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South Korea advertises for new reserve manager
Bank of Korea seeks reserve manager; follows first gold purchase for years this summer
Germany names Asmussen as Stark’s successor
Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, nominates his deputy Jörg Asmussen to replace Jürgen Stark on the European Central Bank’s executive board
Stark resignation marks turbulence at ECB
European Central Bank executive board member Jürgen Stark steps down as tensions flare in Frankfurt
Philadelphia Fed replaces inaugural Economic Advisory Council members
Teresa Bryce Bazemore, Cheryl Feldman and Edward Graham named as new Economic Advisory Council members
Estonia governor race narrows
Supervisory Board cuts two candidates from the running; Ardo Hansson and Andres Sutt continue in battle to become next governor
Serbia reveals new deputy governor
National Bank of Serbia appoints Diana Dragutinović as deputy governor
Former chancellor criticises BoE’s King
Alistair Darling accuses Bank of England governor of not recognising the “scale of the problem” the UK faced as the financial crisis took hold
Buba’s Weidmann welcomes new president of Hanover branch
Stephan Freiherr von Stenglin is new president of regional branch; takes over from Werner Ehlers who retires
New York Fed announces two new directors
Glenn Hutchins and Terry Lundgren appointed as Class B directors
Ireland unveils fitness and probity regime
Central bank releases regulations and standards concerning appointment of staff in financial services industry
Estonia reveals governorship candidates
Eesti Pank puts speculation to rest; announces four well-recognised candidates for role of governor
Allan Meltzer awarded Truman Medal
American economist Allan Meltzer to become only the fourth person to receive the distinguished Truman Medal for Economic Policy
Asian Development Bank renews president’s term
Haruhiko Kuroda to remain as head of the Asian Development Bank for another five-year term
South Sudan replaces governor
Governor steps down and deputy takes over; no reason given
Saccomanni linked to Bank of Italy governorship
Reports emerge of deal between government and central bank to promote Bank of Italy director-general Fabrizio Saccomanni to governor role
Two economists mooted for seat on Fed board
Jeremy Stein and Richard Clarida are being considered for terms on the Federal Reserve board of governors in a bipartisan effort from US lawmakers, writes Blair Baker
Former Bank of Thailand deputy governor named finance minister
Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala becomes new finance minister; served as deputy governor at central bank
Bank Negara Malaysia deputy governor passes away
Mohd Razif bin Abd Kadir dies; served the central bank for 35 years
RBI governor Subbarao’s term extended
Prime minister approves two-year extension to Duvvuri Subbarao’s term as central bank chief
Fed’s international finance division director leaves
Nathan Sheets leaves the Federal Reserve after 18 years; Steven Kamin to step in as acting director
Lagarde ‘perfectly calm’ about impending investigation
New managing director of the IMF is 'perfectly calm' at announcement of French investigation of abuse of powers during her time as finance minister
Reserve Bank of India's Rajagopalan dies
Shashi Rekha Rajagopalan, a member of the central board of directors of the Reserve Bank of India, passes away; Reserve Bank governor pays respects
Chairman of the Russian Banking Supervision Committee to resign: reports
Gennady Melikyan has announced his intention to leave his role as chairman of the Russian Banking Supervision Committee, according to local media reports
SARB announces temporary registrar replacement
The South African Reserve Bank announces deputy to step into registrar role until beginning of 2012