Fixed Interests

Saif Shawqi, Associate Director, Islamic Finance, and Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance, discuss the development of ESG-related products in the GCC, the growth of green & sustainable sukuk, and more.

Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Sovereigns, and Richard Francis, Senior Director, Sovereigns, explore the economic and fiscal outlook for Chile in 2022 and the prospects under the new administration of President Gabriel Boric.

Senior Sovereign Ratings Directors Jan Friederich and Erich Morales discuss the economic outlook and operating environment in Turkey following Fitch's February downgrade of the country's sovereign credit rating to 'B+' from 'BB-'.

Paul Gamble, Senior Director of Sovereign Ratings, and Malgorzata Kleniewska Wodtke, Senior Director of Financial Institutions, discuss the macroeconomic outlook for Central and Eastern Europe, including growth expectations, inflation and more.

Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of Asia-Pacific Sovereign Ratings, and Jeremy Zook, Sovereigns Director, Lead Analyst for India, discuss the implications of India’s recent budget for the medium-term fiscal outlook and sovereign rating.

Toby Iles, Head of Middle East and Africa Sovereign Ratings, and Jermaine Leonard, Sovereigns Director, Lead Analyst for Ghana and Zambia, discuss the recent downgrade of Ghana’s sovereign rating and consider Zambia’s G20 Common Framework prospects.

Michele Napolitano, Head of Western Europe Sovereigns and Malgorzata Glowacka, Associate Director, discuss the findings of Fitch’s recent special report “Ireland’s Exceptional Economic Performance Places Debt/GDP on a Firm Downward Path”

Shelly Shetty, Head of Americas and Asia Pacific Sovereigns and Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, discuss the policy implications of increasing inflation as the Fed responds to growing evidence that US inflation is broadening to services and wages.

Cristina Torrella, Senior Director, Financial Institutions, and Fernando Sanchez, Lead Analyst for Andorran banks, discuss latest developments in the Andorran operating environment, as well as how banks are expected to navigate challenges ahead.

Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Sovereigns, and Richard Francis, Senior Director, Sovereigns, discuss how elevated commodity prices and the reopening of domestic economies are helping Chile, Colombia and Peru recover from the shock of Covid-19.