Central Banking
PBoC deepens interest in fintech with new committee
Fintech committee will be charges with investigating the pros and cons of financial innovation and producing guidelines where appropriate; China’s central bank deepens cooperation with IMF
ECB sets out standards for bank board members
New guidelines are an effort to harmonise standards across eurozone states
Bank Negara Malaysia to ramp up misconduct supervision, says Ibrahim
Shocking survey results shows 15% of respondents would act ‘unethically’ when not being monitored; new guidance principles and transparency framework to help, BNM governor says
Let the market regulate banks – FDIC’s Hoenig
Vice-chairman offers proposal that would take an axe to risk-based capital, stress testing and parts of the Volcker rule
Protectionism is a ‘dead end’, says New York Fed president
Dudley highlights the second-round impact of protectionism, which ultimately harms higher-paying jobs; policies should foster competition and provide more assistance to workers
BIS paper says macro-pru is better when partnered with monetary policy
Macro-pru does not work as well when it acts as a substitute for monetary policy when dampening credit cycles; when deployed as the main instrument, policies prove very successful even in the short term
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
Spanish court drops charges against central bank staff
Ex-governor and three senior regulators will not face charges over ‘Bankia affair’
Uncertainty weakens bank lending channel, Bank of Italy paper says
Researchers use database of loan applications from 650,000 firms
Eiopa to revisit standard formula calibrations in ‘recurring exercise’
Authority considering periodical reviews to preserve Solvency II’s risk sensitivity
New York Fed legal vice-president challenges ‘check the box’ mentality
If a compliance regime does not accept blame or responsibility, then it has failed says Held; regimes should not be afraid to uncover problematic behaviour
Peru cuts rates for first time in more than two years
Reversal in food prices prompts board into action, with inflation now expected to end the year within target band; central bank will remain attentive to external conditions
Europe needs reform, Draghi says
ECB president repeats call for European deposit insurance scheme
IMF’s Werner: central banks need better understanding of interventions
Central banks in Latin America have employed a host of unconventional market interventions, but figuring out what works and what does not is proving tricky
Industrial goods inflation may be building, ECB says
Prices of goods produced in eurozone see only “subdued” growth
Gaps in real estate data could threaten financial stability – Buch
Bundesbank vice-president highlights importance of monitoring credit conditions in tandem with house prices; G20 looks to data collected and distributed to fill gaps
Sterling depreciation will increase pace of tightening, BoE says
Inflation will overshoot target for longer period, reveals latest Inflation Report, but raising rates will not help, BoE says; “extraordinary circumstances” call for delicate balancing act
Kuroda cautions banks about keeping in step with fintech innovation
Bank’s business models could come under threat if institutions are unwilling to embrace fintech; regulatory sandboxes offer safe space to embrace it, says BoJ governor
French regulator lays out plan to capture London euro clearing
AMF calls for equivalence to be scrapped for biggest CCPs and trade repositories
IMF urges new macro-pru tools for RBNZ to tackle housing market
Debt-to-income tools would complement existing macro-prudential toolkit and help rein in household credit, fund says; RBNZ in pursuit of such powers but decision must come from government
Considerable slack may remain in eurozone labour market – ECB
Under-utilisation of labour may affect 18% of eurozone labour force, researchers say
Gambian governor and deputies dismissed, local media reports
Governor was appointed by recently deposed president
Ukrainian deputy to serve as interim governor
Ukraine’s president has yet to nominate replacement for Gontareva
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