Stefan Ingves
Ingves: Swedes should be forced to amortise mortgages
Riksbank governor notes that 40% of households currently ‘do not amortise at all'
Ingves says responsibility for liquidity risk management lies with banks, not regulators
Strong liquidity risk management is ‘critical to success in banking': Ingves
Ingves says job of supervisors just beginning as Basel III nears completion
Basel Committee chairman says Basel III rules are ‘substantially complete'
Ingves touts simplicity of final Basel CCP rules
New rules allow for single measure of capital requirements
Ingves: Sweden needs to go beyond international regulations
Stefan Ingves says countries ‘can and should’ go beyond Basel framework
ESRB handbook calls on macro-prudential regulators to overcome ‘inaction bias'
Comprehensive guidance on macro-prudential tools was published yesterday by the European Systemic Risk Board
Ingves says banking industry must acknowledge problem around risk weights
Industry has airbags in case of crash, Ingves says, but sensors must be correctly calibrated
Ingves: Basel Committee still has ‘quite a bit of work to do’ on leverage ratio
Stefan Ingves tells banking supervisors in Asia-Pacific there is plenty of work left to do before the Basel Committee will be able to settle on the final calibration of the leverage ratio
Ingves calls for consistency in risk weights for credible capital ratios
BCBS chair says underlying differences in risk drive lion's share of risk-weight variations, but some arise from supervisory and practice-based idiosyncrasies
People: Israel appoints new currency head; ESRB re-elects Ingves
ESRB also reappoints Marek Belka, president of the National Bank of Poland, to steering committee and appoints Richard Portes, founder of CEPR, to Advisory Scientific Committee
Riksbank worries over fallout from ‘sharp corrections' in house prices
Swedish households' interest-rate expectations guided by current levels rather than projections, recently published document finds; Lars Svensson calls findings potentially ‘biased and misleading'
Riksbank board grappling with ‘genuine policy dilemma'
Minutes show last month's cut in interest rate was preceded by considerable apprehension, with one board member describing it as his ‘most difficult' decision to date at the central bank
Riksbank cuts rates on falling inflation, leaning less against the wind
Swedish central bank cuts interest rates by 25bp to 0.75% to counter falling inflation; household debt levels still a risk, says Ingves, but calls on ‘others' to do more to keep them in check
Sveriges Riksbank overhauls communication strategy
Sweden's central bank will focus on ‘dialogue' to better explain its operations; 'openness and clarity' remain guiding principles for the bank, which regularly tops transparency rankings
Ingves says Basel reforms must move ahead
Resolving issues around regulatory implementation will take time, Basel Committee chairman says, but he emphasises the ‘status quo cannot be maintained'
Ingves addresses Basel 25th anniversary audience
Riksbank governor and Basel committee chair highlights five developments over the past quarter of a century, including a shift from a micro- to a macro-prudential perspective
Scandinavians open macro-pru toolbox to cool overheated housing markets
Rising property prices, increasing household debt and towering banking sectors are pushing Norway, Sweden, and Denmark to consider unconventional measures to pre-empt a crash
Riksbank holds rates as IMF sees ‘sizeable' risks at Swedish banks
Interest rates held at 1% as Swedish central bank attempts to support growth without adding to household debt stock; IMF Article IV report frets over large and vulnerable financial system
Basel Committee finds ‘considerable variation' in bank risk-weights
Variation in bank risk-weights 'driven by diversity in bank and supervisory practices', says Basel Committee as it also moves to strengthen oversight of investments in equity funds
Sweden's Riksbank holds rates, but new deputy dissents
Ingves suggests the possibility of another increase in mortgage risk-weights after they were raised to a minimum of 15% in April; Riksbank estimates consumer price inflation to remain at 1% in 2013
Basel Committee reveals leverage ratio formula
Proposals detail leverage ratio calculation framework and disclosure requirements that will enter force in 2015; committee keeps options open for a higher leverage ratio than originally planned
Ingves wants Riksbank monopoly over macro-prudential policy
Stefan Ingves dismisses proposals for central bank and financial services authority to share responsibility for macro-prudential responsibility
Riksbank doves defeated on rate cuts despite broad support for easing, minutes show
Minutes reveal that despite unanimous support for ‘more expansionary’ monetary policy, majority of board members voted to hold rates due to household debt fears
Basel III insufficient for ‘huge’ Swedish banking system, says Ingves
Sveriges Riksbank governor says Sweden must go ‘over and above’ capital and liquidity standards in Basel III; identifies household debt and bank market-funding as core weaknesses