Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
BIS delays forex volume report due to US events
SWITZERLAND - The Bank for International Settlements said Tuesday it is delaying publication of its triennial report on foreign exchange volumes by a week because of the late receipt of U.S. data.
BIS Quarterly Review, September 2001
QUARTERLY REVIEW - The Bank for International Settlements has published its Quarterly Review, September 2001. International banking and financial market developments.
Bank for International Settlements Papers
RESEARCH - Empirical studies of structural changes and inflation August 2001.
Markets now more resistant to contagion - BIS head
INTERVIEW - Painstaking efforts to strengthen the international financial system are beginning to pay off with global markets resisting contagion from worries over Argentina's debt, according to the general manager of the Bank for International…
BIS International Banking Statistics - Q1 2001
EUROPE - The latest report by the Bank for International Settlements reveals a significant increase in lending to offshore centres in the Caribbean last year, which could be the result of increased hedge-fund activity.
BIS Working Paper on euro and financial markets
RESEARCH - The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a working paper on the impact of the euro on Europe's financial markets. The paper is written by Gabriele Galati and Kostas Tsatsaronis, July 2001.
Yoshikuni to be named special adviser to BIS
JAPAN - The Bank for International Settlements has decided to appoint Shinichi Yoshikuni, a former Bank of Japan official, as special adviser to the Basel-based institution, it was learned 9 July.
BIS publishes its Annual Report 2000/01
SWITZERLAND - The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released its 71st Annual Report for 2000/01 today, 11 June. It is holding its annual general meeting in Basel.
BIS Annual General Meeting Presidential Address
SPEECH - Address by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of the Bank for International Settlements, Urban Backstrom, to the Annual General Meeting held in Basel today, 11 June 2001.
SE Asian ctrl bankers to meet in Singapore Jun 1-2
SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian central bankers will gather in Singapore for a two-day meeting starting on Friday 1 June to discuss developments in the financial markets, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the meeting's host, said.
Ex-Yugo states agree on division of gold reserves
YUGOSLAVIA - The five states that emerged from ex-Yugoslavia have agreed on the division of gold assets worth some $477 million, Yugoslavia's central bank governor said on Apr 11.
Best practice-monitoring financial stability risks
CENTRAL BANK RESEARCH - The Bank for International Settlements has published a new book "Marrying the macro- and microprudential dimensions of financial stability" which is contributed to by senior central bankers from all round the world and looks at…
BIS Stability Forum's 'to do list'
ARTICLE - The Financial Stability Fourm (FSF), following its meeting on 22/23 March in Washington DC, has released a paper revealing the progress of dozens of initiatives now underway to bolster financial system soundness.
SARB-payment system risk reductions measures
SOUTH AFRICA - The South African Reserve Bank announced on Apr 5, 2001, that it has embarked on a phased implementation of certain risk reduction measures in the national payment system.
Risk measurement and systemic risk conference
CENTRAL BANK CONFERENCE - On March 7-8, 2002, the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS), in co-operation with the Bank of Japan, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the European Central Bank, will host, under the auspices…
BIS to open office for the Americas in Mexico City
LATIN AMERICA - The Bank for International Settlements announced on Mar 30 that it is planning to establish a representative office for the Americas in Mexico City.
Oman central bank to host supervision seminar
OMAN - The Central Bank of Oman will host a regional seminar on banking supervision organised by Switzerland's Financial Stability Institute of the Bank for International settlements.
Asian forum Manila Framework Group meets in China
CHINA - The Manila Framework Group regional financial forum started a two-day meeting in Beijing on Mar 28, 2001 to discuss a range of issues including the impact of the slowing U.S. economy, organisers said.
G10 payment systems 1999 statistics-BIS report
BIS REPORT - The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems at the Bank for International Settlements has published "Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten Countries: Figures for 1999". This is an annual publication that provides data on…
Recent US data 'quite encouraging' - BoE George
Central bankers from the Group of l0 industrialized nations believe a pick-up in the U.S. economy during the second half of this year "remains the most likely outcome," Eddie George, current chairman and head of the Bank of England, said on Mar 12, 2001.
BIS sets up Asia-Pacific consultative council
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Mar 12, 2001 it had set up an Asian Consultative Council comprising governors of its central bank members in the region.
New and improved BIS website is launched
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced on Mar 12, 2001 that its redesigned and improved website is now available at www.bis.org.
The rise and fall of consortium banks-by R Roberts
ARTICLE - Consortium banks, which flourished in the early "unregulated" years of the Euromarkets, have all but disappeared. Richard Roberts explains how concern about their stability prompted the BIS to develop the principle of "parental responsibility"…
Central banks use GSE debt to adjust portfolio-BIS
Central banks appear to be increasingly using agency securities in lieu of Treasurys to make necessary adjustments to their portfolios, the Bank for International Settlements said in a report released on Mar 5, 2001.