Governance
Central Bank of Brazil sets out agenda for 2017
Improved governance and financial inclusion at the top of the list for the central bank
IMF board backs Lagarde after negligence verdict
Executive board affirms “full confidence” in managing director
Lagarde guilty of negligence, court rules
IMF chief found guilty of negligence but is not punished
People: Slovenia gets new deputy; ECB appoints new member to financial stability council
Slovenian parliament appoints new deputy to central bank; ECB chooses Finnish deputy governor to sit on financial stability council
2016 sees major change among central bank governors
Double the number of new governors were appointed in 2016 compared with 2015
People: Fed appoints head of financial stability; Russian deputy to gain new adviser
Lehnert gains financial stability role after proving influential in the department’s creation
Uribe leaves Central Bank of Colombia after 12 years of governorship
Juan José Echavarría appointed as governor, effective from January
IMF supports Chile move to form financial markets commission
Body will aid co-ordination and information sharing between financial sector and central bank
Irish central bank has shortfall in staff
Board approves further staff increase for 2017
People: Senate approves new Mexican deputy; Lagarde appoints Jihad Azour
Former head of finance ministry’s debt office to take on senior role at Bank of Mexico; Azour joins IMF team, leaving Lebanon’s finance ministry; and more
Carstens to succeed Caruana at BIS
Bank of Mexico governor will step down in 2017
People: Tobias Adrian to replace Viñals at IMF
New York Fed economist to take over IMF’s monetary and capital markets department
People: RBA names two new assistant governors; Barbadian deputy governor retires
Luci Ellis and Lindsay Boulton become assistant governors at Reserve Bank of Australia
Central Bank of Aruba to establish payments department
Central Bank of Aruba governor outlines aspects of five-year strategic plan
Philippine president plans to amend law to hand Tetangco third term
Duterte plans to ask Amando Tetangco to stay for third term
Fed toughens rules on officials moving to private sector
Rules will capture a broader range of supervisors
Book notes: On central banking, by Jan Qvigstad
The book reflects Norway’s intellectual history, as well as the history of Norges Bank
Auditors’ report notes staffing and governance issues at ECB arm
National supervisors provide insufficient staff for inspection teams, report says
Carney faces grilling from parliament in wake of tenure decision
Regardless of Brexit timetable, BoE governor will leave on June 30, 2019
EU places sanctions on new Syrian central bank governor
Duraid Durgham placed under asset freeze and travel ban due to “support for Syrian regime”
Kenya’s Imperial Bank saga continues with fresh court ruling
Sniping ensues as high court rules on Imperial Bank
Western ambassadors support independence of Ukrainian central bank as dispute continues
Diplomats line up behind Gontareva as president’s attitude remains unclear
How does Janet Yellen fit into Trump’s new order?
Academics and former Fed officials think Yellen is safe for now
Ignazio Visco on Italian banks and why the ECB should not be made a ‘scapegoat’ for EMU fatigue
Italian governor speaks out about NPLs, bail-ins and the breakdown of trust in the euro area