Member Views

Filling the Global ESG Gap Before It’s Too Late

BWC member Mahesh Kotecha gave remarks recently on the United Nations General Assembly sidelines.

He said "we must encourage faster professionalization, disclosure and use of the GEMs database especially by the rating agencies and investors."

Western Rival to Belt and Road Has Much to Prove

BWC member Hung Tran was interviewed by Reuters Breakingviews on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.

It insists "on high environmental, social and governance standards. It has therefore taken time to build up a pipeline of quality projects."

Delisting From the US: Chinese Firms Prove Popular Over the Counter

BWC member Hung Tran was interviewed by IR Magazine: "while many of the voluntary delisting decisions were viewed through the lens of Chinese resistance to US auditing requirements, the moves are also about longer-terms plans for the Chinese market."

Libya, Morocco calamities blot investor glimmer

The coincidental natural disasters in Morocco and Libya captured global headlines with their near biblical ferocity, wiping out entire towns without warning and historical experience, but also came as the neighbours were again drawing in foreign portfolio and direct investors after bumpy political and economic rides last year.

Bryan Zhang

This week we welcome new member Bryan Zhang, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. 

Bryan is a highly experienced co-founder, director, board-level advisor and independent chair with a global track record and expertise in technology-enabled financial and regulatory innovation.

We appreciate his support for our work and mission, and we look forward to his engagement!

The convergence of AI and digital assets: A new dawn for financial infrastructure

The financial landscape has been in a constant state of evolution. From stock ticker machines to algorithmic trading systems, innovation has always been at the core of finance. Yet, among these transformative changes, the confluence of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital assets like cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and tokenized assets has the potential to be the most disruptive change to finance in decades. This post aims to explore this intersection, focusing on how AI and digital assets are reshaping financial services and infrastructure.

How the IMF can navigate great power rivalry

BWC member Hung Tran recently published an issue brief with the Atlantic Council titled How the IMF can navigate great power rivalry. The work addresses how power competition has raised mistrust and undermined cooperation as well as explores how policies to promote de-risking have deviated from the IMF template and how systems are coping with the consequences of fragmentation.

Hierarchy and Differentiation in International Regime Complexes: A Theoretical Framework for Comparative Research

The landscape of global governance is increasingly crowded. In nearly every major policy domain, multilateral cooperation occurs within clusters of nested and overlapping international institutions. A growing body of research examines these ‘international regime complexes,’ establishing institutional density as a defining feature of contemporary global governance. Issue areas as diverse as trade, climate change, education and crisis finance have experienced a crowding of governance institutions over time.

CBDCs will further fragment the global economy—and could threaten the dollar

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight Hung Tran and his recent article titled "CBDCs will further fragment the global economy—and could threaten the dollar" 

Multilateral Development Banks Need to Play a Bigger Role in Closing the Climate Finance Gap

Read the Climate and Energy Transition Finance Team's Latest Brief Here.

How a new climate accelerator in the World Bank can help