The summits and meetings entries on the firm's 2026 watchlist. Each event names what we are watching for and links to the most relevant insight on file.
Regional convening. Saudi PIF, ADIA, Mubadala, and Egyptian leadership presence likely.
Watching for Saudi PIF deployment signals after the Vision 2030 reset and any UAE, Egypt, or Israel reconstruction commentary.
Annual G7 leaders summit. Trade, Ukraine, AI governance, and climate finance on the leaders agenda.
Watching for Communique language on China decoupling, Russia frozen assets disposition, and the Pillar Two implementation timeline.
BRICS+ leaders summit hosted by Brazil. BRICS Pay platform progress and Lula's payment systems agenda after the Kazan declaration.
Watching for Whether bilateral RMB and local currency settlement growth shows up in CIPS volumes versus the SWIFT 4.69 percent RMB share floor.
Successor to the Ukraine Recovery Conference cycle (Lugano 2022, Berlin 2024, Rome 2025). RDNA 4 baseline of USD 524 billion reconstruction need with G7 ERA mechanism backed by Russian asset returns.
Watching for Whether donor pledges close the gap between IMF EFF disbursements and ERA tranches, and progress on EU Ukraine Facility EUR 50 billion absorption.
Washington DC. The marquee development-finance forum. WEO and Global Financial Stability Report releases.
Watching for Common Framework restructuring progress on Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, and the China bilateral creditor stance.
UN climate summit. Adaptation finance gap, the post-NCQG architecture, and the carbon market Article 6 rulebook.
Watching for The fraction of the USD 300 billion NCQG actually pledged and the Article 6.4 mechanism operationalization.
Annual G20 leaders summit. Sherpas will pre-stage the communique through the year.
Watching for Common Framework next steps, AI governance language, and the BRICS payments sub-narrative.
UNFCCC COP31 conference hosted by Australia or Turkey. NDC 3.0 implementation, Article 6 PACM activity, and post-NCQG climate finance follow-through.
Watching for Whether USD 300B per year by 2035 NCQG translates into actual disbursements and whether Article 6.4 ITMOs gain corporate buyers.