Insurance
Pacific series: Solomon Islands governor on reform amid political uncertainty
Luke Forau speaks about how Article IVs could be improved in the Pacific while addressing financial inclusion, CBDCs, conflict economics and more
Kansas City Fed warns of long-term AI financing risks
Highly leveraged entities may cause financial stress to spill over to broader economy
Pacific series: Climate is top issue for Fiji’s governor Ariff Ali
Head of central bank speaks about climate, inclusion, modernisation and vulnerability ahead of his likely retirement next year, following 30 years at institution
Europe’s growth obstacles are of ‘our own making’, Elderson says
ECB board member warns diverging national interests may hurt continent’s future
Jasmina Selimović on managing Europe’s last currency board
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about building resilience to counter geoeconomic shocks, strengthening reforms amid EU convergence, addressing stablecoin and NBFI risks, Sepa integration, and capacity building.
Banque de France’s Denis Beau on supervisory reform
The Banque de France’s deputy governor speaks about suppression of the systemic risk buffer, proposals for a TLAC floor, and simplifying bank regulation and resolution
Mervyn King on his career and big ‘mistakes’
The former BoE governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the value of transparency, lessons from the GFC, the need to track broad money and tie short-term funding to haircut collateral, and danger presented by non-banks
ECB hikes by 25bp as eurozone inflation takes off
Staff projections foresee higher price growth followed by downward revision over coming two years
Conglomerates face higher risks than banks – ECB’s Tuominen
Shocks could have outsize impacts on institutions offering both banking and insurance, supervisor says
AFI’s Alfred Hannig on the criticality of financial inclusion
The CEO of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion speaks about the importance of collaboration on digital and open finance, cyber resilience, data and credit infrastructure, women’s inclusion and consumer protection, amid funding squeezes
Former RBA officials say budget offers no inflation relief
Economists say Australian spending plans will create modest fiscal expansion with some upside risk
ECB holds and faces dilemma of whether to hike in June
Lagarde says direction is ‘clear’ as Iran conflict worsens outlook for inflation and growth
Solomon Islands governor calls for reduced reliance on mining
Luke Forau urges greater focus on boosting agriculture and tourism sectors
RBA ‘closely monitoring’ Mythos amid cyber security concerns
Bank engaging with other agencies and regulated entities as it examines implications of new AI model
Economic security requires alliances, not autarky – panel
Former RBA policy-maker says countries outside US need strong trade links in uncertain times
Sama’s Al-Sayari on financial resilience and the future of the riyal
The Saudi Central Bank governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the Middle East conflict, the transformation of the Saudi economy, improving prudential oversight and contingency planning, and the development of the fintech and tokenised ecosystem
Sabine Mauderer on the past, present and future of the NGFS
Bundesbank official discusses green policy, the Fed, data blind spots and future prospects
Taiwan rejects accusation of ‘backdoor currency manipulation’
Central bank says it ‘cannot and will not’ have upper limit for New Taiwan dollar
Life insurers increasingly exposed to systemic risk – BoE paper
Authors say European firms’ ‘non-traditional activities’ may call for new regulation
ECB and ESRB warn of financial stability risk from geopolitics
New model takes prediction data to show US domestic politics affecting eurozone financial markets
Brazil’s central bank clashes with auditor over bank closure
Watchdog demands evidence for BCB’s decision to liquidate Banco Master amid fraud allegations