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About IGF

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Overview

The Institute of Global Finance (IGF), a world class research centre, stands at the forefront of policy research, aimed at innovation, problem solving and achieving tangible outcomes related to four key themes: global financial stability, interconnectedness, global prosperity including national and global financial security, and global governance. The IGF undertakes close and ongoing collaborative work with the World Bank, the ADB, the BIS, the RBA, BlackRock, the ASX, KPMG, PwC, other international organisations, and many eminent researchers and practitioners to ensure cohesion between research and tangible outcomes, including joint policy research, publications and engagements.

Since 2010, the IGF has worked collaboratively with the NYU Volatility and Risk Institute measuring systemic risk and financial stability. It generates weekly financial indicators including early warning signs about the health of large and small banks, and of the global financial system. The IGF website reports these complex, insightful weekly indicators, used by banks, central banks, financial markets and researchers around the world. These indicators also act as barometers to minimise or mitigate potential global financial crises.

The IGF has worked closely with the Asian Development Bank since 2010, producing joint policy publications and tangible outcomes on climate finance, the role of AI for regional and global financial stability, central bank digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, and how to increase the flow of financial resources and improve financial architecture to achieve the UN’s SDGs by 2030.

Vision

The IGF’s vision and strategic objectives include:

  • To enhance the IGF’s current research in generating weekly live financial indicators that act as barometers for mitigating factors which can minimise potential national and/or global financial crises.
  • Contribute to the policies and practical solutions that mobilise resources and talent to strengthen the area of climate finance including measures that can counter the consequences of the climate change.
  • Contribute to developing policies and practical solutions which enhance individual and global financial security aiming at inclusive global prosperity.
  • To develop financial architecture for developing countries, including in the Pacific region, so that the UN SDGs can be achieved by 2030.
  • To produce high-quality research that benefits the finance industry, policymakers and stakeholders.
  • To create world-class policy and business events to raise public awareness about emerging opportunities which contribute to increasingly effective global governance.

Organisational structure and governance

The IGF is supported by the Advisory Board, opens in a new window made up of industry experts and policy makers. In addition, the IGF is supported by an International Collaborators and Advisors, opens in a new window, and a Regional Collaborators and Advisors, opens in a new window.
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Contact us

If you’d like to make an enquiry or get in touch, you can contact the Institute of Global Finance: 

In-Person: Room 316, Level 3 West Wing, 

UNSW Business School Building, 

University of New South Wales, Sydney

Email: globalfinance@unsw.edu.au

Telephone: +61 02 9358 7774