Banks
Central Banking Awards 2019: first winners announced
Reserve manager, initiative, asset manager, innovation in reserve management, global markets, custody and specialised lending awards unveiled
Innovation in reserve management: BNP Paribas Asset Management
The asset manager developed new fixed income investment strategies in 2018 that have delivered strong returns and diversification for clients, while also offering practical training support
Brexit might allow simpler regulation for small UK firms – PRA chief
Sam Woods says “simpler, not weaker” regulation might boost both competition and safety
Summers and co-authors find negative rates can be contractionary
Policy rate cuts below zero can lead to higher lending rates by commercial banks, authors find
Growth keeping global debt-to-GDP just below all-time high – IIF
Latest monitoring report puts debt at three times global GDP, with some countries especially vulnerable
Moldovan central bank suspends rights of lenders’ shareholders
Move is latest effort to enforce law in notoriously difficult banking sector
Supervisory lessons: resolution is a ‘dirty business’
Former Bank of Spain head of supervision Aristóbulo de Juan reveals his principles for resolving problem banks in the final article of a four-part series
Individual bank diversification can increase systemic risk, researchers find
Banks that are not systemically important can be ‘systemic as a herd’, authors say
Islamic finance is for everyone, Malaysia’s Zahid says
Bank Negara Malaysia assistant governor stresses inclusiveness of Islamic finance but says SMEs are still not taking advantage
BIS’s Borio calls on economists to take money more seriously
Money is too often explored in isolation, or ignored completely, the BIS economist says
ECB starts publishing statistics on secured euro money market
Data gathered using same methods used to measure unsecured segment of market
Switzerland grants fintech firms access to interbank payment system
Federal government modified ordinance to create new licensing category on January 1
Mexico unveils measures to foster financial inclusion
Plan intends to promote digital payments, facilitate access to credit and deepen capital markets
BoE keeping ‘open mind’ on central bank digital currency – Carney
But “it could be some time” before private accounts are available at BoE, if they are ever offered, governor says during online Q&A
Romanian central bank governor says bank tax law is ‘nonsense’
Mugur Isărescu attacks “incomprehensible bomb” in latest dispute with government
Former IMF chief blames Bank of Spain in Bankia case
Board followed central bank instructions in merger and failed IPO, says Rodrigo Rato
People: Nellie Liang withdraws from Fed nomination; World Bank chief resigns
Trump nominee had played a key role in setting up the Fed’s stress tests; Kim was due to leave World Bank presidency in July 2022; further appointments in UK, Vietnam and Ghana
Divergent motives fuelling CBDC discussion, BIS survey reveals
Majority of central banks are researching the various forms of CBDC, but very few expect to launch in the next six years
Ghana's central bank closes two banks and plans to recapitalise five more
Three banks to merge as financial sector reform effort continues
FCA opens temporary permissions regime application window
Firms have until March 28 to notify the UK regulator
US interbank market may not recover from QE – Fed paper
Authors warn shrinking the Fed balance sheet might not be enough to revive the market
Bank of Mexico challenges public sector pay cap proposals
Central bank files complaint with Supreme Court amid concerns new law could threaten independence
Chinese central bank again seeks to boost lending to small businesses
PBoC doubles threshold for loans exempted under reserve-ratio requirements
ECB appoints administrators to run Italian bank Carige
Resolution of troubled bank may face political difficulties