Banks
Korea's smaller chaebol could own banks
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea may take the controversial step of turning to smaller conglomerates to sell off nationalised banks, the head of Seoul's top state-run thinktank suggested in a Reuters interview today, 3 June.
Regulator unveils Japan bank stock buying fund
JAPAN - Japan's top financial regulator on 26 June unveiled plans for a fund to soak up massive amounts of shares owned by banks to cut their exposure to an uncertain stock market, giving Japan's economic reforms a nudge forward.
SE Asian central bank governors begin meeting
SINGAPORE - The annual conference of Governors of the South-East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) needs to focus on ways to maintain its relevance amid a proliferation of regional and international forums, a Singapore government minister said on 31 May.
Banks and Systemic Risk - Theory and Evidence
SPEECH - David Clementi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and a member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee spoke on 23 May at a conference of the Bank of England in London.
Financial Stability and Central Banks
BOOK - This book is published by the Bank of England and includes papers presented at the banks 7th annual Central Bank governors' symposium in June 2000. The 2000 symposium considered financial stability and the role of central banks.
E-economy: will we still need banks in the future
SPEECH - Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank, gave a speech on April 4 about the developments in electronic finance and the implications for banks. He is optimistic of the benefits, such as a more efficient allocation of capital, but…
Danmarks Nationalbank Monetary Review
DENMARK - The Danmarks Nationalbank has released its quarterly Monetary Review, which includes a number of interesting articles written by the central bank's staff. There are two articles on risk management: one about managing interest rate risk in a…
Indian Reserve Bank demands risk data
The RBI, responding to fears over the effects of market volatility on cooperative banks, has demanded information about their stock market exposures.
The rise and fall of consortium banks-by R Roberts
ARTICLE - Consortium banks, which flourished in the early "unregulated" years of the Euromarkets, have all but disappeared. Richard Roberts explains how concern about their stability prompted the BIS to develop the principle of "parental responsibility"…
China shareholding banks must reform further-PBOC
Shareholding commercial banks must be encouraged to further improve their corporate management structure and financial services to develop in a sound, steady way, said the governor of the People's Bank of China.
Gemany's Hans Eichel's shock to the system-article
The decision of Hans Eichel, the German finance minister, to establish a unifiedfinancial services regulator came as a surprise to many, and a bitter shock to theBundesbank, which had lobbied to take over bank supervision itself. KlausEngelen reports.
Determinants of problem banks in Indonesia-paper
Dr. Wimboh Santoso, senior researcher at directorate of banking research and regulations at Bank Indonesia, has conducted an empirical study on the "Determinants of Problem Banks in Indonesia". The main aim of this paper is to provide general information…
Bank of Israel may seek data on high-tech credit
The Bank of Israel's Supervisor of Banks is considering asking commercial banks to report specifically on the extent of their loans to the high-tech sector, a spokesman said on Feb 12, 2001. Loans to the technology sector are currently included within…
UAE studies licensing new foreign banks-cen bank
The United Arab Emirates is considering allowing more foreign banks to operate in the country after a virtual freeze on new licences, the central bank governor said in remarks published on Feb 11, 2001. "The internal banking structure is strong and able…