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Artificial intelligence: The future of regulation?
The raft of new rules imposed on regulated financial institutions in the aftermath of the global financial crisis has a huge compliance cost. Could artificial intelligence offer efficiency gains?
Sponsored forum: New risks and opportunities
Panellists discuss how risk-based supervision can create better outcomes for central banks and firms.
Voluntary reserve targets can aid transmission – Fed paper
Voluntary targets could help central banks set policy more effectively
Argentina’s central bank makes further emergency rate hike as currency falls
Bank makes second emergency rate hike in less than 24 hours
Book notes: I do what I do, by Raghuram Rajan
This collection of speeches and commentary sheds light on how the ‘rockstar’ central banker operated, but it reveals little in the more controversial areas of Rajan’s governorship
SNB governor condemns 'sovereign money initiative'
Thomas Jordan calls on voters to reject proposal for new credit system
Official reserve management in the 21st century
A lack of operational clarity and reluctance to view reserve portfolios holistically have prevented optimal, rules-based approaches to reserve management becoming commonplace. BlackRock‘s Terrence Keeley, Stuart Jarvis and Michael Palframan explain how…
UK takes next steps in payments shake-up
Two of the three retail payment systems have been taken over by the New Payment System Operator, with the third to be integrated soon; first non-bank PSP connects to BoE’s RTGS
No funds taken in cyber breach, Bank of Mexico says
Central bank reveals three participants of interbank payment network experienced “incidents” within internal systems; banks asked to implement “additional controls”
Short-selling behaviour can cause financial instability – Sarb report
Short-selling of Capitec Bank stock could have caused financial instability, Sarb says, but quick action stemmed crisis
The move to risk‑based supervision
Rapid regulatory change has led to a steep increase in data volumes and policies, and a new environment has opened up for discussions on effective regulatory supervision and a transition to risk-based supervision.
Andreas Dombret on ECB policy, deposit insurance and Basel III
The Deutsche Bundesbank executive board member speaks about exiting QE, the viability of European deposit insurance, the German banking system and doing a deal on Basel III
Reducing the regulatory burden
Former Federal Reserve Bank of New York senior vice-president Kenneth Lamar discusses risk‑based reporting, its challenges and whether fintech will help reduce the regulatory burden.
Bank of Ghana looks for ‘smooth’ transition to higher capital requirements
Central bank more than triples capital requirements for all banks to $90 million, and asks banks to comply by the end of the year
The IFF China Report 2018: Chinese financial system reform
China is focusing greater effort in tackling the build-up of risks in its banking and financial system, while also seeking to ensure credit is more effectively distributed in the real economy. At the same time it is has embraced fintech but policymakers…
Claims on offshore centres at record high – BIS data
Overall cross-border claims “gained momentum” in Q4 2017
The IFF China Report 2018
Insight and opinion from China’s top leaders, policymakers and financiers
PBoC cuts reserve requirement in bid to support lending to smaller firms
Move may be "precautionary" response to slowing growth – analyst
Central banks: the economy’s emergency responders
When economic infrastructure is destroyed during natural disasters, central banks spring into action, engaging contingency plans to ensure the economy continues to run
Quarles advocates end to ‘micromanagement’ of supervised banks
Fed’s vice-chair for supervision aims to preserve a secure financial system and foster efficiency
After the Congress – Interpreting China’s new development concept
As Xi Jinping Thought is enshrined in the Constitution, Justin Lin, IFF member and former chief economist at the World Bank, calls for far-reaching innovation in all sectors of industry and finance to attain the goal of national rejuvenation
IMF warns of ‘bumpy road’ as rates rise
Financial stability outlook shows risks rising in the short run and “elevated” in the medium run
The IFF China Report 2018: The Belt and Road Initiative
China’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) now includes 71 countries, with trillions of dollars of investment allocated. Leading Chinese and international policymakers explain how BRI efforts are progressing. This section includes an inaugural…
A route to economic growth – The Belt and Road Initiative 2018 survey
To mark the fifth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the IFF – in collaboration with Central Banking – conducted its inaugural Belt and Road Survey of central banks from more than 25 countries and regions. The survey examines BRI…