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Gary Kleiman:Africa Sovereign Debt Spiral Foments FrustrationThis past year, a decade-long Africa commercial borrowing binge with $30bn worth of bonds outstanding came to a screeching halt amid outright or near defaults, with distressed spreads as a measure of risk of over 1,000 basis points to US Treasuries for the sovereign benchmark index cross-section. Debt topped the agenda at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC in December. |
Sat, Jan 14, 2023 | Bretton Woods Committee | |
Member Monday:Linda GoldbergBWC’s newest member is Linda Goldberg, Senior Vice President in Financial Intermediation at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Linda brings her great expertise in the areas of global banking, international capital flows, and the international roles of the dollar and other currencies to our network. |
Mon, Jan 16, 2023 | LinkedIn |
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Harry Broadman:Key Takeaways from 2022 and Bold Predictions for 2023BWC member and former CFIUS member Harry Broadman commented in Foreign Investment Watch on what the key developments in CFIUS policy during 2022 were and what might be a significant CFIUS policy action in 2023. |
Mon, Jan 16, 2023 | Foreign Investment Watch | |
Olivia White:The Complication of Concentration in Global TradeBWC member and McKinsey Global Institute director and senior partner Olivia White recently published The Complication of Concentration in Global Trade, in which she and MGI explore findings in and implications for supply chain resilience and globalization. |
Tue, Jan 17, 2023 | McKinsey Global Institute | |
Minouche Shafik:Columbia University President AppointmentBWC Advisory Council member Minouche Shafik will become the 20th president of Columbia University on July 1, 2023. |
Thu, Jan 19, 2023 | Columbia University | |
Member Monday:Mark R. EvansBWC would like to welcome new member Mark Evans, ANZ Country Head Singapore and Head of South East Asia, India & Middle East. Mark was appointed Country Head, Singapore in May 2022 with additional responsibility for South East Asia economies, including Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines and UAE. As Country Head, Singapore, Mark is responsible for the overall business of ANZ Singapore across the Institutional, Corporate and Markets segments, and for driving connectivity between Singapore, ANZ's home markets of Australia and New Zealand and our international network. |
Mon, Jan 23, 2023 | LinkedIn |
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Member Monday:DeAnne JuliusAnother new member at BWC: DeAnne Julius, Chatham House. DeAnne is a senior adviser to Chatham House and a distinguished fellow in its Global Economy and Finance programme. She is a former member of the Temasek International Panel (Singapore) and the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation (Beijing). |
Mon, Jan 23, 2023 | Chatham House | |
William C. Dudley:Crypto Is Worth Fixing. Regulators Should Get Moving"To maintain their credibility, and to derive the greatest benefit from blockchain technology, regulators should intervene and crack down on scams, protect investors, and ensure market integrity," Bloomberg Opinion columnist and BWC Board of Directors Chair William C. Dudley commented. |
Wed, Jan 25, 2023 | Bloomberg | Opinion | |
Member Monday:United Overseas BankBWC welcomes new organizational member United Overseas Bank, the third largest bank in Southeast Asia. UOB provides commercial, corporate, and personal banking services; private banking and asset management services; and corporate finance, venture capital, investment, and insurance services. They are headquartered in Singapore and operate throughout nineteen countries in Asia, Europe, and North America. |
Mon, Jan 30, 2023 | United Overseas Bank | |
Member Monday:Crown Agents BankBWC’s newest organizational member is Crown Agents Bank. Crown Agents connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. They transform the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so more money gets to those who need it. Their solutions help fix the pain points of usually challenging, expensive, unreliable, and opaque emerging markets payments. They connect hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement. |
Mon, Jan 30, 2023 | Crown Agents Bank |