and Global Financial Stability
Panel Discussion
The IGF organised the Business Forum on Global Systemic Risk, Liquidity and Global Financial Stability on 17 December 2013 at Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney. This Business Forum is part of the 26th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference.
Liquidity Shocks and Liquidity Risk II
Treasurer of Westpac, Mr Curt Zuber
The Institute of Global Finance organised a major business forum on the Global Systemic Risk, Liquidity and Global Financial Stability in Sydney. As part of a business forum, Mr Curt Zuber presented his latest view of issues related to liquidity risk and liquidity shocks.
Liquidity shocks and liquidity risk I
Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), Reserve Bank of Australia, Dr Guy Debelle
The Institute of Global Finance organised a major business forum on the Global Systemic Risk, Liquidity and Global Financial Stability in Sydney. As part of the forum, Dr. Guy Debelle stated his opinion regarding the liquidity regulation in the banking system and superannuation (pension) system.
Latest development on goverance
by Professor Deborah Lucas, MIT
The Institute of Global Finance organised a major business forum on the Global Systemic Risk, Liquidity and Global Financial Stability in Sydney. As part of the forum, Professor Deborah Lucas gave a speech which highlighted the relevance of government debt and its contributions to systemic risk.
Latest Development on Systemic Risk
Presented by Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle
The Institute of Global Finance organised a major business forum on the Global Systemic Risk, Liquidity and Global Financial Stability in Sydney. As part of this forum, Professor Robert Engle provided the latest research developments on systemic risk and highlighted how the Volatility Institute and the Institute of Global Finance collaborate with respect to the measurement of bank systemic risk.
The 26th Australasian Finance and Banking conference
on December 17-19, 2013 at Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney
The 26th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC) was held on 17-19 December 2013 at Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney. This conference was organized by the Institute of Global Finance and School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business at UNSW, and sponsored by the Australian Stock Exchange, the Reserve Bank of Australia, BlackRock, PwC and Finsia. The AFBC has become the most prestigious finance conference in the Asia-Pacific region. It is a grant gathering of unprecedented size with over 300 attendants from 30 countries.