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Argentine governor clings on to job as politicians splinter
Argentine Senate postpones vote on rejecting new governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont to next Wednesday after opposition factions disagree
Stelmakh to remain Ukraine chief for now
National Bank of Ukraine governor Volodymyr Stelmakh will remain in office for the time being having overstayed term limit by three months, according to new prime minister
Fischer offered second term: reports
Local media says premier Netanyahu has asked Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer to stay on
Canada names Longworth’s successor, deputy Duguay to retire
Bank of Canada appoints special adviser Jean Boivin as deputy governor to fill vacancy created by David Longworth’s retirement, Pierre Duguay also to leave the central bank
SEC chief economist quits for private sector
Securities and Exchange Commission head economist James Overdahl will start as deputy head of a Washington consultancy at the end of March
ECB names new statistics head
European Central Bank says Aurel Schubert of the Austrian central bank will be the new chief of its statistics directorate
Noyer to chair BIS board
Banque de France governor succeeds Guillermo Ortiz as chairman of Bank for International Settlements’ board
Lawmakers clash over Fed role in consumer protection
Senior Democrats infuriated over possible revision to regulatory reform bill that would keep consumer protection under the Fed, against original promise
Philadelphia Fed appoints new VPs
Central bank shifts roles after senior vice president Richard Lang announces decision to step down
Kohn to leave Fed in June
Federal Reserve’s Don Kohn to depart once his term as vice chairman ends
Last survivor of Bretton Woods dies
IMF managing director calls Jacques Polak an “iconic figure”
Macklem named Canadian senior deputy
Tiff Macklem to move back to central bank to take on role vacated by Paul Jenkins
Shogo Ishii to head IMF’s Asia office
Current head Akira Ariyoshi to take up academic post in Hitotsubashi University
Argentine court blocks debt repayment fund
Appeals court thwarts Argentine president Cristina Fernández’s decree by upholding injunction against the forced transfer of central bank reserves to bondholder repayment fund
FT Fed watcher to head NY Fed communications
Financial Times’s Krishna Guha to succeed Calvin Mitchell as executive vice president for communications
South Africa’s Marcus strikes back at “misleading distortions”
South African Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus rebuffs report that she had branded calls for nationalising the central bank “nuts”
PBoC deputy named IMF special adviser
Zhu Min to join the International Monetary Fund in late spring
Ex-Sarb’s Mboweni to chair AngloGold Ashanti
Former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni appointed chairman of gold mining company
Former Hungary governor “prepared” to return to government
Ex-National Bank of Hungary chief Zsigmond Járai says he is ready to accept a post in new government if opposition wins upcoming election
Mauritius’ deputy standing in as governor faces probe
Yandraduth Googoolye acting governor at Bank of Mauritius as former head faces parliamentary enquiry into allegations of abuse of power
Greece dumps debt management chief
General manager of treasury and global markets at National Bank of Greece named new head
Challenges for a new Ukrainian governor
Analysts say governor Volodymyr Stelmakh will leave once election results are confirmed, replacement faces challenges including managing the currency
Bank chief economist Dale reappointed
Second term as rate-setter for hawkish executive director Spencer Dale, external member Kate Barker to leave at the end of her current term
Draghi moves to clarify Greek-swap role
Bank of Italy governor not involved in under-fire Greek swap deals; moves to justify Italian transactions