In the US, regulators are opening up a dialogue with banks helping to foster growth, something their European counterparts can only look upon with envy, writes Brian Caplen.
View from IMF 2017
Round up
- Ludger Schuknecht, Chief Economist, German Federal Ministry of Finance - View from IMF 2017
- Arunma Oteh, Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank - View from IMF 2017
- Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos, Governor of The Central Bank of Paraguay - View from IMF 2017
- Sunil Kaushal, Regional Chief Executive of Africa and the Middle East, Standard Chartered - View from IMF 2017
Day 3
- Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, Chairman, Federation of Egyptian Banks - View from IMF 2017
- Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank - View from IMF 2017
- Andreas Dombret, Executive Board Member, Bundesbank - View from IMF 2017
Day 2
- Henrik Raber, Global Head of Capital Markets, Standard Chartered - View from IMF 2017
- Yves Lemay, Head of Sovereign Risk EMEA, Moody's - View from IMF 2017
- Christian Meissner, Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch - View from IMF 2017
Day 1
- Hung Q. Tran, Executive Managing Director, IIF - View from IMF 2017
- Mehmet Şimşek, Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey - View from IMF 2017
- Olli Rehn, Board Member, Bank of Finland - View from IMF 2017
Previews
View from IMF 2017
The annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group each year bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, and academics. For a full list of seminars and open events at the IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings click here.
The Banker’s editors will cover the event through a video interview series with key industry figures and policy-makers.
The team covering the event include:
- Brian Caplen, editor
- James King, Middle East and Africa editor
- Stefanie Linhardt, Europe editor
- Danielle Myles, investment banking and capital markets editor
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