Central Banking Awards 2020
The winners of the 2020 Central Banking Awards
The Central Banking Awards 2020 recognise excellence in a community facing difficult monetary policy and financial stability challenges that will need to be tackled and effectively communicated, while prudently embracing technological change in reserves, financial services, payments, currency management and data.
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The Central Banking Awards 2020 virtual ceremony
View the trophy presentations and acceptance comments from all the winners
Central Banking Awards 2020: the winners
All the winners in the 2020 Central Banking Awards
Governor of the year: Mark Carney
Carney has played a vital role in managing Brexit risks
Central bank of the year: Bank of Ghana
African central bank has carried out extensive reform of Ghana’s banking sector
Lifetime achievement award: Otmar Issing
Architect of euro’s framework still playing important role in shaping debate on monetary policy
Reserve manager of the year: Swiss National Bank
New trading capabilities have helped to better manage liquidity as assets hit $825 billion
Currency manager: Bank of Mexico
Central bank invested in new printing plant to address capacity and concentration risks
Economics in central banking: Matteo Maggiori, Brent Neiman and Jesse Schreger
Global Capital Allocation Project has helped pick apart tangled network of cross-border capital flows
Risk manager: Central Bank of Brazil
G20 central bank has made important breakthroughs in applying ERM
Transparency: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Publication of new MPC handbook and minutes increases RBNZ’s openness
Green initiative: Network for Greening the Financial System
Voluntary body is driving efforts to tackle climate-related risks
Website of the year: Central Bank of Brazil
New bilingual site offers enhanced communications to full range of stakeholders
Payments and market infrastructure development: European Central Bank
ECB has created framework to help PMI firms bolster cyber defence, being disseminated globally
Initiative of the year: Bank of Thailand
Thai central bank used two-way communications to support delivery of major initiatives
Communications initiative: Bank of Jamaica
Bank of Jamaica has done more than just lift the economic literacy of its society
Asset manager of the year: Amundi Asset Management
The French asset manager helped reserve managers meet ESG criteria while boosting AUM
Innovation in reserve management: BlackRock
The US asset manager has made great strides in technology, research and advisory capabilities
Global markets award: HSBC
The bank is a leader in green finance and helped clients navigate the low-rate environment
Custody initiative: Euroclear
The securities depository has debuted instant dollar settlement in central bank money outside the US
Treasury systems initiative: Calypso Technology
Tech company secured important breakthroughs including with its Maps treasury operations system
Collateral management services: National Bank of Georgia/Montran
Duo developed Georgia’s fully automated new collateral framework
Specialised lending initiative: BNP Paribas
New ‘global’ setup helped secure US dollar-denominated assets from a Eurosystem central bank
Financial market infrastructure services: Bloomberg
US firm has helped central banks improve monetary operations and deepen forex markets
Payment services: Swift
Organisation has responded strongly to threats from cyber crime and decline of correspondent banking
Currency services: Note Printing Australia
Improved IT and data provision helped Reserve Bank of Australia
Advisory services: Deloitte
Consultancy has shown strength in wide range of tech and governance advisory roles
Data services: Swift
Better data is making global payment chains safer and more efficient