Publications

Venezuela: Debt Default Fears Grow

February 19, 2015

The oil price slump has stoked external default fears and heightened risks of social upheaval. The policy response, thus far, has consisted of seeking

U.S. Shale Oil: Maybe Down, But Not Out

February 19, 2015

The extraordinary rise of U.S. shale oil producers has led the U.S. to record crude oil production, rising nearly 4 mbd since 2008 and altering the gl

Weekly Insight: Mixed Signals

February 19, 2015

1. Markets read the minutes: ' Against an uneasy geopolitical backdrop-with U.S.

IIF Dispatch: Update from Kiev

February 18, 2015

We visited Kiev last week, consulting with public sector officials and market participants on the current state of Ukraine's economy as well as the re

Joint IIF/GA Response to the IAIS ICS Consultation

February 16, 2015

On February 16, the Joint IIF/Geneva Association (GA) ICS Task Force submitted a response letter to the IAIS Risk-based Global Insurance Capital Stand

Joint Associations' response on criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable securitisations

February 13, 2015

On February 13, the IIF, GFMA, ICMA and ISDA (together, the Associations) responded to the BCBS-IOSCO consultative document "Criteria for identifying

CMM Update: Greece and Ukraine-a Tale of Two Restructurings

February 12, 2015

The first Eurogroup meeting with Greece's FM Varoufakis, on February 11, ended in the early morning-as usual-but without a joint statement as " mini

Weekly Insight: Calmer Seas-For How Long?

February 12, 2015

Brazil-pay-up time Greece talks Ukraine-questions for private sector bondholders Highlights from the IIF G20 Conference in Istan

January 2015 EM Coincident Indicator

February 10, 2015

The IIF EM coincident indicator (EMCI) declined in January to 3.2%, indicating that EM GDP growth at the start of 2015 weakened further from its subdu

Emerging Market Portfolio Flows: Lessons from 2014

February 8, 2015

This research note is a joint product by EPFR Global and the IIF. IIF portfolio flows data and EPFR fund flows data offer complementary perspectives o

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