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23 May 24
Dag Detter and Simon Gray set out what centrally planned economies – using Ethiopia as an example – could gain from reforming the way they manage their public assets.
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30 Apr 24
Mineral revenues will fund development in Mongolia for years to come and allow citizens to share in the wealth, officials have said after lawmakers approved the creation of new public funds.
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9 Apr 24
Dag Detter explores how governments might maximise the benefits of public wealth, through managing their assets better and using Net Worth-based fiscal rules.
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15 Mar 24
Sovereign wealth funds are increasing climate change scrutiny
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13 Oct 23
Two European countries will put surplus revenues into wealth funds, hoping to make current windfalls and fiscal discipline contribute to future sustainability.
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23 Jun 23
Bahrain’s state investment fund Mumtalakat is increasing its holding in the motor racing and high-end sports car maker.
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16 Jun 23
The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have announced their new rates
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12 May 23
Saving bumper corporation tax receipts now could help Ireland face future challenges such as its ageing population, the country’s finance minister has said.
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9 May 23
The best way to reduce sovereign debt is by boosting economic growth. By tapping the hidden value in its balance sheet, governments can exit the crisis faster and more sustainably, writes Dag Detter.
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24 Feb 23
Major central banks have been tipped to sell off $1trn of assets in both 2023 and 2024, partially reversing the jump in quantitative easing since the onset of Covid-19.
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12 Jan 23
Overall sukuk issuance is expected to rise slowly this year as major issuers’ financing needs remain high but so do oil revenues, analysts have predicted.
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19 Dec 22
The Ghanaian government has suspended payments on all bonds, commercial loans and bilateral debt, as the nation seeks to restructure its debts.
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9 Dec 22
Senior Filipino ministers have announced plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund aimed at supporting the economy and providing funding for large infrastructure projects.
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29 Nov 22
Interest rates at the European Central Bank will keep going up, according to its president Christine Lagarde, but a leading economist has questioned whether advanced economies should loosen their...
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28 Oct 22
The possibility of recession was not enough to keep the European Central Bank from doubling its deposit rate in an attempt to get inflation down.
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23 Sep 22
The US central bank has put interest rates up by another big jump, continuing its recent fast pace of increases as inflation continues to be far above its target level.
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18 Aug 22
Ghana’s central bank has hiked interest rates by the largest jump in 20 years barely one month after the International Monetary Fund said the country needs to “ensure credibility” in its monetary...
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16 Aug 22
The Biden administration plans not to unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s reserves held in US financial institutions, but insists it will find a way to use the money “for the benefit of the...
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27 Jul 22
El Salvador plans to buy back some of its sovereign bonds to send “a clear signal” that the country’s public finances are sound.
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22 Jul 22
The European Central Bank has ended eight years of negative interest rates, increasing its deposit rate for the first time since 2011 in response to high inflation.
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19 Jul 22
The French government is set to spend close to €10bn on purchasing shares of energy giant EDF after the country outlined plans to renationalise the company.
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19 Jul 22
Failure to pay its dollar-denominated debt obligations in the correct currency constitutes Belarus technically defaulting in the eyes of ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s.
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7 Jul 22
The French government is set to take full control of energy giant EDF, which it said will enable the country to make “radical decisions” on its future energy plans.
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16 Jun 22
The US Federal Reserve is set to hike lending rates by 0.75 percentage points to help tame runaway inflation, the largest single increase since the 1990s.
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10 Jun 22
The Kenyan government has shelved a proposed bond sale because surging yields will see the nation seek cheaper debt on private markets, according to reports.
23 May 24Dag Detter and Simon Gray set out what centrally planned economies – using Ethiopia as an example – could gain from reforming the way they manage their public assets.
30 Apr 24Mineral revenues will fund development in Mongolia for years to come and allow citizens to share in the wealth, officials have said after lawmakers approved the creation of new public funds.
9 Apr 24Dag Detter explores how governments might maximise the benefits of public wealth, through managing their assets better and using Net Worth-based fiscal rules.
15 Mar 24Sovereign wealth funds are increasing climate change scrutiny
13 Oct 23Two European countries will put surplus revenues into wealth funds, hoping to make current windfalls and fiscal discipline contribute to future sustainability.
23 Jun 23Bahrain’s state investment fund Mumtalakat is increasing its holding in the motor racing and high-end sports car maker.
16 Jun 23The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have announced their new rates
9 May 23The best way to reduce sovereign debt is by boosting economic growth. By tapping the hidden value in its balance sheet, governments can exit the crisis faster and more sustainably, writes Dag Detter.
12 Jan 23Overall sukuk issuance is expected to rise slowly this year as major issuers’ financing needs remain high but so do oil revenues, analysts have predicted.
19 Dec 22The Ghanaian government has suspended payments on all bonds, commercial loans and bilateral debt, as the nation seeks to restructure its debts.
9 Dec 22Senior Filipino ministers have announced plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund aimed at supporting the economy and providing funding for large infrastructure projects.
29 Nov 22Interest rates at the European Central Bank will keep going up, according to its president Christine Lagarde, but a leading economist has questioned whether advanced economies should loosen their...
18 Aug 22Ghana’s central bank has hiked interest rates by the largest jump in 20 years barely one month after the International Monetary Fund said the country needs to “ensure credibility” in its monetary...
16 Aug 22The Biden administration plans not to unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s reserves held in US financial institutions, but insists it will find a way to use the money “for the benefit of the...
27 Jul 22El Salvador plans to buy back some of its sovereign bonds to send “a clear signal” that the country’s public finances are sound.
19 Jul 22The French government is set to spend close to €10bn on purchasing shares of energy giant EDF after the country outlined plans to renationalise the company.
19 Jul 22Failure to pay its dollar-denominated debt obligations in the correct currency constitutes Belarus technically defaulting in the eyes of ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s.
7 Jul 22The French government is set to take full control of energy giant EDF, which it said will enable the country to make “radical decisions” on its future energy plans.
10 Jun 22The Kenyan government has shelved a proposed bond sale because surging yields will see the nation seek cheaper debt on private markets, according to reports.
