April 3, 2025/IMF Today, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva issued the following statement on yesterday’s announcement of U.S. tariffs: “We are still assessing the macroeconomic implications of the announced tariff measures, but they clearly represent a significant risk to the global outlook at a time of sluggish growth. It is […]

Members of the AfDB team that participated in Rwanda’s €200 M award-winning ESG loan in Cape Town. Image Credit: AfDB The awards celebrate Africa’s most innovative and transformative financial deals, highlighting exemplary execution, effective mobilization of new liquidity pools, and innovative deal structuring April 2, 2025/AfDB Two African Development Bank […]

April 2, 2025/IOSCO IOSCO publishes a Final Report following its review of IOSCO Standards Implementation Monitoring (ISIM) for Regulator Principles 6 and 7 which address systemic risk and perimeter of regulation. IOSCO’s Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation 6 and 7 stipulate that regulators should have or contribute to processes […]