Central Banking Awards 2019
Video Q&A: Natalie Dempster, World Gold Council
Central Banking met with Natalie Dempster, head of the World Gold Council's central bank and policy team, at the Central Banking Awards 2019 ceremony to discuss key trends of central banks' gold purchasing, what gold adds to a reserve portfolio and the…
Video Q&A: Johanna Lasker, BNP Paribas Asset Management
The winners of the 2019 Central Banking Awards
MAS wins central bank of the year, Karnit Flug awarded governor of the year and Zhou Xiaochuan recognised for lifetime achievement; 23 other awards announced
Lifetime achievement: Zhou Xiaochuan
Former PBoC governor stands out for his high levels of integrity, intellectual rigour and bold reforms
Governor of the year: Karnit Flug
Bank of Israel’s first female governor delivered some hard-fought reforms during her time in office
Central bank of the year: Monetary Authority of Singapore
Fintech pioneer has strong monetary policy, financial stability and supervisory record
Central Banking Awards: third round goes live
Prizes unveiled for economics, website, risk management, professional services, data and more
Economics in central banking: Greg Kaplan, Benjamin Moll and Gianluca Violante
‘Monetary policy according to Hank’ boosts realism of core economic models
Website of the year: Sveriges Riksbank
Redesign has resulted in users engaging with more content
Risk manager: Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
Multi-year overhaul of Saudi central bank’s risk architecture has come to fruition
Risk management technology: Vermeg
Dutch company won high-profile tender for Eurosystem Collateral Management System
Professional services initiative: World Gold Council
Trade body developed guidance to bring greater consistency to monetary gold accounting practices
Advisory services: Deloitte
Central bank footprint includes new projects on cyber resilience in Canada, fintech in Saudi Arabia, DLT in Hong Kong
Treasury systems initiative: Ion Treasury
Ion’s purchase of Openlink boosted central bank business, with ECB being a ‘jewel in its crown’
Data services: Vizor Software
Irish tech company has rolled out major updates to pave way for more agile supervision
Outstanding contribution for capacity building: Warren Coats
For extraordinary work with more than 20 central banks in highly challenging circumstances
Transparency: National Bank of Ukraine
Ukrainian central bank has made strong progress in improving transparency during challenging year
Payments and market infrastructure development: Reserve Bank of Australia
RBA has spearheaded development of upgraded retail payment system that includes real-time settlement
Currency manager: Bank of Israel
Israeli central bank is revolutionising management of country’s banknotes, while maintaining security
Currency services: De La Rue
UK-based banknote provider secured new clients and transformed focus towards technology in 2018
Currency innovation: Giesecke+Devrient Currency App
German company has helped central banks improve educational outreach to bolster national currency security
Financial inclusion initiative: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Improvements in bank’s financial inclusion initiatives are helping tackle polarisation of economic education
Financial market infrastructure services: ParFX
Forex platform has pioneered market-driven effort to tackle concerns about poor market behaviour and distrust
Central Banking Awards 2019: first winners announced
First group of winners includes reserve manager and central bank initiative of the year