Bank of Finland
World faces economic fragmentation, paper warns
Bank of Finland economist warns of potential rise of competing trade blocs
Equities look set to stay in FX reserves portfolios
Despite 2022 losses and higher bond yields, central banks maintain commitments to the risky asset class
Finnish governor Rehn will run for president
Marja Nykänen will be acting governor of Bank of Finland while Tuomas Välimäki takes ECB role
BoF’s Rehn says government plans violate central bank independence
New Finnish prime minister says he will revisit policy statement
Olli Rehn selected as ESRB’s first vice-chair
Bank of Finland governor replaces former Sveriges Riksbank governor Stefan Ingves
Managing risk with ETFs
Central Banking speaks to eight reserve managers about their thoughts on the use of ETFs, faced with market volatility, uncertainty and escalating inflation
Finland’s payments must be ready for emergencies, governor says
Rehn praises public-private emergency partnership but calls for “even higher level” of readiness
Some Eurosystem central banks hold Bank of Russia assets, ECB says
Holdings could become significant if further sanctions directly target Russian central bank
Approaching green central bank balance sheets
Climate-friendly balance sheets come at a ‘greenium’, panellists argue at a roundtable at Central Banking’s Summer Meetings, in collaboration with Invesco.
Nordic central banks stress limits to tackling climate change
Central banks face challenges in greening reserves management and monetary policy
Bank of Finland targets 2050 carbon neutrality for investments
Greening FX reserves will only be possible if countries meet their Paris climate goal, central bank says
Paper analyses eurozone consumers’ inflation expectations
Short-term views, trust and Covid-19 shaped medium-term expectations – Bank of Finland paper
Recipe for a chief (fin)tech officer
Private-sector experience, a knowledge of supervision and a zest for innovation are key ingredients for a chief fintech officer
Bank of Finland invests in BIS green fund
Central bank invests $300 million in fund supporting renewables and energy efficiency
A return of the inflation monster?
There are fears that a shift in intellectual approach towards running economies ‘hot’ could herald a return of the money-eating inflation era
Finland’s Ilves on ESG and the impact of Covid-19 on reserves
Nick Carver speaks to the Bank of Finland’s head of asset management, Jarno Ilves, as part of HSBC’s Reserve Management Trends 2021
Cash infrastructure as public good – implications for the cash cycle
Efforts are under way in the Eurosystem to safeguard cash infrastructure as a ‘public good’ even as transaction volumes have fallen significantly. How can policy-makers strike the right balance?
Green bonds remain a challenge for reserve managers
Duration and issuance model curb investing in green market, Finland’s asset management head says
Bank efficiency has little effect on Chinese monetary policy – Finnish paper
Chinese banks with very high or low loan-to-deposit ratios are most affected, researchers find
BIS paper seeks to overcome flawed Chinese growth statistics
Authors use regional data to circumvent “flat” GDP time series
European central bankers see room for fiscal-monetary co-operation
Pandemic showed it was “critical” for both policies to work together, say central bank governors