Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
BIS survey shows OTC market levelling off
Notional volume and credit exposures are growing more slowly, latest market data shows
FSB plans on Sifis win G20 approval
G20 leaders welcome reform packages to date, including fresh FSB proposal to tackle moral hazard posed by systemically important banks
No single structure for clearing industry: CPSS
Bank for International Settlements report on clearing industry says differences in market structures reflect diverse sets of risks to operations
BIS investigates drivers in US stock market
Bank for International Settlements study says changes in expected excess returns on dividends main driver of US stock market
Basel III could have softened crisis: BIS's Caruana
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana says crisis could have been very different had Basel III framework been in place
IIF defends doom-and-gloom Basel III forecasts
Institute for International Finance backs up its predictions of Basel III output loss, which are deeper than regulators’
BIS’s Caruana says central banks have pivotal role in regulation
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana says central banks are best placed and have the necessary expertise to regulate markets
BIS: interbank markets are hierarchical
Bank for International Settlements study finds evidence of tiered interbank market in Germany
BIS’s Cecchetti on benefits of phasing in Basel III
Bank for International Settlements economic adviser Stephen Cecchetti says stronger capital requirements will be easier to swallow if phased in with new ratios
BIS on renminbi management
Bank for International Settlements research results consistent with the renminbi having been managed in 2006-08 against a basket of currencies
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
BIS must fix data gaps: Bank paper
Bank of England paper identifies specific information gaps in cross-border banking statistics published by Bank for International Settlements; improvements thought to be under way
BIS’s Caruana lauds Basel III
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana spells out importance of Basel III capital reforms
BIS on offshore domestic currency use
Bank for International Settlements paper says monetary stability risks from offshore credit growth can be managed through prudent policy
Money market rate best policy target: BIS research
Bank for International Settlements research finds lower macroeconomic volatility where central banks use money market rather than repo rate as policy target
Central banks must work with stakeholders to improve repo clearing and settlement: BIS body
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems identifies seven key problems in repo markets; says central banks, regulators and stakeholders must join forces to hammer out solutions
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
International bodies fulfil G20 recommendation on information gaps
European Central Bank, Bank for International Settlements and IMF publish second part of Securities Statistics Handbook to address information gaps
Banks upped exposure to troubled eurozone states in first quarter: BIS
Bank for International Settlements says first quarter figures show exposure to Portugal, Greece and Spain grew, in spite of default worries
FX market going global: BIS
Bank for International Settlements’ triennial survey of foreign exchange markets shows decline in prevalence of local transactions, dollar and sterling
Russia inches back toward dollar assets
Bank of Russia report shows percentage of dollar assets increased by end 2009, reversing trend set in two previous years; central bank also upped sovereign debt holdings and risk appetite declined
BIS’s Borio on the paradox of financial instability
Bank for International Settlements’ Claudio Borio warns that system appears strongest when it’s most vulnerable
Ageing to drive down asset prices
Bank for International Settlements research says demographic trends will reduce house prices significantly
BIS: cross-border flows shaped by global and country specific factors
Bank for International Settlements study shows global and country specific risk factors explain cross-border bank flow patterns