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As we approach the end of the year and take stock of the productive agenda we’ve had, we wish to take a moment to share with you the most significant highlights of the past few months. Thank you for your continued membership, support, and unwavering dedication to our mission.
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Piyush Gupta, DBS Group CEO, moderated a panel on Regulating the Digital Asset Ecosystem featuring William C. Dudley, BWC Chair; Chea Serey, Assistant Governor and Director-General of Central Banking of the National Bank of Cambodia; and Shri T. Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
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BWC hosted its first flagship event in Asia, The Future of Finance Forum 2022: Digital Dynamics and the Global Financial System, on November 7 at the National Gallery Singapore in partnership with DBS.
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BWC-International Finance Forum Joint Webinars
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BWC and Beijing-based International Finance Forum (IFF) sealed a new collaboration by jointly hosting two webinars in early December. Global Debt Crisis and Risk Prevention explored the similarities and differences in the debt between developed and developing economies and the strategies that the public and private sectors could adopt to deal with the debt risks. The Ever-changing World: Reshaping Our Shared Future concluded the Annual Meeting series of events with a reflection on the challenges and solutions ahead.
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International Council 2022
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United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen joined BWC Chair William C. Dudley for a discussion on the Administration's priorities for the international economy and how to make multilateralism more effective in meeting today’s global challenges.
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From October 11 to 14, BWC held International Council 2022, Shaping the Future: Making Multilateralism Work, featuring strategic high-level discussions on the future of multilateralism and globalization.
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Digital Finance Project Team Recent Briefs
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During International Council 2022, the Bretton Woods Committee released two new reports by the Digital Finance Project Team.
DeFi Technology: Opportunities and Challenges explores how decentralized finance technologies could reduce costs, mitigate systemic risks, facilitate innovative business models, and address the limitation within.
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Investor Protection, Market Integrity and Financial Stability in Digital Finance identifies and proposes ways in which an appropriate regulatory framework would enhance their potential while minimizing risks.
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Climate Finance Project Team
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We are pleased to announce that Creon Butler has joined Afsaneh Beschloss as co-lead of the FFWG Climate Finance Project Team. Its members convened on December 12 to start their work. Through a series of short briefs, the group will tackle the question of how to crowd-in private capital to support net-zero transition, while taking particular interest in the interplay with MDBs and China in emerging economies.
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We would like to thank all of our members for your compelling submissions this year. We invite you to share topics you’d like to see reflected in our future blog calls. Review our recently posted blogs below.
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Consider BWC for your End-of-Year Giving
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As 2022 draws to a close we are reflecting on a successful year of growth for our organization. BWC expanded our regional footprint through a new flagship conference in Singapore, added three new working groups, and expanded our Secretariat team to better serve you and our mission. As we prepare for an equally ambitious 2023, please consider making an end-of-year financial gift to the Bretton Woods Committee. Our work would not be possible without dedicated and generous members like you. Thank you again for your support of BWC and we look forward to engaging with you in the new year!
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from the BWC Secretariat
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BWC added two additional staff in 2022 and recently held a team retreat in Massanutten, VA to strategize for the year ahead!
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We would like to acknowledge the new members who joined our network in 2022. Thank you for your commitment to our work and mission!
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Organizations
Amazon Web Services SOFR Academy
Crown Agents Bank TCX Investment Management Company BV
IEX The Africa-America Institute
JP Morgan Chase UniCredit SpA
Mastercard UOB
Scotiabank Westpac Banking Corporation
Singapore Telecommunications
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Individuals
Shawn Bates, The American University
Gladys Berejiklian, Optus
Jorge Bermudez, Byebrook Group
Barbara Ann Bernard, Wincrest Capital
Richard Berner, New York University
George E. Bogden, Columbia University
Thomas Brigandi, Moody's Investor Service
Harry G. Broadman, Johns Hopkins University
Jean-Claude Brou, BCEAO
Thomas J. Byrne, The Korea Society
Jeffrey L. Carson, Diversified Trust
Laban L. Coblentz, ITER Organization
Jonah Crane, Klaros Group
Joanne Dawson, Westpac Banking Corporation
Andre de Sousa Vieira, Morais Leitao et al
Oghosa Erhahon, German Development Agency
Jonathan R. Everhart, Global ReEnergy Holdings
Michael I. Fares, Fares Wedge Capital
Tamar Gutnar, The American University
Sean Hagan, Georgetown University Law Center
Brian C. Hartzer, Frothy Capital Pty Ltd.
Robert Heller, Federal Reserve Board
Gregory C. Johnson, Rubicon Crypto
DeAnne Julius, Chatham House
Rebecca Lim, Gilbert & Tobin
Jianhai Lin, IMF (Retired)
Caitlin Long, Custodia Bank, Inc.
Brian Markley, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Jennifer Marlon, Yale University
Giovanna Michelon, University of Bristol Business School
Mary J. Miller, Silicon Valley Bank
Lord Kimble William Montagu, Monash University
Andrea Moo-Young Bermudez, Byebrook Group
Dan Morrison
David Onoprishvili, Insurance State Supervision Service of Georgia
Anthony V. Pardal III, American Bankers Association
Rebecca Patterson, Bridgewater Associates
Jeanette Quick, CA Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI)
David M. Rader, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Jessica J. Renier, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Stephanie Segal, Center For Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
Deepika Sharma, BlackRock
Mila Skulkina, Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
Nick Smit, ING Bank N.V.
Kunal Thakur, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Natalya Thakur, Knox Networks Inc.
Lynn Thoman, Columbia University
Irene Tse, Wellington Management
Benjamin S. Weiss, UBS Group
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