March 3rd 2025
The 33rd International Finance Symposium commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs
"Fragmenting Global Economy: Achievements, Challenges, and What Lies Ahead?"
Thank you for your warm understanding and continuous support of our activities at the Institute for International Monetary Affairs. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of our institute. In commemorating this, on March 3rd, we will hold our 33rd International Financial Symposium titled "Fragmenting Global Economy: Achievements, Challenges, and What Lies Ahead?"
The global economy is showing increasing signs of fragmentation. In the short-term, the continuing disinflation process and expectations toward continued monetary easing are supporting the financial market and overall economy. However, the economic situation of each region is becoming more varied, reflecting the difference of impact from prolonged geopolitical conflicts and the degree of structural issues. In the longer-term, widened income disparity, distrust against establishment, and growing nationalism have put post-war global order and international cooperation at risk. International dialogue and cooperation on global challenges has never been more necessary for the global economy to avoid further fragmentation and unexpected destabilization. We will invite prominent experts from Japan and abroad to discuss various economic policy issues.
| Date and Time |
March 3rd, 2025 (Monday), 15:00 - 17:30 (JST) |
|---|---|
| Venue | The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Fuji Room (3rd Floor Main Building) |
| Progress | Lecture and Panel Discussion |
| Language |
English (Simultaneous translation to Japanese) |
| Registration | Click here |
Panelists (in alphabetical order)
Zongyuan “Zoe” Liu
Council on Foreign Relations, Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies
Zongyuan “Zoe” Liu is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of "Can BRICS De-dollarize the Global Financial System?" (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and "Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances its Global Ambitions" (Harvard University Press, 2023). Sovereign Funds is the 2024 Winner of the PROSE Award in Business, Finance, and Management. Zoe received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and teaches at Columbia University.
Atsushi Mimura
Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan
Atsushi Mimura, assumed his current position in July 2024. Since he joined the ministry in 1989, he has held many senior positions, including Director-General of the International Bureau (2021-2024), Deputy Director-General of the International Bureau (2020-2021). He also has extensive experience in financial sector regulation and supervision, including Financial Services Agency of Japan (2004-2007, 2010-2014) and Financial Stability Board (2007-2010). He received his L.L.B. from the University of Tokyo (1989) and Diploma of International Public Administration from Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) of France (1993).
Randal K. Quarles
Chairman, The Cynosure Group, Former Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve System
Randal Quarles is Chairman of The Cynosure Group, a diversified asset management firm. Mr. Quarles was the first Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve System, serving through October 2021. At the same time, he served as the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board. Earlier in his career, Mr. Quarles was a partner at The Carlyle Group and before that a partner at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. In the Bush ’43 Administration, Mr. Quarles served as Under Secretary of the Treasury and as US Executive Director of the IMF.
Klaus Regling
Former Managing Director, European Stability Mechanism
Klaus Regling has worked for 50 years in senior positions in the public and the private sector in Europe, Asia, and the United States. After studying economics at the Universities of Hamburg and Regensburg, he worked 11 years for the IMF in Washington and Jakarta and a decade for the German Ministry of Finance, where he prepared EMU. He was Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission from 2001 to 2008 and subsequently spent a year at the Lee Kuan Yew School in Singapore. His experience in the private sector includes work for the German Bankers‘ Association (1980-81), the Moore Capital Group (1999-2001) and as Chairman of KR-Economics (2009-10). From 2010 to 2022, he was the CEO of the EFSF, and from 2012 to 2022, the Managing Director of the ESM. Currently, he serves on the Board of Trustees of CEPR and on the International Advisory Board of CHUBB.
One more panelist (ASEAN) to be confirmed
Moderator
Hiroshi Watanabe
President, Institute for International Monetary Affairs (IIMA)
Hiroshi Watanabe graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law in 1972 and entered the Japanese Ministry of Finance (JMOF) in the same year. He occupied various senior positions in the Tax Bureau, the International Bureau, and others at the JMOF before serving as Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs. After retiring from the JMOF in 2007, he became a Professor at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School, Deputy Governor of Japan Finance Corporation (JFC), and President of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) from 2013 to 2016. Since October 2016, he has been President of the IIMA.