Please join us on Friday, September 11, 11am EDT/ 4pm BST for our next Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum: Case by Case vs. Coordination: Which is the Better Debt Relief Path for Growth?  featuring Schwan Badirou Gafari (Paris Club), Edward Cuipa (U.S. Department of the Treasury), and Doerte Doemeland (The World Bank). The Forum engages officials from international financial institutions, emerging market institutional investors, and policy experts to... read more

Please join us on Tuesday, September 1, 9am EDT/ 2pm BST for our next Debt and Fiscal Governance working group call with Ian Carruthers Chair, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB). Moderated by Fergus McCormick, Director of Sovereign Research, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance.  The Debt & Fiscal Governance Working Group engages policymakers, independent policy experts, and emerging markets... read more

Please join us on Wednesday, August 26, 10am EDT/ 3pm BST for our next ESG Initiative call on Alquity’s Approach to ESG Investing : A Conversation with Mike Sell, Head of Asian Investments, Alquity Investment Management. Moderated by Fergus McCormick, Director of Sovereign Research, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance.  The ESG Initiative engages global and local institutional asset managers to discuss their approach to integrating Environmental, Social, and... read more

Please join us on Thursday, August 6, 2 pm EDT / 7 pm BST for a conversation on The French Revolution and the Greek Debt Crisis : A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of Public Debt and Reform with Jacob Soll, Professor of Philosophy, History, and Accounting at the University of Southern California, presented by the Debt and and Fiscal Governance Working Group. Moderated by Fergus McCormick, Director of Sovereign Research, Emerging Markets... read more

Please join us on Thursday, July 30 at 11am EDT / 4pm BST for the next iteration of the Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum Speaker Series, featuring a Panel Discussion on Future Sovereign Defaults: Systemic Solutions and ESG Considerations with Lee Buchheit ( University of Edinburgh Law School & Queen Mary University of London ), Mike Hugman ( Ninety One ), Nick Robins ( Grantham Research Institute ) and Yerlan Syzdykov ( ... read more

Please join us on Thursday, July 23 at 2pm EDT / 7pm BST for the next iteration of the Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum Speaker Series, featuring Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund. Introductory remarks by Alliance President Ashok Parameswaran; moderated by Director of Sovereign Research Fergus McCormick. The Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum engages officials from international financial institutions... read more

Please join us on Tuesday, June 30 at 11am EDT / 4pm BST for the next iteration of the Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum Speaker Series, featuring Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, World Bank Group. Introductory remarks by Alliance President Ashok Parameswaran; moderated by Director of Sovereign Research Fergus McCormick. The Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum engages officials from international financial institutions,... read more

The Emerging Markets Investors Alliance and LarrainVial invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 11 at 10am EDT to discuss the sustainable transition of the Chilean electric utilities sector. We will discuss: – The meaning of sustainability in global utilities, with a particular focus on decarbonization. We will review the role of different institutions active in setting and monitoring carbon performance (UNEP, TCFD) along with frameworks and metrics for measuring sustainability. For... read more

The Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of a new Speakers Series entitled the Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum. The date of the first call is Thursday, June 4 at 11am EDT / 5pm CET. The speaker will be Schwan Badirou-Gafari, Secretary-General of the Paris Club, moderated by Fergus McCormick. The Forum aims to engage officials from international financial institutions and emerging market governments, independent policy experts and institutional investors to discuss the G20... read more

Over the past three years extreme weather events have swept the globe, disrupting communities and imposing enormous economic losses. Increasingly, financial regulators and investors have demanded climate-related disclosures from companies in an effort to anticipate the coming risks and opportunities.  In response to a 2018 CDP survey, 6,707 companies disclosed information on their exposure to climate change. Firms reported $970 billion at risk from environmental factors, over half of... read more