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New BOK governor named

President Roh Moo-hyun on Thursday 23 March appointed Lee Seong-tae, deputy governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK), as the new governor, his office Cheong Wa Dae announced.

New Fed governors sworn in

Kevin M. Warsh and Randall S. Kroszner were formally sworn in as members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at a ceremony Thursday 23 March in the atrium of the Board's main building in Washington.

Fed's Spillenkothen to retire

Rich Spillenkothen, the director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, will retire on June 30 after thirty years of service with the Federal Reserve Board, including nearly fifteen years as the director of the division.

New BOK chief to be named this week

This article published on Tuesday 21 March looks at the changes that will be seen in the Bank of Korea's ranks soon. As well as a new governor, there will also be a significant change in the line-up of the bank's seven-member monetary policy committee,…

Former CBK officials charged with fraud

A Kenyan court on Monday 20 March charged five former senior officials, including former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor Eric Kotut, with fraud and theft in the east African country's biggest corruption scandal.

Richmond Fed promotes branch officer

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has announced that Steven T. Bareford has been named assistant vice president, Banking Supervision and Regulation, effective April 1, 2006.

Basci named acting central bank governor

Turkey's central bank vice governor Erdem Basci has been appointed acting governor of the institution, following the end of Sureyya Serdengecti's term as governor, Turkish Daily News reported.

Keep politics out of Bank of Spain, says PP leader

People's Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday 8 March that he does not agree that Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordoez, the current secretary of state for internal revenue, should be the next governor of the Bank of Spain.

Malaysia's Zeti gets new five-year term

Malaysian central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz's term in office has been extended for another five years, effective from 1 May, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Finance on Friday 10 March.

Greenspan: The $7 million dollar man

Top publishers are lining up to bid on the memoirs of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan - and the price tag could reach out-of- this-world proportions.

ECB poses no objection to Stark's appointment

At Thursday's meeting, 2 March, the Governing Council of the ECB adopted an opinion on a recommendation from the Council of the European Union on the appointment of a new member of the Executive Board of the ECB.

Fed's Kroszner sworn in

Randall S. Kroszner took the oath of office on Wednesday 1 March as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Fed's Warsh sworn in

Kevin Warsh took the oath of office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Friday 24 February.

Greenspan may work with WSJ columnist on book

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and David Wessel, the Wall Street Journal's deputy Washington bureau chief and author of the paper's Capital column, have talked about collaborating on a book, according to Dow Jones.

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