In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by IIF's President and CEO Tim Adams to recap key events in the financial industry throughout 2023 and projecting areas of focus for 2024. Topics include the development of artificial intelligence technology, industry reactions to turmoil, growth projections, topics in sustainable finance and more.
In this episode of Current Account, Clay revisits the economic impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine. The episode includes an analysis of the sanctions regime's impact thus far, examining how Russia has altered its trade strategy and the overall impact on the Russian and Ukranian economies.
In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by IIF's Garbis Iradian, Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa Region, and Ivan Burgara, Senior Research Analyst, to discuss the economic implications the current conflict in Israel may have. The discussion involves outlining two scenarios: One in which the conflict is contained to within Israel, and one where the conflict expands to a greater regional matter. The analysis includes potential ripple effects in markets of oil, commodities, food and more.
In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by Kezia McKeague, the Regional Director for Latin America at McLarty Associates, to discuss the current cycle of elections in Argentina and Latin America. The discussion includes identifying the two Argentine candidates facing off in a run-off election on November 19th, Sergio Massa and Javier Milei, forecasting each candidate's outlook in a hypothetical second round victory, detailing what the potential outcomes may be for an Argentina-US relationship and highlighting other recent and upcoming elections across Latin America.
For more information on the Argentine Elections, watch the recent IIF Event on the elections featuring Clay, Kezia and IIF's Head of Latin America Research Martin Castellano.
In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by IIF's Managing Director of Regulatory Affairs, Andrés Portilla, and Director of Prudential Policy, Richard Gray, to talk about the Basel III Endgame. The discussion centers around describing Basel III, what the "endgame" means, what the next steps are across jurisdictions and more.
In this episode of Current Account, Clay records live from the IIF's Annual Membership Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. He is accompanied by colleagues to cover a variety of key issues talked about both at the IIF and IMF/World Bank meetings. Martin Boer, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, joins to talk about key regulatory issues, Jeremy McDaniels, Deputy Director of Sustainable Finance, talks about a number of topics in the realm of sustainable finance, and Jessica Renier, Managing Director of Digital Finance, covers Data Policy, Digital Payments, Artificial Intelligence and more.
In this Episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by IIF's Managing Director and Chief Economist Robin Brooks to take a look ahead at various global economic issues ahead of the Annual Meetings of the IMF, IIF and World Bank.