By: Olivier Fines, CFA

Olivier Fines, CFA, is Head of Advocacy and Capital Markets Policy Research for EMEA at CFA Institute. With teams based in London and Brussels, Olivier leads the effort in researching, and commenting on, the major trends that affect the investment management industry, changes to the profession, policy and regulatory developments.

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Money in COVID Times: A perfect storm forming for central banks?

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The COVID-19 crisis is but the latest episode in a drama docuseries on economics depicting a world in which unorthodox monetary policy is becoming the norm rather than the exception. How have central banks become the de facto lender and market maker of last resort in a financial market ecosystem in which market-based finance has [...]
Covid-19, one year later: Capital markets entering uncharted waters

City Talk

CFA Institute conducted a survey of its global membership to analyse the effects of the current economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic on financial markets and the investment industry. The survey was run worldwide from 8 to 28 March 2021. Now we are releasing the survey report: COVID-19, ONE YEAR LATER. This research constitutes the second iteration [...]
Is the Coronavirus rocking the foundations of capital markets?

City Talk

Market commentators and practitioners alike have been at a loss trying to make sense of current events. The economic crisis we are experiencing is unique in history, as it was self-inflicted at a time when, in general, things had been going relatively well. It has been spurious to discuss the technical effects on employment, economic [...]

Man fined over noisy cockerel. But what counts as a ‘nuisance pet’?

Rolex becomes title sponsor of major sport league

Layla film review: a bold tale of London and LGBTQ love

By: Olivier Fines, CFA

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