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El Salvador’s central bank licenses Binance
Move comes despite growing international regulatory concern over crypto exchange firm
German finance minister pushes chief regulator out
Bafin head and deputy resign over their handling of Wirecard scandal
What makes for good financial supervision?
The Wirecard debacle has led to calls for more effective oversight in Europe. Andreas Dombret identifies four essential elements
Bafin says it did not supervise scandal-hit Wirecard
Official tells Central Banking he is “not aware” of any agency supervising firm implicated in fraud
German regulator faces questions after Wirecard admits huge possible fraud
Bafin brought criminal complaint against journalists who alleged wrongdoing at German company
ECB calls for changes to German draft CCP recovery law
Law should be rewritten to provide more transparency on Bafin’s procedures and approach, ECB says
ECB largely welcomes move to expand German macro-pru powers
ECB says measures giving BaFin greater powers are “appropriate”, but need better data
EBA publishes first complete list of European O-SIIs
European Banking Authority publishes first full list of other systemically important institutions in Europe; some national supervisors make more use of discretion than others
FinCoNet offers regulators chance to advance financial consumer protection – chairman
The association of national financial consumer protection agencies has made progress in supporting reform, but has considerable work ahead, chairman Sheridan says
Bafin chairman pans European Banking Authority stress tests
European Union’s bank stress standards lack “legitimacy”, according to top German regulator
Merkel names Weber’s successor
German chancellor Angela Merkel nominates economic adviser Jens Weidmann to replace Axel Weber as president of Bundesbank; picks BaFin director Sabine Lautenschläger-Peiter as new vice-president
Basel III will cause ‘financial Darwinism’: BaFin’s Sanio
Top German regulator Jochen Sanio says Basel III will squeeze weaker banks, spur formation of large banking groups that will pose more systemic risk
BaFin's Sanio: no fix for cross-border failure
Jochen Sanio says supervisors nowhere near to solving “key issue” highlighted by crisis; flags lack of communication on Lehman Brothers
ECB buys another €10 billion in government debt
Analysts split on whether second round of purchases with German ban on naked short spooks European markets
Berlin hastily bans naked CDS, short-selling
Supervisor places temporary ban on naked credit default swaps, eurozone bond short sales, citing market volatility; analysts say uncoordinated move is further sign of fragmentation within eurozone
Buba's Weber cautions on leaning against wind
Bundesbank's Axel Weber adds that financial stability is not just a buzzword
Bundesbank will not be a better regulator: BaFin’s Sanio
Jochen Sanio, president of Germany’s banking regulator, strikes out against government plans to make the central bank sole regulator
Buba to be sole banking regulator
Germany’s incoming coalition government strips Bafin, the country’s financial services authority, of remit to regulate banks
Weber and Sanio fight back on HRE rescue
Bundesbank’s Axel Weber and BaFin’s Jochen Sanio say they did not mislead the public in the rescue of Hypo Real Estate
NYFed hosts CDS powwow
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has hosted a meeting of global regulatory authorities for credit-default swap central counterparties as part of a new concerted effort to formalise the trading and processing arrangement for the market.
No need to change disclosure rules
Disclosure practices may be enhanced without amending existing rules, a survey conducted by leading global regulators has found.