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Three QE controversies, two theories
BNP Paribas Asset Management‘s head of macro research, Richard Barwell, explores three controversies surrounding quantitative easing through the lens of the quantities and signals theories, and considers whether all asset purchase programmes should be…
Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism focus report 2022
Anti-money laundering authorities face a never-ending battle to track and block the proceeds of financial crime. Increasingly, they are finding themselves in a technological race to stay ahead of criminals
AML supervision at central banks: 2022 survey
Kroll explores why many central banks are investing in skills and data to tackle money laundering, but resourcing constraints are preventing stronger action, as Central Banking’s survey data reveals.
Podcast: collaboration as the key to better data
Regnology’s Joanne Horgan highlights an emerging trend of collaboration on supervisory data
The case for trade surveillance in FX and fixed-income markets
This whitepaper explores the essential need for central banks to monitor activity for signs of market abuse, which has a negative impact on the economy and society
Effective market operations in a modern central bank
Oliver Wyman’s Paul Fisher and Oliver Wünsch explain how central banks can successfully organise and manage their market operations departments with a public sector workforce, and when their objectives are not dictated by financial returns.
Podcast: why the future of data management sits in the cloud
Cloud technology has numerous benefits for central bank data management
Podcast: Oliver Wünsch on a solution to eurozone fragmentation risks
A common fiscal authority could offer stability, but would require sharing more sovereignty
Podcast: an update on the e-naira project
Bitt’s Imran Khan explains how its project in Nigeria is different to CBDC projects launched before
Cash: important for a fairer economy
One interesting economic story over the past year has been the growth in grassroots support for cash payments. Against the backdrop of the Covid‑19 pandemic and now debunked rumours that coins and banknotes could be significant transmission vectors for…
Podcast: Andreas Dombret on central bank climate supervision
Former Bundesbank senior official says financial sector is still underestimating climate risks
Podcast: Waking up to net zero
BNP’s Jane Ambachtsheer says central banks should not be held solely responsible for achieving net zero
Podcast: central banks’ data models going granular
Vizor Software’s CTO provides an update on changes to central banks’ regulatory data models
Protecting international standard-setting despite the resurgence of politics
Andreas Dombret, global senior adviser, and Oliver Wünsch, partner, at Oliver Wyman, describe the importance of international standard-setting amid increasing political interference.
Podcast: Central banks and cloud adoption
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced central banks to think differently about cloud-hosted services
Digitisation: transforming the role of central banks
With the rapid pace of technological change in global financial markets, central banks are increasingly recognising that many legacy tools, methods and manual processes are inadequate, writes Sachin Somani
ESG for central banking focus report 2021
The report flags challenges for central banks themselves – as guardians of the financial system, they have a duty to lead by example. But the lack of liquidity within ESG-compliant assets is proving a problem for many
How to #GreentheCBs
Invesco‘s Claudia Castro and Wim Vandenhoeck explore how central banks can strike a balance between innovation and disruption with their sustainability agendas.
Reforming FX reserve and macroeconomic management for ESG
Arnab Das, global market strategist, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, at Invesco explores why central banks must play a role in ESG risk mitigation, management and prevention, as they are expected to during wars, pandemics and other major shocks.
Podcast: Dominik Weh on why central banks need to embrace technology
Central banks need to keep abreast of the current technology or risk being left behind
Approaching green central bank balance sheets
Climate-friendly balance sheets come at a ‘greenium’, panellists argue at a roundtable at Central Banking’s Summer Meetings, in collaboration with Invesco.