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Do not assume history will repeat itself – Yellen
In conversation with Mervyn King, Janet Yellen reflects on her four years in office as Fed chair, saying there was not time for champagne on her first day
People: Yellen to leave Fed in February; Curaçao names temporary governor
Janet Yellen to step down from Fed board; retirement crisis sees flurry of appointments at Curaçao and Sint Maarten; Carstens hands in chairmanship at IMFC; and more
People: Riksbank appoints new head of financial stability
Sweden confirms the head of financial stability; BIS appoints new advisory board; Ukraine has new director of payment systems; and Angola reshuffles board of directors
Race to replace Agustín Carstens enters final stages
With less than a month to go before Bank of Mexico governor Carstens retires, analysts review potential candidates
People: Deputies appointed in Hong Kong and Oman
HKMA picks deputy chief executive and new director; Oman appoints vice-president; Central Bank of Kenya has new comms chief
People: MAS appoints cyber security chief in management reshuffle
MAS makes promotions including first chief cyber security office; Visco confirmed; Republicans turn on Yellen; Richmond Fed picks CFO; new chief of staff in Paraguay
People: FSB appoints new secretary-general
ADB’s East Asia department and International Association of Deposit Insurers also gain new heads
People: Quarles confirmed for Fed role; Nigerian deputy nominated
Randal Quarles approved for Fed supervisory role; banker and gender equality activist picked for Nigerian deputy position
People: New Kyrgyz governor; six promotions in Sri Lanka
Kubanychbek Kulmatov takes over at NBKR after former governor departs early; six employees made assistant governors in Sri Lanka; and more
People: Portugal’s central bank appoints new deputy governors
Portuguese board also gains two new members; economist joins RBI board
People: RBNZ continues reshuffle; Fed appoints payments leader
Mills to fill Bascand’s shoes at RBNZ as assistant governor moves to financial stability; St Louis Fed vice-president to initiate faster payments project for the US central bank; and more
People: Ma Jun departs PBoC; Brazil promotes directors
Chief economist of the PBoC departs central bank for academia; Central Bank of Brazil gets new directors; Andrew Abir to sit on the Bank of Israel’s monetary committee
People: RBI deputy retires; Paraguay elects new board member
RBI reshuffles responsibilities as deputy retires; Paraguay elects new board member; FCA launches new role in Scotland
People: French deputy takes on stock market oversight; Myanmar set for change
French deputy made chairman of stock market regulator; new board and three deputies appointed at Myanmar central bank; Svein Andresen to depart the FSB
People: Malta finds replacement for Mifsud; DNB appoints new board member
People: Malta appoints new deputy governor; Netherlands picks Else Bos as new board member for prudential supervision; and more
People: Fijian deputy takes over in interim as Whiteside departs; FCA chairman to step down
Fijian deputy governor takes over as interim governor as Whiteside departs; FCA’s John Griffith-Jones to leave next year; Fed’s payment system director to retire; and more
People: Haldane keeps his MPC seat; new FSB chairs appointed
BoE’s chief economist Haldane keeps his MPC seat for another term; new FSB chairs picked as Norman Chan and European deputies step down; and more
People: Trump names Otting for OCC job; Sri Lankan assistant governor promoted
People: Trump names Otting for OCC job subject to Senate approval; Sri Lankan assistant governor promoted to deputy role; Barbados appoints acting deputy; and more
People: US assembles bank regulation team; Mrva reappointed
US administration begins assembling banking regulation team with OCC appointment; Slovakian board member appointed for fourth term; and more
People: Atlanta and Richmond Federal Reserve banks fill senior roles
New vice-presidents among other appointments at Fed banks in Atlanta and Richmond; ESM appoints deputy counsel
People: Interim deputy for Ireland; Turkish MPC member quits
Ireland shuffles top positions as Cyril Roux departs; Turkey’s Aysan is returning to academia; Esma appoints new board members
People: CBRC gets new chair; Colombian board member appointed
Veteran official takes top job at Chinese banking regulator; Gerardo Hernández Correa joins Colombian central bank; appointments at ESM and Czech National Bank
People: Finland sets out new board responsibilities
Two new members have been appointed to the Czech central bank’s board; new counsellor to Draghi replaces Smets at the ECB
People: Central banks of Spain and Afghanistan appoint new deputy governors
Career central banker Javier Alonso promoted to deputy in Spain, Bank of Afghanistan names new first deputy governor, and more