
Christopher Jeffery
Editor-in-chief, Central Banking Publications
Christopher Jeffery is Editor-in-chief of Central Banking. He has a global role and is responsible for Central Banking’s editorial content and teams, which includes the Benchmarking Service and Central Banking Journal. He has more than 20 years of journalistic experience covering asset management, banking, central banking, derivatives, economics, finance, fintech, payments, public policy, risk management and strategy. Now based in London, Chris has previously worked in both the Americas and Asia. Chris is Co-founder of the Central Banking Benchmarking Service and Founder of the Central Banking Awards. He was previously Editor of Asia Risk; Deputy Editor, European Editor and News Editor of Risk.net; and Managing Editor at Lafferty Publications.
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Articles by Christopher Jeffery
Europe meeting fiscal tightening and growth dilemma, says Noyer
Europe has made substantial ground in reducing fiscal deficits and meeting conditions for future economic growth; ECB has facilitated ‘smooth’ de-leveraging of banks, says Banque de France governor
Video: Bank of Mexico’s Duclaud says new rules will hit sterilisation costs
Javier Duclaud explains Mexico’s problems in 2008, why the country has increased reserves by $70 billion and how Dodd-Frank and Basel III are causing sterilisation problems for central banks
Interbank market ‘almost dead’ in Europe, says Banque de France’s Mongars
ECB operations are critical for European bank funding as the interbank market is all but broken, says NALM panellist
HKMA head Norman Chan on bank regulation and the renminbi
Chief executive tells Christopher Jeffery that central bankers need to be proactive in dealing with asset bubbles. He also explains Hong Kong’s role in the renminbi's internationalisation
Q&A: Central Bank of Colombia governor José Darío Uribe
The governor of the Central Bank of Colombia talks to Christopher Jeffery about the challenges the bank faced during the global financial crisis and its objectives for the future in a changing regulatory environment
African central bankers embrace a new world order
Africa’s central bankers are adopting new approaches to managing their reserves as trade with Brics rises and the influence of developed nations wanes
Video: National Bank of Angola’s David Carvalho on reserves allocations to Brics
Angolan central bank looks to invest in Brazilian, Chinese and African debt as it reassesses its reserves guidelines in light of the eurozone debt crisis and persistently low US Treasury yields
Osborne to drive through BoE’s new supervisory powers
UK chancellor wants to drive through legislation granting the Bank of England statutory power for prudential supervision; ring-fencing left out of Financial Services Bill
NALM Africa 2011: Beware the risk 'numbers' say African central bankers
African central bank risk chiefs say reserves managers need to beware the numbers produced by complicated risk management software systems and rely more on their own qualitative judgement
NALM Africa 2011: African central banks rethink reserves allocations
The drop-off in US Treasury yields and concern about a eurozone sovereign collapse has prompted a number of African central banks to review their reserves allocations
Video: Japan FSA's Chikahisa Sumi talks about regulation's post-Basel III focus
The G-20 does not plan to sit still after its historic endorsement of Basel III. New targets include too-big-to-fail institutions, the shadow-banking system and commodity derivatives, according to Sumi.