Bonds
China and Hong Kong set to launch Swap Connect
New trading link will make it easier for foreign investors to hedge interest rate risks
Another financial crisis hiding in plain sight
Steve Kamin analyses how the risks that sank SVB were plain enough to those who looked for them
Book notes: States and the masters of capital, by Quentin Bruneau
Chronicling the practices and players involved in privately financed sovereign debt
Central bank negative equity: a risk governance perspective
Janet Cosier explains how risk planning, recapitalisation and transparency are key as central banks incur financial losses
ECB says Hungary has infringed central bank autonomy
Frankfurt says restrictions on bond buying interfere with monetary policy
New BoJ governor announces monetary policy review
Bank of Japan keeps ultra-loose policy unchanged at Ueda’s first policy meeting
Climate change and the role for central banks
Gavin Bingham, Andrew Large and Paul Fisher explain how climate change affects central banks and the competing tensions it raises in relation to policy responses
UAE launches ‘t-sukuk’ to support monetary policy
Central bank continues to implement its new dirham monetary framework
PBoC and MAS join forces to promote sustainable finance
New task force will work to align green taxonomies in China and Singapore
Challenges ahead for Ueda’s easing commitment
BoJ governor’s plan to maintain monetary easing until 2% inflation is hit may not be easy, writes Sayuri Shirai
‘Back to the future’ for FX reserve management
Rise in bond yields changes the dynamics of ‘security, liquidity and return’, writes Gary Smith
US banks still vulnerable to interest rate risk, IMF warns
“Supervisory lapses” appeared to be a factor in recent collapses, as many institutions remain exposed
BoE proposes minimum resilience for LDI funds
Funds at centre of UK’s bond market 2022 crisis must withstand bigger “yield shock”, BoE says
A troubling trilemma
Central banks need to tread a fine line as they serve as the economy’s police, fire brigade and paramedics
World faces ‘new investment regime’, says Mauritian governor
Seegolam says “bonds are back” but FX will be volatile
Eurozone banks not directly hit by US stress, says Enria
Head of ECB supervision says mid-sized US banks enjoy more lenient stress tests
Lifetime achievement: Stefan Ingves
Modest man from the Finnish ‘boonies’ has had a major impact on international central banking
How Finma milked Credit Suisse’s CoCos to close UBS deal
An unusual clause in Swiss AT1 bonds allowed them to be written off, but could others ever follow suit?
ECB questions Credit Suisse bond bail-in
Swiss government, SNB and Finma organise rescue of troubled lender that pays out to equity-holders
Pandemic purchases averted ‘destabilising loop’, BIS finds
Central banks tended to use different tactics in advanced and emerging economies, report says
What are the systemic lessons of SVB?
Philip Turner says the collapse of SVB reveals deeper issues than many have realised
Fed launches supervision review in wake of SVB collapse
Vice-chair for supervision says central bank needs to show “humility” after bank failure
Riksbank to start government bond sales in April
Swedish central bank aims to tighten monetary policy
Fed creates new liquidity backstop amid contagion fears
Valuing collateral at par marks significant break with rules on standard liquidity facilities