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Michael Wong Pakshong, 1931–2017
MAS’s first managing director led the institution from a turbulent foundation amid the collapse of Bretton Woods through a challenging period of monetary reform
Australia risks shortage of economists, warns RBA’s Dwyer
Students are tending to choose business studies over economics, says the RBA’s head of information; central bank is trying to reverse the trend
BoE workers walk out over continuing pay dispute
Workers launch first of three days of strike action amid complaint over fairness of pay awards, with possibility of further escalation
People: RBI deputy retires; Paraguay elects new board member
RBI reshuffles responsibilities as deputy retires; Paraguay elects new board member; FCA launches new role in Scotland
People: IMF appoints new strategy head; ECB promotes directors
IMF promotes Lagarde’s chief of staff; Finland appoints research director
People: French deputy takes on stock market oversight; Myanmar set for change
French deputy made chairman of stock market regulator; new board and three deputies appointed at Myanmar central bank; Svein Andresen to depart the FSB
Bank of England appoints new COO and deputy governor
Central bank announces replacement for Charlotte Hogg following her resignation in March; new deputy also set to take over from Minouche Shafik
Trump says Yellen still in the running for renewed term
US president says he would consider reappointing Janet Yellen, although Gary Cohn and “two or three others” are in contention
People: Philippines appoints new deputy, Central Bank of Ireland promotes regulators
Philippines central bank appoints new deputy to replace Espenilla, Central Bank of Ireland makes senior appointments in regulation departments following reshuffle, and more
Russian central bank reorganises senior personnel
First deputy governor will resign on September 1; responsibilities to be split among other board members
People: Malta finds replacement for Mifsud; DNB appoints new board member
People: Malta appoints new deputy governor; Netherlands picks Else Bos as new board member for prudential supervision; and more
UK elects first woman to chair Treasury Select Committee
Nicky Morgan to take over from influential chair Andrew Tyrie, who stepped down this year; former secretary to treasury seen as supporter of “soft” Brexit
Randal Quarles nominated to Fed’s top supervision role
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-chair of supervision viewed as a moderate figure, but critical of Dodd-Frank Act
People: Fed appoints general counsel; new department heads at Riksbank
Fed appoints former supervision and regulation head to general counsel; new heads of monetary policy and financial stability for Riksbank; and more
Pakistani government picks new governor after SBP spat
Tariq Bajwa takes over from acting governor Riaz Riazuddin; appointment of finance ministry official follows clash over exchange rate movements
New leaders take charge at Philippines central bank
New governor pledges to enhance financial inclusion, mitigate cyber-crime risk and fine-tune monetary policy to make it more market-oriented
People: Fed appoints new CFO; Mishra returns to IMF after stint at RBI
Fed chooses Ricardo Aguilera as new CFO; Prachi Mishra returns to the IMF; Bank of Russia appoints new head of resolution department
Silvana Tenreyro picked for BoE MPC
LSE academic to take over from Kristin Forbes as external member of the monetary policy committee at the end of June
People: Fijian deputy takes over in interim as Whiteside departs; FCA chairman to step down
Fijian deputy governor takes over as interim governor as Whiteside departs; FCA’s John Griffith-Jones to leave next year; Fed’s payment system director to retire; and more
People: Haldane keeps his MPC seat; new FSB chairs appointed
BoE’s chief economist Haldane keeps his MPC seat for another term; new FSB chairs picked as Norman Chan and European deputies step down; and more
People: Trump names Otting for OCC job; Sri Lankan assistant governor promoted
People: Trump names Otting for OCC job subject to Senate approval; Sri Lankan assistant governor promoted to deputy role; Barbados appoints acting deputy; and more
Uzbek senate appoints new central bank chief
Mamarizo Nurmuratov becomes chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, following the death of his predecessor
Possible Fed appointments on the horizon
Treasury department official Randall Quarles and former Fed staffer Marvin Goodfriend believed to be on the shortlist; no date yet for appointment announcement
People: Menon given fourth term; Irish chief economist retires
Singaporean governor awarded fourth consecutive term; Ireland’s chief economist retires, while the registrar of credit unions heads to the IMF; India appoints a new executive director; and more