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William Rhodes and Stuart Macintosh: Future of Finance: Banking Culture & Conduct – Why it Still Matters This episode of “A look into the Crystal Ball on the Future of Finance,” features William “Bill” Rhodes, Former Chairman & CEO of CITIBANK, and current President & CEO of WILLIAM R. RHODES GLOBAL ADVISORS, and Dr. Stuart P.M. Mackintosh, Executive Director of the GROUP OF THIRTY. In this high-level conversation, you will hear about the everchanging banking culture & conduct landscape on both sides of the Atlantic, and how financial institutions must adapt to incorporate new challenges, such as climate change, crypto, and digital currencies, in their culture & conduct operations.	Wed, Dec 15, 2021	European American Chamber of Commerce
Carolyn A. Wilkins: Under the western sky: the crypto frontier Carolyn Wilkins talks about cryptoassets and the ‘financial ecosystem’ they are a part of. She looks at the risks and opportunities decentralised finance may bring and the regulatory response to these.	Mon, Nov 22, 2021	Bank of England
By Frank Vogl: THE ENABLERS: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption-Endangering Our Democracy "Authoritarian regimes in many countries, and the men that lead them, depend on the international management of licit and illicit funds under their control. Frank Vogl shows that curbing their activities for their kleptocratic clients is critical to secure democracy, enhance national security, and ensure international financial stability."	Mon, Nov 29, 2021	Rowman and Littlefield
Ambereen Choudhury: UBS Names Colm Kelleher to Take Chairman Role, Succeeding Weber UBS Group AG nominated former Morgan Stanley President Colm Kelleher as its next chairman, tapping an executive with broad banking and wealth experience to help oversee the firm’s pivot towards digital.	Sat, Nov 20, 2021	Bloomberg
Scott Morris , Rowan Rockafellow and Sarah Rose: Mapping China’s Participation in Multilateral Development Institutions and Funds China has emerged as a leading participant in multilateral development organizations. In many ways, this is a welcome development. Today’s global challenges, including COVID-19 and climate change, require an international response and have prompted renewed calls for increased multilateral engagement by the major economy countries. This, combined with the recognition of multilateral institutions’ high standards for transparency and environmental safeguards, have led the United States at times to encourage China to step up its multilateral contributions. At the same time, countervailing voices focused on strategic competition increasingly view China’s multilateral participation with skepticism.	Thu, Nov 18, 2021	Center for Global Development
Jason Schenker, President of Prestige Economics: Video: The switch to natural gas is a half-way solution before we have more reliable renewable options Jason Schenker, president of Prestige Economics, discusses concerns for high natural gas prices amid news that Russia plans to fill its European storage sites starting next month and U.S. natural gas storage data numbers that came out today. Schenker says that supply is a concern as global moves away from coal are adding pressure to the market. He says that from a supply standpoint North America is much more secure in natural gas accessibility than Europe.	Thu, Oct 28, 2021	BNN Bloomberg
Michael B. Greenwald, Harvard Kennedy School: The Digital Asset Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics will be not only a competition between athletes, but also a geopolitical sparring ground as it has been in the past. The development of a Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has been in the works for more than 5 years and some of the more potentially nefarious parts of its implementation are finally starting to come to the fore.	Fri, Nov 5, 2021	Belfer Center - Havard Kennedy School
Paul Sheard, Harvard Kennedy School: Inflation, Money Supply and Spiraling Expectations John Greenwood and Steve Hanke’s contention that excessive monetary growth is the cause of recent high inflation doesn’t hold water (“The Monetary Bathtub Is Overflowing,” op-ed, Oct. 22). Behind the 35.7% increase in M2 money supply that they cite—and attribute mainly to the Federal Reserve—lies $5.5 trillion of net spending power injected by the federal government. This was to offset the biggest short-term hit to aggregate demand in U.S. history.	Wed, Nov 3, 2021	Wall Street Journal
Bianca Taylor, Founder, Tourmaline Group: Why Are Natural Gas Prices High? Because Fracking Isn’t Really Profitable. Natural-gas prices are skyrocketing globally, flummoxing policy makers. As parts of the world emerge from the pandemic, energy demand is up and supply down after the cold winter of 2020, worsening temperature extremes, severe drought in South America, and other shortages caused by geopolitical tensions. Here in the U.S., natural gas prices are up about 100% from a year ago. In the U.K., they’re up about 500%.	Thu, Oct 28, 2021	Barron’s
Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations: Will Climate Talks Finally Yield Real Results? The upcoming 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) almost feels like a wedding. Set in Glasgow, Scotland, COP26 will bring together negotiators from nearly every country on earth to assess progress in the global fight to stop climate change. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hosting. U.S. President Joe Biden has RSVPed yes, as has Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.	Fri, Oct 29, 2021	Foreign Affairs