Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Managing without safe assets – tricky but not impossible
Unless sovereigns provide a credible backstop to the banking system the private sector will have to do the best it can, writes Robert Pringle
BIS paper weighs up early-warning indicators
Working paper examines which indicators are most effective at foreshadowing banking crises; uses a new statistical method based on particular policy requirements
Getting to grips with monetary policy?
Global co-operation on monetary policy remains out of reach
BIS calls for monetary tightening not heeded by major central banks
The BIS's latest annual report voices the private concerns of the world’s leading central bankers. But it falls short on action that will hold national governments to task
The Bretton Woods transcripts: debate about the World Bank and the BIS
Andrew Rosenberg highlights the secondary importance of negotiations to create the World Bank and cover ‘other discussions’ as well as Norway’s objections to having the BIS once the IMF was founded
BIS banking department deputy makes switch to State Street OIG
Founder of State Street's Official Institutions Group John Nugée will retire in October, and be replaced by Louis de Montpellier of the BIS
Bank of England publishes history archive online
Digital archive project has uncovered BoE's controversial role in Nazi gold appropriation; includes all of the central bank’s main publications in addition to previously unpublished history
Joint modelling of commodity and equity prices increases portfolio volatility
BIS paper investigates claims that investments in commodity-related products have led to increased price correlation with equities
BIS international banking stats show advanced and emerging market divergence
Claims on banks in advanced economies continued to fall in the first quarter of 2013, while in emerging markets they bounced back
‘Surplus' countries must act to help limit external imbalances, says BIS paper
BIS economist Philip Turner says external imbalances can threaten financial stability in creditor countries as well as in debtor countries; calls it ‘an important but unresolved issue of international monetary reform'
BIS paper finds more evidence backing ‘leaning against the wind'
Working paper by BIS and Bank of Italy researchers find such policies are desirable in the case of supply-side shocks - especially for economies with high private-sector indebtedness
Caruana backs Bernanke taper timetable but warns banks to prepare for volatility
BIS general manager says Fed chairman Ben Bernanke was right to signal a tightening of monetary policy but warns stress tests will be needed to prepare banks for an increase in volatility
Switzerland passes Basel III implementation test
Assessment finds country ‘compliant’ overall with Basel III capital framework, although a number of regulations had to be tweaked to make the grade
BIS's Caruana wins term extension as Cecchetti prepares to quit Basel
Jaime Caruana to stay at BIS to 2017, but Stephen Cecchetti will leave in November this year; RBA's Debelle and FDIC's Verley take up other Basel posts
QE was ‘a step in the dark’, Rajan tells BIS
Former IMF chief economist says decision to engage in quantitative easing was based on little evidence and influenced by politics, while the full consequences remain unclear
Central banks need to start tightening policy, says BIS
The Bank for International Settlements says easy monetary policy has reached the end of what it can usefully do, warning that continuing QE will exacerbate risks and delay necessary reforms
BoE deputy Paul Tucker quits after 33 years
Deputy governor for financial stability will stay for Mark Carney's first few months as governor of the Bank of England, before leaving to spend a ‘period of time in academia in the US'
Draghi and Carstens step up at BIS as King retires
Mervyn King's retirement as governor of the Bank of England has created three chair positions on BIS committees that will be filled by the heads of the ECB and the Bank of Mexico
Caruana warns of yield curve 'global steepening'
BIS general manager Jaime Caruana says central banks must consider the effect on global bond markets of rising rates and shrinking balance sheets
BIS warns central bank easing is fuelling equity markets
The latest quarterly review released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) finds that markets are ‘under the spell’ of central banks
BIS finds ‘no evidence' of persistent collateral scarcity
Report says increased reliance on collateralised funding and demands of regulatory reforms have not led to any 'lasting or widespread scarcity' of high quality assets
BIS paper finds higher US bank taxes may have only moved stability risk
Research into higher taxes imposed on wholesale funding by US banks finds they did reduce reliance on short-term borrowing, but says risks may simply have been pushed into foreign banks
Caruana tells central banks to focus more on financial stability
BIS general manager calls for central banks to adopt a 'fully integrated macro-financial perspective' and lengthen policy horizons when financial stability concerns grow
BIS: Forex OTC markets hold steady, despite regulatory uncertainty
Semi-annual BIS survey reveals a rise in forex OTC derivatives transactions in the second half of last year