Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS)
Sint Maarten finance minister issues ultimatum to central bank board
Gibson issues ultimatum to board regarding replacement of suspended central bank president Emsley Tromp; board members told to act in the best interest of the bank or be fired
Tromp claims prosecutors are acting ‘negligently’; rejects tax fraud claims
Suspended governor accuses prosecutor’s office of being “driven by forces other than establishing the truth”; Tromp rejects allegation of tax fraud and claims he has acted within the law
Tromp to face trial for tax fraud
Governor of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten owes $3.1 million in tax, investigators claim; central bank faces staffing problems as top managers head for retirement
Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten files anti-corruption raid complaint
Central bank questions legal basis for raid and seizure of documents; investigation into alleged tax avoidance by governor Emsley Tromp continues
Anti-corruption unit investigates Curaçao and Sint Maarten central bank president
Anti-corruption unit conducts raid on Emsley Tromp’s home, confiscating documents and data carriers; investigation launched by finance minister on the back of ‘rumours and innuendos’
Sint Maarten and Curaçao monetary union needs 'less political wisdom', more co-ordinated action
Emsley Tromp, president of the countries' shared central bank says monetary policy is helping to shrink persistent current account deficits but argues more co-ordinated action 'imperative'
Curaçao governor ‘baffled’ by bond market reluctance
Emsley Tromp extols the value of innovation in monetary policy, and expresses his bemusement at the region’s apprehension over the creation of a corporate bond market
Curacao and Sint Maarten banks hit with ‘credit freeze’ in 2012
Central bank prevented banks from extending new loans after failing to control the islands’ rapid credit growth through more conventional measures
Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten could split
The two Caribbean islands are contemplating dividing their shared central bank; Sint Maarten minister of finance keen to avoid new currency
Curacao and Sint Maarten governor discusses central bank co-operation
Emsley Tromp says co-ordinated action by central banks is particularly important in emerging markets; outlines four areas where closer ties would be beneficial
Curaçao and Sint Maarten governor discusses benefits of more women in labour force
Greater female participation in labour market key to meeting demographic challenges of the future, says Emsley Tromp
Wellink says Basel III to be phased in gradually in bid to soothe fears
Basel Committee chairman Nout Wellink says proposals on new regulations on banking will be introduced in an orderly manner; unrepentant on costs to growth
Curaçao and Sint Maarten should dollarise – Tromp
Bank of the Netherlands Antilles’s Emsley Tromp says formal dollarisation would improve the islands’ macroeconomic stability
No need for Sint Maarten CB: Antilles's Tromp
Sint Maarten, a tiny Caribbean island, scheduled to become a country on 15 December, should not set up its own supervisory authority nor have its own monetary policy, said Emsley Tromp, the president of the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles.