Supervision
Fed’s Bowman questions Barr’s bank failures report
Governor says supervision is preferable to higher capital requirements
Deposit insurance: what lies ahead?
Proposals to redesign deposit insurance may be neglecting the market’s role, says Manoj Singh
RBI’s Shaktikanta Das on financial sector reform, sticking to inflation targets and the e-rupee
The Reserve Bank of India governor speaks about developing credible self-insurance and sizeable FX reserves, inter-dependence with government, non-bank and bank regulatory reforms, demonetisation, rupee internationalisation and daily UPI payments hitting…
Central banks face tough fight for ‘last mile’ of disinflation – BIS
Credit losses could rival global financial crisis in higher-for-longer scenario, institution warns
Barr to review bank oversight, promising nimbler supervision
Fed vice-chair suggests “reverse stress tests” to measure what would break banks
Bank failure déjà vu
New bank capital rules were meant to ensure failures would be less frequent and resolution not involve taxpayer money. Then came the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, writes Jesper Berg
Rate risk under Pillar 2 left ‘hole in the system’ – Ingves
Former Basel chair says rate risk “probably” should fall under Pillar 1; greater focus needed on liquidity rules
Central Bank of Brazil gains crypto regulation powers
BCB will grant and withdraw licences, and oversee operations and management
Borrower-based measures show value as macro-pru tools
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Central bankers resist pressure to ease buffers at first sign of downturn
Explicit policy guidance ‘fraught with risks’ – RBI’s Das
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Policy-makers need to be “nimble footed”, governor says
Rule-setters need to heed their own advice
The US risks a reputation for failing to meet standards to which it holds others
To govern well, manage ‘enterprise’ risk
Effective risk management should be governance-oriented and top-down; not operationally oriented and bottom-up, writes John Mendzela
Central Bank of Chile sets first counter-cyclical buffer
BCC also warns government could face financing problems
OCC will target ‘persistent weaknesses’ in US banks
Updated guidance introduces tougher approach to non-compliant banks
Iosco sets out global crypto regulation
International group of regulators targets conflicts of interest in the industry
Bolivian governor says country faces ‘liquidity crisis’
Authorities’ response to bank failure could worsen financial stress, analysts say
People: ECB seeks new supervision chief
Andrea Enria nears term end at SSM; Bank of Canada appoints deputy; Israel names SWF head
Fed’s Bowman defends regulatory ‘tailoring’
Governor calls for independent review of SVB collapse, dismissing Barr report
European body criticises some of ECB’s supervisory methods
ECB rejects audit body’s arguments over supervision of eurozone NPLs and capital levels
Supervisors should take action on interest rate risk – BIS paper
Core regulation alone will not neutralise all current risks, Financial Stability Institute says
IMF’s Adrian on the systemic threat posed by a ‘weak tail’ of financial institutions
The IMF’s financial counsellor speaks to Christopher Jeffery about bank runs and emergency interventions, market and oversight failings, and the need for action on run rate assumptions, interest rate risk, deposit insurance, crypto regulation and a ‘weak…
Fintech Benchmarks 2023 – presentation
Specialist Joasia E. Popowicz discusses CBDCs, cyber security, AI/ML in regtech, suptech and cloud computing
China appoints Li Yunze to head new financial regulator
Li is set to supervise most of China’s financial industry
Another financial crisis hiding in plain sight
Steve Kamin analyses how the risks that sank SVB were plain enough to those who looked for them