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May 2015 The Bulletin Vol. 6 Ed.5 Official monetary and financial institutions ● Asset management ● Global money and credit Europe’s pivotal players Negotiating multiple fronts Antonio Armellini on Modi’s first year Lorenzo Codogno on Renzi’s key task Bronwyn Curtis & William Baunton on Asia Meghnad Desai on secular stagnation Gerard Lyons on bringing AIIB to London Global Louis de Montpellier [email protected] +44 20 3395 6189 ConneCt Into aPaC Hon Cheung [email protected] +65 6826 7505 amerICas Carl Riedy the network [email protected] +1 202 429 8427 Connect into State Street Global Advisors’ network of expertise, tailored training and investment excellence. emea Benefit from our Official Institutions Group’s decades-deep experience. Our service Kristina Sowah [email protected] is honed to the specific needs of sovereign clients such as central banks, sovereign +44 20 3395 6842 wealth funds, government agencies and supranational institutions. From Passive to Active, Alternatives to the latest Advanced Beta strategies, the Official Institutions Group can provide the customised client solutions you need. To learn more about how we can help you, please visit our website ssga.com/oig or contact your local representative. FOR INSTITUTIONAL USE ONLY, Not for Use with the Public. Investing involves risk including the risk of loss of principal. State Street Global Advisors is the investment management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors. © 2015 State Street Corporation – All rights reserved. INST-5417. Exp. 31.03.2016. EUMKT-3892_Connect Into The Network Ad.indd 1 25/03/2015 10:41 Contents Europe’s pivotal players UK election Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has emerged even Powerful role for Merkel David Marsh 8 more powerfully as Europe’s UK electorate opts for growth Antonio Armellini 9 pivot after the UK election. She must negotiate multiple Piercing ‘spiral of silence’ Thomas Kielinger 10 fronts. She will play a key role in efforts by David Cameron, the Rethinking ‘unlosable’ referendum Denis MacShane 11 British prime minister, to win concessions from Europe before the UK vote on EU membership. And Merkel stands at the centre International monetary policy of a bitter stand-off between debtors and creditors over Prepare for secular stagnation Meghnad Desai 12 Greece, which could still result Fed likely to delay lift-off Darrell Delamaide 13 in a major upset for the euro. Reaching for the unthinkable Ryan Shea and Pasquale Urselli 14 Why IMF must reform the SDR Ousmène Mandeng 15 Global Europe and the euro Louis de Montpellier [email protected] Puzzling logic on euro money Moorad Choudhry 16 +44 20 3395 6189 Implementation is key task for Renzi Lorenzo Codogno 17 ConneCt Into aPaC Portugal must rebalance economy Francesco Franco 19 Hon Cheung ECB quantitative easing Francesco Papadia 19 [email protected] +65 6826 7505 amerICas Emerging markets Carl Riedy the network [email protected] Book review +1 202 429 8427 IMF returns to fray in Argentina David Smith 5 Connect into State Street Global Advisors’ network of William Keegan evaluates Meghnad Desai’s Hubris, an ambitious analysis Asean shaping up for ‘double hit’ William Baunton and Bronwyn Curtis 22 expertise, tailored training and investment excellence. emea of how the 2008 financial crisis went Why AIIB should choose London base Gerard Lyons 25 Benefit from our Official Institutions Group’s decades-deep experience. Our service Kristina Sowah unanticipated by most economists. [email protected] is honed to the specific needs of sovereign clients such as central banks, sovereign In forgetting their history, according Renminbi expansion a stabilising influence Juan Carlos Martinez Oliva 26 +44 20 3395 6842 to Desai, the economics profession wealth funds, government agencies and supranational institutions. Africa’s financial services revolution Michael Lafferty 27 and its disciples in public life forgot From Passive to Active, Alternatives to the latest Advanced Beta strategies, the business cycles, long and short, as Modi embarks on growth path Antonio Armellini 28 Official Institutions Group can provide the customised client solutions you need. well as the previous occurrence of banking crises and financial Kickback cloud over real Jamie Bulgin 29 To learn more about how we can help you, please visit our website crashes. The book ranges over ssga.com/oig or contact your local representative. 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Company Number: 7032533 4 www.omfif.org EDITORIAL Merkel pivotal figure on UK and Greece ust at the time when the possibility of a major Greek upheaval in the euro area has grown into a real threat, a referendum on whether the UK Jmay leave the European Union has drawn closer following Prime Minister David Cameron’s election victory on 7 May. In both cases Angela Merkel, the German chancellor,