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

Sylwia Baginska

Global Partnerships Manager – Strategic Projects

Georgios Chortareas

Professor of Economics

George Kapetanios

Professor of Finance and Econometrics

Francesca Monti

Deputy Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

Gulcin Ozkan

Vice Dean (Staffing)

Martin Weale

Professor of Economics

Research Agenda (1): 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.

Research Agenda (2): 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.

Research Agenda (3): 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.

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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?

Annual Conference 2021: Challenges facing Central Banks in the 2020s

King’s Business School is delighted to announce that the Annual Conference of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance (QCGBF) will be held on the 17th and 18th of May 2021. The conference titled "Challenges facing Central Banks in the 2020s" will focus on new directions in central bank research and policymaking.

Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance - Annual Conference 2021

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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.

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

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

Asset Managers' holdings of sovereign debt during the COVID-19 pandemic

Global Asset Managers are important investors in the Emerging Economy sovereign debt market, and the COVID-19 pandemic could prompt a reduction in their exposure. Carlos Cañon has applied neural network forecasting models to redemption- and allocation-driven flows from Asia, EMEA and Latam to predict how different regions will be affected by changing appetites for their sovereign debt.

Asset Managers' holdings of sovereign debt during the COVID-19 pandemic

New COVID-19 relating forecasting tool for central banks

A team at King’s Business School, working with a colleague at the University of Strathclyde have produced a draft paper for the Qatar Centre of Global Banking and Finance designed to assist central banks by applying more complex statistical models to case data on the pandemic in six of the world’s most affected countries. As well as providing useful information on the global picture, the methodology can also be applied to countries’ own available data.

New COVID-19 relating forecasting tool for central banks

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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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Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

Members

David Aikman

Sylwia Baginska

Georgios Chortareas

George Kapetanios

Francesca Monti

Gulcin Ozkan

Martin Weale

Research Agenda (1): Rethinking central bank mandates, policy frameworks and governance arrangements

Research Agenda (2): Understanding new and emerging threats to economic stability

Research Agenda (3): Developing new techniques for understanding the conjuncture and forecasting

Is the time right for negative rates in the UK?