Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance is a research centre dedicated to the study of central banks and the challenges they face in the global environment. It aims to develop cutting-edge research in all areas of central bank policymaking, ranging from monetary policy to financial stability and regulation.

Members

David Aikman

Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

Anastasia Allayioti

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Sylwia Baginska

Global Partnerships Manager – Strategic Projects

Georgios Chortareas

Professor of Economics

Timothy Foreman

Postdoctoral Research Associate

George Kapetanios

Professor of Finance and Econometrics

Francesca Monti

Deputy Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

Gulcin Ozkan

Professor of Finance

Martin Weale

Professor of Economics

Developing new techniques for understanding the conjuncture and forecasting

The world is becoming more complex. Central banks & other policymaking institutions face diverse challenges from climate change to the current pandemic.

Rethinking central bank mandates, policy frameworks and governance arrangements

The model of independent central banks pursuing flexible inflation targeting served the world well in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Understanding new and emerging threats to economic stability

To navigate uncertainty, central banks must understand new & emerging threats & their implications for macroeconomic and financial stability.

Macroprudential Matters

The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance proudly presents the Macroprudential Matters website, which offers a critical analysis of macroprudential and financial stability policy in the UK and globally. The website publishes opinion pieces by experts writing in their own capacity on a range of aspects of the macroprudential policy debate and has no house view.

Macroprudential Matters Website

Working Papers Series

The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance's working paper series is designed to communicate our research to the public and contribute to ongoing industry and policy debates.

QCGBF Working Papers Series

Virtual Seminar Series

The virtual seminar series aims to provide a forum for researchers at central banks and academics working on central banking issues to present their research. Seminars take place fortnightly every Monday each term and last one hour, including time for questions from the attendees.

Qatar Centre for Global Banking Finance Virtual Seminar Series

Annual Report 2019-20

View the first annual report from the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance

Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance - Annual Report 2019-20

Former US Treasury Secretary and Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama, Lawrence H. Summers gives keynote discussion

Professor David Aikman was joined by Lawrence H. Summers (President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot Professor at Harvard University) for a keynote discussion at the International Finance and Banking Society 2021 Oxford Conference titled 'Financial System(s) of tomorrow'.

Read: Lawrence H. Summers Discussion

Macroprudential Matters Web (1600 x 900 px)

The US needs urgently to raise its Macroprudential game

Implementing robust macroprudential policy—addressing threats to financial stability beyond those that were the focus of safety and soundness on an institution-by-institution basis or of investor protection market-by-market—was a constructive outcome of the legislative and policy response to the global financial crisis of 2008-09.

Read: The US needs urgently to raise its Macroprudential game - Donald Kohn

Young Economist Prize 2021 Competition

Eight finalists were shortlisted for the award and were given the opportunity to present their research paper at the 2021 Conference as a pre-recorded presentation. The winners were announced during the Prize Giving Event on day two of the Conference by Martin Weale. The 2021 competition attracted many high-quality submissions that impressed the selection panel. The winning paper received a £5000 cash prize, and two papers were also awarded a runner-up prize of £1000 each.

Young Economist Prize 2021

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Is the time right for negative rates in the UK?

The economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with historically low-interest rates and persistently low inflation, is prompting a rethink of central banks’ toolkit globally.

Is the time right for negative rates in the UK?

Climate-Related Disclosures Policy Forum

In September 2020, the IFRS Foundation consulted on preliminary proposals for how climate reporting should be integrated into existing financial reporting. To inform the IFRS Foundation’s deliberations, the Qatar Centre of Global Banking & Finance convened a policy forum of experts to debate the issues involved in designing a set of coherent standards.

Central Banks & Economic History

Professor David Aikman shares his thoughts on the use of economic history in central bank policy-making, after participating as a respondent at the Bank of England's 2-day conference on 'History and Policy-making'

Central Banks & Economic History

Our partners

Qatar Central Bank

Contact us

David Aikman, Director

david.aikman@kcl.ac.uk

Francesca Monti, Deputy Director

francesca.monti@kcl.ac.uk

Ruth, Communications Officer (For media enquiries)

ruth.nade@kcl.ac.uk

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