Daniel Hinge
Editor, Benchmarking
Daniel Hinge is editor of Central Banking’s benchmarking service and subject specialist for economics and monetary policy. He has reported on the central banking community since 2012, in roles including news editor and comment editor. He holds a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Oxford.
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Carney: Inflation ‘likely’ to drop below 1%
Bank of England signals rates firmly on hold into 2015 as probability rises of inflation falling below 1% in the short run; real wage growth likely to accelerate over the year
Kyrgyz Republic marshals journalists in financial literacy push
National Bank spokeswoman says central bank is taking the lead with broad communication strategy while government finalises plans; journalists seen as ‘effective information transfer tool’
ECB’s Godeffroy sees clear path to 2015 T2S launch
Director-general leading Target 2 Securities project says testing is largely going to plan; platform to create ‘survival of the fittest’ environment for European CSDs
Split BoJ shocks markets with extra stimulus
Divided board narrowly votes in favour of a substantial boost to asset purchases; analysts note uncanny timing with government pension fund’s plan to add risk
Bank of England seeks global consensus on ‘fair and effective’ markets
Review aims to fix outstanding issues with market structure and conduct; Minouche Shafik says the central bank is working with others globally to build a consensus
Bank of England spells out resolution plans
Central bank details its approach to resolving a failed financial institution, including the use of bail-in, restructuring and international cooperation with other regulators
Bailey accuses EBA of comms blunder
BoE deputy says EBA ‘incorrectly transmitted’ the news that its vote on an opinion regarding bonus caps had been unanimous - as he voted against it
Fears surface over lack of trust among resolution authorities
Countries still do not trust one another enough to cooperate fully during the resolution of a globally systemic bank, participants at Chatham House event warn
Constâncio says ECB needs new tools to tackle shadow banking risks
Vice-president says central bank will need a broader arsenal to cope with risks in the shadow banking sector, suggesting the US and UK both have powers that could be useful
Top regulators seek to dispel myth of global regulatory harmonisation
Officials from IMF, Bank of England and US Treasury say perfect harmonisation is next to impossible; key now is a shift from design of standards to implementation
European Banking Authority unveils framework for classifying high-quality securitisations
Consultation proposes system for classifying securitisations that are ‘simple, standard and transparent’ and therefore may benefit from more lenient regulation
Bank of Lithuania invests $100 million into Chinese capital markets
Central bank becomes one of the first in Europe to invest in Chinese securities, as part of a new investment policy seeking higher returns
Focus on risk culture is ‘remaking’ the banking system
Patricia Jackson highlights ‘big shift’ in banking as firms implement more rigorous risk frameworks; BoE’s Andrew Bailey sets out the PRA’s approach
Hong Kong protests trigger emergency action by HKMA
HKMA activates its business continuity plan and takes extraordinary measures to maintain stability as thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets
Rebel incursion has not halted central bank operations, says Yemen deputy
Ibrahim Alnahari says the central bank is doing its best to maintain normal operations despite continued violence on the streets of Sana’a, with action taken to protect banking sector
Financial Stability Board prepares to publish FX benchmark reforms
Recommendations due to be published within days; broad consensus among market participants, but questions hang over certain elements
Kenyan High Court blocks charges against Ndung’u
Njuguna Ndung’u granted temporary reprieve from corruption charges after High Court intervenes, but possibility of arrest fuels fears of turbulence in the vulnerable economy
ECB to house new SSM in old ‘Eurotower’
Central bank decides to use existing headquarters for around 1,000 new staff responsible for single supervisory mechanism; plans being implemented to avoid overflow while new tower is completed
Fed’s Powell downplays QE impact on emerging markets
Governor admits Fed policy has played a part in capital flows to and from emerging markets, but argues other factors are more important; follows fresh complaints from Asian economies
Slovene bank clean-up provides stress test dry run for ECB
IMF urges country to recapitalise banks quickly; academics see country as 'methodology experiment' for ECB, and warn comparisons with Greece and Cyprus could be self-fulfilling prophecies
Politically-aligned governors more likely to 'survive', research finds
Paper unearths evidence that central bank governors with the same political leanings as the government in power last significantly longer in their roles
Central banks behind curve on innovation, says World Payments Report
Central banks are struggling to keep up with rapid growth of innovative new payment systems, report warns; risk to European firms that regulation will cause mobile payments to fall behind
Bank of Lithuania’s Vitas Vasiliauskas on Europe’s push to banking union
As Lithuania takes on the presidency of the European Union, Bank of Lithuania governor Vitas Vasiliauskas speaks with Daniel Hinge about the efforts to end the euro crisis
Fischer says Frenkel will face ‘completely different' world
In his departing press conference at the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer highlights many changes that Jacob Frenkel will find when he returns; Frenkel still faces investigation over improper payments