Central Banking awards
Technology services – regulatory: Regnology
The regtech/suptech provider continues to innovate, securing major new contracts with central banks and regulators
Financial market infrastructure services: SIA
The Italian company impressed with its multi-year work on the ‘big-bang’ implementation of Canada’s new RTGS
Central Banking Awards 2022: second tranche announced
Awards published today include capacity building, communications, website and global markets
Communications initiative: Bank of Jamaica
‘Centrally Speaking’ underpins not just education, but monetary policy
Outstanding contribution for capacity building: Peter Nicholl
Governor of Bosnia’s central bank helped rebuild an economy ravaged by civil war
Website: Central Bank of Eswatini
The southern African central bank has made significant improvements to its website service
Global markets: HSBC
The bank’s long-term commitment to clients and its wide range of expertise shone in 2021 as central banks navigated the aftermath of the Covid-19 shock
Collateral management services: Vermeg
The firm has added another G7 central bank to its list of clients, and is immersed in a major project to build the eurozone’s new collateral management system
Advisory services: Kroll
The US firm shed light on the ‘missing banknotes’ scandal in Liberia, and is now working with the central bank to overhaul its cash operations
Central Banking Awards 2022: first winners unveiled
Governor of the year, Risk manager, two Green initiative awards and more announced today
Risk manager: Bank of Portugal
The eurozone central bank has completed a multi-year project to develop its risk appetite framework.
Green initiative – regulatory: Banque de France and ACPR
The French central bank and prudential regulator created an innovative stress-test methodology
Green initiative – operational: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
The ECCB installed its own solar farm in effort to become carbon-neutral
Governor of the year: Mario Marcel
Chile’s governor has expertly navigated a third currency crisis in two years, amid wider EM stress and political volatility, while bolstering the central bank’s capabilities
ESG portfolio services: Moody’s
The US company is offering new ways for central banks to assess and transition their ESG exposures
Asset manager: BNP Paribas Asset Management
The financial institution has helped clients to diversify their portfolios, boost returns and adopt ESG strategies during the second year of Covid-19
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
Specialised lending initiative: Clearstream
Clearstream supports eurozone central bank asset purchase programmes by returning liquidity to the market through securities lending while helping Asian and American central banks secure access to this market
Central bank of the year: The Federal Reserve System
Overwhelming Fed interventions in March 2020 forestalled a damaging global financial crisis, as policy overhaul prompts introspection in Europe and Japan
Risk manager: National Bank of Georgia
Liquidity stress tests provided confidence to ease daily thresholds, and offer exchange rate, internal market and financial system support, without forcing the liquidation of illiquid reserves
Treasury systems initiative: Refinitiv
The firm’s data-driven approach is helping central banks stay ahead of fast-moving markets
Initiative of the year: Saudi Central Bank’s business continuity programme
Advanced planning has allowed Sama employees and systems to continue operating critical functions despite the Covid-19 lockdowns
Risk management technology: Ion Treasury
The US firm has championed Libor transition services, and supported reserve managers manage positions during the coronavirus shock
Economics in central banking: ‘Patterns in invoicing currency in global trade’, Emine Boz, Camila Casas, Georgios Georgiadis, Gita Gopinath, Helena Le Mezo, Arnaud Mehl and Tra Nguyen
An extensive data-gathering exercise allowed the authors to shed new light on critical aspects of policy-making in a globalised world, while clearing a path for other researchers to follow