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Obama determined to appoint Diamond to Fed board
United States President Barack Obama pushes for third nomination of Nobel laureate Peter Diamond to Federal Reserve Board
Iceland names new director of operations and human resources
Director to replace Ingvar Sigfússon, set to retire in the coming months
Yeritsyan rejoins Armenian central bank in reshuffle
Armenian economy minister Nerses Yeritsyan returns to central bank as vice-chairman; former vice-chairman Vache Gabrielyan becomes finance minister
RBA’s Edey elected head of influential OECD committee
Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Malcolm Edey selected as chair of financial markets committee
Ukraine’s Stelmakh bows out
National Bank of Ukraine governor Volodymyr Stelmakh tenders resignation over a year past expiry of term; first deputy governor Serhii Arbuzov named his replacement
Fiji's Reddy resigns
Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Sada Reddy resigns from his post for unspecified reasons; deputy Barry Whiteside to serve as interim governor
RBA names new assistant governor for currency
Reserve Bank of Australia promotes Michele Bullock to assistant governor for currency; Bullock steps in following transfer of Bob Rankin to central bank's London office
Former Czech governor Tůma joins KPMG
Ex-Czech National Bank governor Zdeněk Tůma joins consulting and auditing firm; tells local media he is keeping an eye on Prague administration
Tributes pour in for euro architect Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Central bankers, private sector officials laud the contributions of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who died on Saturday
King named vice chair of European Systemic Risk Board
Bank of England governor Mervyn King named Trichet’s deputy on ESRB
Another SNB council member to step down next April
Swiss National Bank’s Konrad Hummler to step down in April; move comes after Armin Jans tendered his resignation in November
Bank names former Apax COO as new head of HR
Bank of England names Catherine Brown as executive director for human resources
Nigeria stands by Sanusi’s government barbs
Central Bank of Nigeria maintains governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s assertion that legislative branch absorbs quarter of all government overheads; comments spark anger from politicians
‘End the Fed’ author to lead congressional Fed oversight group
US congressman Ron Paul appointed chair of monetary policy subgroup in influential lower house financial committee; appointment could spark intense scrutiny of Federal Reserve
Italy’s Draghi: eurozone governments must step up
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi looks to eurozone governments to tackle fundamental issues; stresses ECB will not dabble in fiscal arena, echoing president Jean-Claude Trichet
Ex-Philippines governor named US ambassador
Central Bank of the Philippines’ former governor Jose Cuisia Jr. selected as country’s ambassador to the United States
Sarb, investors draw a line under dispute
South African Reserve Bank's first ordinary general meeting under amended law passes without shareholder dissent; governor Gill Marcus says outreach to shareholders will be expanded
Kansas Fed’s Hoenig open to shorter lag in releasing FOMC transcripts
Kansas Federal Reserve president Thomas Hoenig says nothing inherently wrong in publishing rate-setter meeting transcripts with delay of less than five years
Nordea chief to head European banks' trade body
European banking lobby group appoints Nordea chief executive Christian Clausen as president; Clausen takes over from ex-UniCredit chief Alessandro Profumo
FSA forced to admit 96 staff exits in Q3
UK regulator admits it lost almost 100 staff in the third quarter of 2010.
WikiLeak sparks King quit calls from Blanchflower
Former Monetary Policy Committee member David Blanchflower says Bank of England governor Mervyn King must resign over lack of political impartiality after new leak on whistleblower website
King is fully justified
The governor of the Bank of England is well within his rights to press politicians on the need for fiscal retrenchment, Robert Pringle argues.
Israel names Hizkiyahu successor
David Zaken named supervisor of banks; Zaken to replace Rony Hizkiyahu at the end of the year
Jordan appoints Sharaf as new governor
Former Central Bank of Jordan deputy governor Sharif Fares Sharaf replaces governor Umayya Toukan at helm of central bank