Articles by Arvid Ahlund
Central bank business school will foster Malaysia's future leaders, says Zeti
Bank Negara governor talks to Central Banking about the joint initiative with MIT to set up a school on its premises; says other central banks have shown interest
The Fed’s impact on emerging market sovereign wealth investors
With central bank reserves seeing their biggest drop in more than a decade during the second quarter of 2015, Arvid Ahlund asks if tighter US policy will make matters better or worse
BoK holds policy following RMB drop
Won bounces back from four-year low as Korean central bank keeps rates on hold following Chinese devaluation
PBoC opens interbank bond market to foreign central banks
Move is among the most significant towards RMB liberalisation since QFII, says StanChart's head of central banks; quotas are scrapped and central banks can register for licence through third parties
Markets having trouble grasping ‘data-dependent' policy, says Kansas City Fed director
Getting markets to understand the concept of data-driven monetary policy remains a big challenge, according to Kansas City Fed's Troy Davig
Competing theories explain drop in China’s reserves
Holdings fall $110 billion in Q1 as domestic investors look abroad and the PBoC defends the exchange rate; some analysts say ECB quantitative easing is probably the real villain
Korea introduces RMB discount window
Bank of Korea to launch emergency liquidity facility offering Chinese currency as part of broader infrastructure push aimed at bolstering Seoul's role as RMB hub
Zeti urges central banks to ‘call the shots' on financial regulation
Bank Negara Malaysia governor makes the case for giving central banks regulatory powers over financial markets during Central Banking interview
Bank Indonesia cracks down on ‘cash back' transactions
Central bank signs agreement allowing payments industry to seize card readers from merchants offering customers cash through fake credit card purchases
Bank Indonesia appoints deputy following rates hold
Head of financial surveillance Erwin Riyanto replaces Halim Alamsyah on board of governors as central bank warns of renewed capital flight
China to work with IMF on SDR evaluation, top official says
Comments by top foreign exchange regulator follow reports that IMF sent team to China for ‘technical discussions' last week
PBoC top committee brings in seven fresh faces
China's central bank reshuffles top committee for second time this year, bringing in heavy-hitters from government and academia
US ‘unwilling to compromise' on derivatives rules, China vice-minister of finance says
Differences in accounting practices remains an urgent issue, Zhu Guangyao argues in a new China report; contributors critical of dollar's ‘exorbitant privilege' as sole reserve currency
PBoC takes ‘one of final steps' toward interest rate liberalisation
China's central bank allows companies and individuals to invest in CDs exempt from deposit rate cap; major move toward interest rate liberalisation, analysts say
Buyer sought for RBNZ securities settlement system
Reserve Bank of New Zealand looks to sell NZClear after deciding it is no longer a ‘core business'; sell-off part of payment system facelift
IMF finds renminbi ‘no longer undervalued'
The Fund declares China's currency fairly valued months ahead of SDR basket review, having previously thought it was out of step with economic fundamentals
China may have financial reforms backwards, economists argue
Interest rate liberalisation should take precedence over capital account opening, observers say at roundtable discussion in Hong Kong ahead of IFF China report release
Zeti deems shadow loan regulation ‘highly effective'
Bank Negara Malaysia governor says macro-prudential regulation of non-banks has stabilised the overheated property market, but IMF warns of risks lurking in the shadows
Top Thai regulator advises Asean neighbours to open markets slowly
Bank of Thailand regulatory policy director warns Laos and Vietnam liberalisation could cripple their banks if conducted too quickly
Malaysia deputy governor says better credit reporting crucial to Asean integration
Asean Economic Community faces challenging test of successfully integrating regional financial markets, Bank Negara's Muhammad bin Ibrahim says
Thailand relaxes capital controls
Bank of Thailand announces measures to make it easier for residents to invest abroad and for foreigners to trade bahts
Australian dollar jumps despite RBA rate cut
Australian central bank cuts benchmark interest rate to 2%; governor Stevens says currency depreciation 'necessary' amid falling terms of trade
PBoC chief economist dismisses talk of QE
Ma Jun addresses rumours central bank is looking to acquire municipal bonds as collateral in an LTRO-like move to lower financial risk and increase liquidity
Toyota executive slated to join BoJ board
Yukitoshi Funo, former head of company's US operations, nominated to replace Yoshihisa Morimoto at pivotal moment for the Japanese central bank