Central Banks
Bernanke details Fed exit strategy
Reserve balances key, but Fed chairman fears political interest in fund recipients
Goodyear and Temasek part, strategy differences blamed
Temasek says Chip Goodyear will not be taking over as the new CEO
Korean sovereign fund eyes stock switch
Portfolio at Korean Investment Corporation will be half equities
UK public borrowing soars to June high
Public-sector borrowing soars to £13 billion from £7.5 billion in June 2008 on back of financial rescue
New York Fed appoints new executive vice president
Susan Ward Mink to head human resources department
The Tories’ plan for sound banking
Robert Pringle, David Mayes and Michael Taylor, the editors of Central Banking’s Towards a New Framework for Financial Stability, give their reaction to Conservative plans to rebuild UK regulation
Canada’s Jenkins wants more skin in the securitisation game
Bank of Canada’s Paul Jenkins on how to achieve sustainable securitisation
Why hot money hounded China
Bank of Japan obtains a picture of the flow of short-term funds into and out of China
RBA holds on signs of stabilising global economy
Reserve Bank of Australia decides to keep policy rate unchanged on signs of green shoots for both the global and domestic economy
Pay cuts in Luxembourg rare
European Central Bank assesses the degree of wage flexibility in Luxembourg
Marcus named as new SARB head
Former deputy to take over after Tito Mboweni turns down third term
Recession-hit Turkey cuts rates
Central bank surprises markets with a half-point reduction
Key questions for Marcus
Gill Marcus, governor-designate of the South African Reserve Bank, will have her work cut out in maintaining the central bank’s hard-won credibility
Yam on payment links beyond Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s leading central banker on extending the reach of the territory’s financial infrastructure
Mauritius’s Bheenick on local markets
Governor hails development of derivatives exchange
Chan named new HKMA chief
Favourite succeeds founding CEO at Hong Kong’s central bank
Frankfurt forces Rome gold backtrack
Government changes plans for a new tax on central bank gold sales
Singapore's central bank posts first ever loss
Global downturn hits MAS in year to March 2009
Eurosystem signs T2S MoU with settlement providers
Central banks and central securities depositories commit to work on T2S
End of the golden age of central banking?
Think tank says central banks face a new era of challenges
US's Barr: hedge fund advisers must register
US Treasury's Michael Barr on the Obama administration's proposed hedge fund legislation
Central Bank of Ireland – Annual Report 2008
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland's John Hurley on Irish banks' balance sheets