Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Turmoil in the Basel tower
The handling of the resignation of Malcolm Knight was badly bungled, says Klaus Engelen
HKMA's Pang praises BIS's Asian office
Peter Pang, a deputy chief executive at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), has commended the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) Representative Office in Asia.
BIS's Knight to leave on 1 July
Malcolm Knight, the outgoing general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), is to step down three months ahead of schedule.
Weaker unions will limit inflation: BIS's Knight
The outgoing head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) offered some succour to central bankers on Monday, saying that the decline of unionisation will mean the second-round effects of the recent surge in global food and commodity prices will…
Bank and FSA not to blame for Rock: Lord George
Lord Edward George, a former governor of the Bank of England and a director at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), believes that Northern Rock's management was responsible for the collapse of the mortgage lender.
BIS calls for countercyclical framework
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has called for regulators and central banks to work together to limit procyclicality.
Know your surfer - the key to success in websites
Understanding how people use your website is the key to improving it, says Timo Laurmaa, the head of the Bank for International Settlements' web communications team
Knight departure prompts BIS governance queries
A leading German daily has questioned the integrity of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) after it emerged that Malcolm Knight, the departing general manager, will not take gardening leave before joining Deutsche Bank, a leading global bank.
BIS chief to leave early
Malcolm Knight, the general manager and chief executive of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), will step down in September, nine months before the end of his term.
Settlement risk in Asian FX markets "remains high
Research published by the Bank for International Settlements calls for more extensive use of intra-regional currencies after finding that settlement risk remains high in Asian foreign exchange markets.
Basel Committee issues liquidity guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, an influential group of global regulators, has issued its draft proposals to improve liquidity risk management and supervision.
Joint Forum: CRT markets' future developments
Firms should not establish material positions in credit risk transfer (CRT) instruments without first having validated models for pricing and risk-managing such exposures, advises a new report from the Joint Forum.
Monetary policy decisions: inputs and outcomes
A new paper from the Bank for International Settlements compares the practices of research and briefing prior to monetary policy decisions at several central banks, and looks at how decisions are presented and explained to markets and the public.
Argentina's Redrado on lessons from hyperinflation
Lower inflation is the consequence of more responsible fiscal, monetary and wage policies, which might be a result of more awareness of the costs of rampant price growth, stated Martin Redrado, the governor of the Central Bank of Argentina.
The BIS must become the global central bank
Last year's attempts at central bank coordination fell short, says Krzysztof Rybinski, a former deputy governor at the National Bank of Poland. A global forum is needed.
BIS's Wellink outlines Basel II amendments
The Basel Committee will review the capital charges for collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) set out in the Basel II framework, said Nout Wellink, the president of the Netherlands Bank and chairman of the committee.
Research pinpoints critical frequencies
The Bank for International Settlements has found critical frequencies for sampling some of the key economic indicators.
Research uncovers reasons for interbank spreads
The recent sharp rise in the risk premium contained in three-month interbank rates points to the importance of liquidity factors for banks' day-to-day quoting behaviour, research published by the Bank for International Settlements finds.
BIS's Knight wants procyclicality issue addressed
A strengthening of the so-called "macroprudential approach" to financial regulation is needed to address problems of excessive procyclicality, said Malcolm Knight, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements.
Policy forecasts don't damage markets
Central bank guidance about, or explicit forecasts of, likely future policy rates does not impair market functioning, research published by the Bank for International Settlements suggests.
G7 ministers discuss IMF gold sales
"There was an acceptance among the G7 that resources should be raised by selling gold," said Tomasso Padoa-Schioppa, Italy's finance minister, who is also the head of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) steering committee (IMFC).
Liquidity pressures could return, says FSF report
Money-market tensions could yet re-emerge, a group of leading central bankers and policymakers warned on Monday.
Recent trends in emerging markets' monetary policy
A new collection of Bank for International Settlements papers investigate major changes in monetary policy transmission in emerging markets over the past decade.