Governance
Paul Jenkins to leave Bank of Canada
Paul Jenkins, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, will leave the central bank when his current term expires in April 2010
HKMA lays down law on pay
Central bank gauges local industry reaction to its draft guideline
Bundesbank will not be a better regulator: BaFin’s Sanio
Jochen Sanio, president of Germany’s banking regulator, strikes out against government plans to make the central bank sole regulator
Zim finance minister looks to cut central bank authority
Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, has tabled a bill that seeks to reduce the powers of the Zimbabwe’s central bank and its governor
Plosser attacks Fed liquidity support
Philadelphia Federal Reserve president says central bank has gone “far beyond” Bagehot’s lender-of-last-resort tenet, should accept nothing but Treasuries
Paulson broke the law for Goldman Sachs, alleges book
Book accuses the former US Treasury Secretary of misconduct over alleged meeting with Goldman officials
Fed names new supervision head
Fed names Patrick Parkinson as Roger Cole’s replacement
King’s speech elicits mixed reaction
Commentators and politicians broadly support Bank governor’s call for break-up of biggest banks, but see no easy fix
France’s Noyer likely to win second term
French central bank governor looks set to be given a second term after glowing endorsement from economy minister
Ireland names new chief regulator
Bermuda Monetary Authority governor will take up senior post at central bank
Crisis underlines democracy’s flaws: ECB’s Bini Smaghi
Short-termism inherent in democratic government led to the lax supervisory regimes that paved way for banks’ excesses, says ECB board member
Ex-Fed’s Stern joins Finra board
Former president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve to become Financial Industry Regulatory Authority board member
Romanian central banker nominated as premier
Romania’s president picks governor’s adviser for prime minister
Buba upbraids board member after racist remarks
Thilo Sarrazin, a member of the board of the German central bank, has remit reduced after comments on Berlin’s Turkish and Arab communities
Zim finance minister promises new central bank law
New reform bill will bring to a close quasi-fiscal activities when it is passed, says Tendai Biti
Lamfalussy godfather of BIS’s macroprudence
National Bank of Belgium paper shows Alexandre Lamfalussy as the originator of the macroprudential approach to stability
Nigeria’s banking landscape set to change: Sanusi
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says the ongoing clean-up will lead to a reduction in the number of large banks
Nobel prize for pioneers of economics governance
Swedish Academy of Sciences shuns orthodoxy to award 2009 prize for work on institutions not markets
Central banks must guard independence – IMF
International Monetary Fund says the risk of losses from unconventional policies can pose challenges to financial independence
Bank economist to head Nomura’s European team
Peter Westaway leaves the Bank of England, joins investment bank as chief economist for Europe
Geithner wades into World Bank funding debate
Tim Geithner says governments must support World Bank’s bid for more capital after officials question governance model
DSK picks ex-Japanese politician to succeed Kato
International Monetary Fund managing director proposes Naoyuki Shinohara as next deputy managing director