Governance
People: Malaysia appoints assistant governor; BoJ board member approved
Bank Negara Malaysia names Mohd Adhari Belal Din as assistant governor, while Marzunisham Omar takes office at the IMF; Japanese government approves Yutaka Harada as BoJ board member
Bank of Finland shuffles board responsibilities
Under new set-up, Erkki Liikanen is responsible for monetary policy preparation, domestic economic policy, financial market issues and external communications
Iranian governor floats plan for new IMF training centre
Valiollah Seif puts plan for new Iran-based IMF regional training centre to Christine Lagarde; says inflation outlook has improved since president Hassan Rouhani took office
Bank of Portugal considers conflict of interest
Working group will consider whether share portfolios held by central bank board members could be considered a conflict of interest; local reports suggest Varela has stake in Portuguese banks
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
Sri Lanka’s Mahendran cleared of direct involvement in bond scandal
Governor not directly involved with irregularities in treasury bond auction, but tighter supervision of central bank operations is needed, committee finds
PBoC continues leadership reshuffle
Two assistant governors appointed at the People’s Bank of China; swap lines agreed with Australian and South African counterparts
People: New deputy in Pakistan; BoE’s Cornish leaves PRA
State Bank of Pakistan promotes chief economic adviser; founding board member of the Prudential Regulation Authority steps down; Uruguayan governor and deputy confirmed; and more
Portuguese parliament reshapes central bank governance
The next governor of the Bank of Portugal will face tougher parliamentary scrutiny on appointment in June; central bank board must now comprise at least 33% women
Central Bank of Argentina publishes secret minutes from last dictatorship
Argentina’s central bank releases minutes from secret board meetings during the country’s last dictatorship, which will "shed some light on one of Argentina’s darkest periods", says governor
Former Bulgarian deputy charged with ‘abuse of office’
Rumen Simeonov accused by prosecutor of not taking action on failed Corporate Commercial Bank despite knowing the institution was in trouble
US has chance to maintain leadership despite China’s AIIB
London School of Economics’ Danny Quah tells Central Banking the US must not cling dogmatically to its view of the world if it is to remain influential – and sharing power need not be all bad
Iran nuclear deal paves way to lift central bank sanctions
Deal struck between Iran and UN paves way for tough sanctions on the central bank to be lifted and Iranian banks to return to Swift payments system
Bank of Portugal launches mobile app
Users can access key statistical indicators for Portugal and the eurozone, calculate foreign exchange rates and obtain interest rate simulations, in the first Portuguese central bank app
The MPC process in light of the Warsh Review
The Bank of England’s revised MPC meeting schedule has some merits but will not add to transparency and raises the risk of news shocks, writes former member Charles Goodhart
People: NY Fed names first vice president; HKMA promotes research head
Michael Strine succeeds Christine Cumming as first vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Lillian Cheung becomes executive director for research in Hong Kong; and more
Draghi defends ECB’s voting opacity
While extolling the virtues of central bank transparency, the ECB governor says not publishing a voting record allows members to support the overall decision despite privately disagreeing
South African MPC member named deputy governor
Adviser to governor and MPC member Kuben Naidoo will assume post on April 1; central bank kept benchmark rate unchanged yesterday despite ‘deterioration’ in inflation outlook
FSB adds new emerging market members
Five new institutions join Financial Stability Board as part of efforts to improve emerging market representation; Glenn Stevens takes over as standing committee chair from Agustín Carstens
CBSL hits back at former deputy over governance
Central Bank of Sri Lanka rubbishes claim its decision to delegate governor's responsibilities to P Samarasiri had no legal basis; former deputy calls for legal challenge of decision
RBNZ deputy to chair OECD financial market committee
Grant Spencer, head of financial stability at the New Zealand central bank, has been selected to head up one of the organisation's top committees
People: Dallas Fed names interim president; Ukraine adds deputy governor
Helen Holcomb holds the fort at Dallas Fed after Richard Fisher retires; National Bank of Ukraine appoints another acting deputy governor; Cleveland Fed names new research head; and more
People: BoE appoints general counsel; Chicago Booth professor joins Slovakian board
Sonya Branch takes up top legal role at BoE; National Bank of Slovakia board now five-strong; Bank Negara Malaysia appoints debt resolution committee chairman; and more