Highlights

Global Governance Reform: What’s Needed from the Multilaterals

Preexisting shortcomings found in the international financial and security architecture have only been exacerbated by the Ukraine-Russia war. Emerging weaknesses in these arrangements – which exist to promote economic prosperity and maintain peaceful coexistence among nations – have become apparent in modern global issues affecting climate change, public health, and trade & finance.

Sivakrishnarajah Renganathan:
Global Challenges That Will Shape the Future Economic Landscape

Sivakrishnarajah Renganathan is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, the largest private bank in Sri Lanka.

Gillian Tett: The Business Case Against Bretton Woods

The 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference, which took place in July 1944, has seen a plethora of luminaries extolling the virtues of the multilateral system the meeting bequeathed.

FY22 Omnibus Analysis

Amidst the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis and the ongoing global pandemic, the U.S. Congress has passed an omnibus spending bill for FY22 including annual funding for the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Read analysis from BWC’s Legislative Working Group on what was funded, what was not, and the implications for the IFIs.

Future of Finance 2022: Opening Remarks with Piyush Gupta

The excitement of extremes kicked off the Future of Finance Forum in 2022. DBS Group CEO, Piyush Gupta, encouraged the wide range of views on digital assets to be brought to the table throughout the conference. Gupta and BWC Executive Director, Emily Slater, both spoke of the immense potential for digital assets and the role that public and private actors can play to fulfill that potential. 

• Piyush Gupta, CEO, DBS Group
• Emily Slater, Executive Director, Bretton Woods Committee 

Future of Finance 2022: Keynote Conversation with Superintendent Harris

Future of Finance 2022: Keynote Address, François Villeroy De Galhau

BWC Chair Bill Dudley and Banque de France Governor François Villeroy De Galhau discussed the prospective development of a retail CBDC in the Eurosystem, and its impacts to the entire world.

• François Villeroy De Galhau, Governor, Banque de France 
• William C. Dudley, Chair, Bretton Woods Committee; former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

From Theory to Market: State Contingent Debt Instruments (SCDIs)

On October 6, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a roundtable at the International Monetary Fund on the feasibility of a real market for state-contingent debt instruments (SCDIs). The event – moderated by Bretton Woods Committee Advisory Council member Bill Rhodes – brought together a group of 40 sovereign (issuers) and market participants (investors) to advise the IMF as they deliberate proposals for the G20 on SCDIs.

Angel Gurría:
Fourth Biennial Lecture on Climate Change by the OECD Secretary-General

Angel Gurría is the Secretary-General of the OECD and a contributing author to the Bretton Woods@75 Compendium.

Fireside Chat with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala joins Standard Chartered Group Chairman José Viñals to discuss the immediate and future priorities of the multilateral trading system and steps necessary for the WTO reform.