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SocGen chief Oudéa to head key IIF committee
Société Générale chairman and chief executive Frédéric Oudéa will head Institute for International Finance’s influential committee on regulatory capital
I’m sticking to my guns: Buba’s Weber
Bundesbank president Axel Weber says future career prospects will not change his outspoken nature
Obituary: Peter Allsopp
Visionary reformer whose analysis and powers of persuasion changed financial market infrastructure worldwide
Øystein Olsen named next Norges Bank chief
Statistics Norway managing director Øystein Olsen will become governor in January, as Svein Gjedrem’s final term draws to a close; move expected, analysts say
Central Bank of Azerbaijan opens primary school
Azerbaijani central bank pushes corporate-social responsibility agenda with help of newly-established communications department
Philly Fed promotes Prichard to first vice-president
Philadelphia Fed appoints Blake Prichard to succeed William Stone Jr as first vice president and chief operating officer at central bank
Half of RBA’s external rate-setters miss meeting
Three of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s six external board members absent at October meeting, as central banks deliberates balance of economic pressures
Bank of Finland shuffles board members’ remits
Bank of Finland distributes Sinikka Salo’s responsibilities; parliamentary overseer wants board to run with three members
Ex-Bank MPC’s Kate Barker joins equity firm board
Former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Kate Barker named non-executive director at Electra Private Equity
RBA appoints new secretary
Reserve Bank of Australia names Anthony Dickman as secretary; Dickman replaces David Emanuel who retires after 47 years at central bank
Buba’s Nagel set to replace Sarrazin
Western states pick Bundesbank head of market operations Joachim Nagel to take Thilo Sarrazin’s place on executive board
Angola appoints new governor
Commercial bank head José de Lima Massano joins National Bank of Angola following government reshuffle
Senate confirms two out of three Fed directors
Last-minute deal seats Yellen and Raskin, Diamond turned down
OECD reappoints Gurría as secretary-general
Angel Gurría commits to second term as secretary-general at Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Isoard to head International Association of Deposit Insurers
International Association of Deposit Insurers appoints former governing board member of Mexico's deposit protection agency Carlos Isoard as next secretary general
Weber’s German defence highlights leadership flaws
Bundesbank president Axel Weber blames deficit countries for eurozone’s woes; analysts say comments further complicate chances at ECB presidency
Argentina’s Marcó del Pont nominated for full term
Argentine President nominates central bank governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont for full six-year term, even as inflation soars and currency value drops; deputy, board members also nominated
Summers quits Obama’s economic team
Chief adviser to President Obama, Lawrence Summers, announces departure from National Economic Council at end of year
RBA appoints new head of economic research
Reserve Bank of Australia promotes deputy head of domestic markets Jonathan Kearns to head of economic research
Ex-Brazil deputy to head hedge fund’s Latin American office
Former Central Bank of Brazil deputy governor Mário Mesquita will head Latin American office of UK hedge fund Brevan Howard
Rajan, Krugman renew spat
Ex-IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman revive clash over central banks' role in the crisis
Beijing makes two changes to MPC
People’s Bank of China deputy governor Du Jinfu and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China president Jiang Jianqing will join advisory Monetary Policy Committee
Elizabeth Warren poised to run consumer body: reports
US media say Harvard academic Elizabeth Warren to be named assistant to President in new consumer body; designation will allow her to circumvent politically charged confirmation process
Shirakawa named Asian Consultative Council chair
Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa will take over from Bank Negara Malaysia chief Zeti Akhtar Aziz as chair of council housed within Bank for International Settlements