Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
Encyclopedia
The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) is formed around a core of public sector asset and reserve holders at the heart of world finance. OMFIF offers a confidential, convenient and discreet forum to a unique membership of central banks, sovereign funds, financial policy-makers and market participants who interact with them. OMFIF is Co-chaired by David Marsh
, financial specialist and Michael Lafferty
, Chairman of the Lafferty Group.
OMFIF meetings - which usually take place within central banks and other official institutions – provide an occasion for deep-seated exchanges of views by allowing both the public and private sector participants to reveal strengths and weaknesses and seek solutions for their individual problems in an open fashion.
As well as the large roundtable meetings of the core OMFIF forum, OMFIF organise a series of events for members including speeches, awards, workshops and seminars.
Articles by Malan Rietveld, Chief Economist and David Marsh
, Chairman, appear in South Africa's BusinessDay, America's MarketWatch
, Germany's Handelsblatt
, and the UK's Financial Times
.
David Marsh (financial specialist)
David Marsh CBE is a British financial specialist, business consultant and writer on political, economic and monetary issues. He is chairman of Germany-headquartered management consultancy SCCO International and co-chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum that links...
, financial specialist and Michael Lafferty
Michael Lafferty
-Early life:Michael Lafferty was a Financial Times journalist and is now the Chairman of Lafferty Group and co-chairman of Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum .-Education:Lafferty was educated at St...
, Chairman of the Lafferty Group.
OMFIF meetings - which usually take place within central banks and other official institutions – provide an occasion for deep-seated exchanges of views by allowing both the public and private sector participants to reveal strengths and weaknesses and seek solutions for their individual problems in an open fashion.
As well as the large roundtable meetings of the core OMFIF forum, OMFIF organise a series of events for members including speeches, awards, workshops and seminars.
Articles by Malan Rietveld, Chief Economist and David Marsh
David Marsh (financial specialist)
David Marsh CBE is a British financial specialist, business consultant and writer on political, economic and monetary issues. He is chairman of Germany-headquartered management consultancy SCCO International and co-chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum that links...
, Chairman, appear in South Africa's BusinessDay, America's MarketWatch
MarketWatch
MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research. Along with its flagship website, the company operates...
, Germany's Handelsblatt
Handelsblatt
The Handelsblatt is a leading German language business newspaper, published in Düsseldorf by the Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt. It has a circulation of 145.437 daily copies. Its editor-in-chief is Gabor Steingart...
, and the UK's Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
.