Governance
Central Bank of Iceland completes merger with regulator
Governor Ásgeir Jónsson to retain overall responsibility; two new deputy positions created
People: Ingves elected ESRB vice-chair
Appointments at ESRB and ECB; official resigns from the Central Bank of Colombia
Schnabel and Panetta appointed ECB executive board members
Final distribution of responsibilities in January will determine new members’ portfolios
Andrew Bailey to be next BoE governor
FCA chief will return to central bank after turbulent term at sister regulator
New Zealand launches next phase of RBNZ governance overhaul
RBNZ gains new governance board and formal financial stability remit
People: Logan to head NY Fed market ops; Norges Bank deputy departs
Lorie Logan and others get senior roles at New York Fed; Norges Bank deputy steps down early
BoE should improve governance around research, review finds
Research has improved but some issues remain, Independent Evaluation Office says
Ghana launches push to turn banking sector green
New sustainable principles address seven areas of social and environmental issues
Latvian parliament approves Kazaks as next central bank governor
Economist takes charge as government pursues reforms after money-laundering allegations
Lagarde promises wide-ranging review of ECB monetary policy
ECB to form digital currency task force as Lagarde calls for EU action on green finance
Overhaul of RBA archive sees a third of records digitalised
Externally-facing archive will give public greater insight into central bank’s history – review
People: BIS picks Lamfalussy fellow; Iceland appoints research director
BIS names 2020 fellow; Icelandic central bank promotes economist; Jekaterina Govina becomes director of supervision in Lithuania
Tribute to a great man
Peter Bakstansky highlights Paul Volcker’s legacy of probity and integrity
IMF head warns Ukrainian president over banking scandal
Central bank sues lawmaker over what it says are slanderous statements on behalf of oligarch
Paul Volcker, 1927–2019
The Fed chair made his name battling inflation, and left his mark on post-crisis financial regulations
Argentinian president appoints new governor
Miguel Angel Pesce rejects high interest rates as means of reducing inflation and backs price controls
Marvin Goodfriend, 1950–2019
The leading economist and former Fed official died on December 5