Europe
Tumpel-Gugerell: we need a European SEC
Europe's needs to get its house in order to be prepared for the global challenges related to the infrastructure for securities, said Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, a member of the executive board f the European Central Bank.
Government still not at the SEPA table
European governments who fail to move on SEPA must be shamed into action, said Jean-Michel Godeffroy, the director general for payment systems at the European Central Bank.
EU candidate countries' financially stable
The financial systems of EU candidate countries Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey are in a good position to resist adverse shocks, according to a new paper from the European Central Bank.
Interview: Carlo Tresoldi
"Without intervention it will be difficult to meet the timescale of 2010 for migration to the new Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) instruments," Carlo Tresoldi told Centralbanknews.com on Tuesday.
Fiscal surveillance needs more timely data
Quarterly data from the European System of Integrated Economic Accounts should be used for real-time fiscal surveillance in Europe, new research from the European Central Bank finds.
Tumpel-Gugerell on SEPA for cards
Once SEPA for credit transfers and direct debits are in place, the European Payments Council will devote its full energy on to a harmonised and integrated cards market, said Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, a member of the executive board of the European…
Interdependence requires payment overhaul
Central banks need to adjust their oversight of payment and settlement systems to the new reality of heightened interdependence in financial markets, said Haruyuki Toyama, a deputy director general at the Bank of Japan at SIBOS, an industry forum…
EU central banks to devise reform agenda for Serbi
Eighteen European Union (EU) central banks are to collaborate on a report to determine the future strategy of the National Bank of Serbia.
IMF: emergency liquidity frameworks not ideal
There are shortcomings in the existing emergency liquidity frameworks of central banks, said Saleh Nsouli, the director for offices in Europe at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF is adapting to its members' needs
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has focused its efforts to adapt to a changing world, said Saleh Nsouli, the director for the Fund's offices in Europe.
Europe the best-regulated region: IMF
European authorities lead the world in regulation, says new research published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The wider benefits of assistance
Juliet Johnson suggests that assistance to post-communist central banks by their Western counterparts resulted in closer links between central bankers more generally
Stock prices count in bank lending
Stock markets play a key role in the lending decisions of European banks, finds a new paper from Banque de France.
EBRD - Sustainability Report 2007
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Sustainability Report details the development bank's investments in 29 countries across central Europe and Asia.
Europe's payments revolution is slow going
The number of payments made using the new SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) credit transfer have been "very low", admitted Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, an executive director at the European Central Bank.
EBRD appoints Mirow as chief
Thomas Mirow, the state secretary of the German Finance Ministry, will replace Jean Lemierre as head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the development bank for most of Central and Eastern Europe.
ECB and BoE leave rates unchanged
As was widely expected, both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England left rates on hold on Thursday.
Probe into rumour-mongering widens
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Britain is teaming up with other financial services watchdogs as part of an expanding investigation into allegations of market abuses surrounding sudden drops in the share prices of financial institutions.
Europe set for slowdown: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the oft-repeated maxim that "if the US economy sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold" will hold as far as Europe is concerned.
EU open to sovereign wealth funds
Europe is, and wants to remain, open to sovereign wealth fund investments, said David Wright, a deputy director general, DG internal markets and services, at the European Commission.
Financial markets in Japan
This new report from the Bank of Japan looks at how financial markets in the country coped with the market turmoil triggered by the subprime woes in the second half of 2007.
Near-term cut unlikely as ECB takes neutral tone
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), signalled that the governing council is unlikely to back a rate cut in the coming months.
Interbank rates creep up in Europe
Money market tensions are showing signs of re-emergence, with interbank rates hitting levels not seen since mid-January for euro and sterling borrowing.
EU to devise SWF code
The European Commission is to propose a voluntary code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds in a bid to ease fears that their investments could compromise national security interests.