Governance
UAE central bank cuts cap on housing loans
Government carries out major increase in public spending
Supervisory lessons: the need for intrusive supervision
Former Bank of Spain head of supervision Aristóbulo de Juan reveals his central principles for the (intrusive) supervision of banks in the third of a four-part series
Irish central bank to buy two more buildings
Move will be partly funded by sale of Spencer Dock building, CBI says
US academic likely to be next Bank of Israel governor
Amir Yaron likely to be appointed by Israeli cabinet but observer raises doubts about independence
Three tricks to remove a troublesome Eurosystem governor
Eurozone authorities have learnt how to circumvent central bank independence – emboldened by feeble action by the European Commission
People: Sri Lanka’s central bank promotes two new deputy governors
Attygalle and Karunarantne become deputy governors, Kilponen to succeed Välimäki at Bank of Finland, IMF promotes representative in Argentina, and more
Flug defends Bank of Israel’s role as government economic adviser
Departing governor clashed with executive over public spending priorities
Malaysian central bank to offer $250 million in housing loans
BNM holds internal inquiry into land deal as former prime minister is charged
RBNZ makes major changes to leadership structure
Central bank to be headed by a senior leadership team
UAE government overhauls central bank law
Move is “significant step” to reinforce central bank’s independence, says governor
People: Macedonia appoints two female vice-governors
ECB brings statistics expert from Eurostat; RBNZ creates position of manager communications
Book notes: The bank that lived a little, by Philip Augar
History of British commercial bank Barclays fails to address key questions, writes Michael Taylor
Jamaican finance minister clears a path for central bank independence
Legislative move a “big and important step”, says Bank of Jamaica's governor Brian Wynter
Former Fed chair laments US disarray
“How can you run a democracy when nobody believes in the leadership of the country?”, Paul Volcker asks
Canada’s Sabean on tackling a data governance overhaul
The Bank of Canada has been making “significant investments” in data, says senior director
RBI’s Patel stresses value of ‘preventive vigilance’
Good outcomes more likely when actions subject to scrutiny, governor says
People: NY Fed names new chief information officer
Pamela Chase Dyson to lead tech group; Richard Clarida sworn in; EBA appoints board member
Demetriades says EU-level AML enforcement vital to tackle ‘security risk’
Centralised and credible AML enforcement body needed to complete banking union and protect EU security, says former Eurosystem governor
Trump nominates former Fed economist for board role
Nellie Liang’s nomination may help the Fed guard against potential future downturns
Erdoğan takes control of Turkey’s SWF
Fund was created in 2016 and holds assets of key national companies
Economists call for IMF to become like ‘modern central bank’
Growing demands on the fund require a governance revamp, ‘Geneva report’ argues
People: Lagarde rules out transition to top EU jobs
IMF chief dismisses rumours linking her to upcoming changes in EU leadership positions; Bundesbank appoints executive board members; Thailand picks board member
New Zealand to open next phase of RBNZ act review
Labour government to review case for separating prudential supervision from the central bank
Distributed ledger technology in regulatory reporting
Satisfying regulatory demands can be made cheaper and more straightforward via distributed ledger technology as regulatory reporting has a transformational effect on the regulatory value chain. Maciej Piechocki, Moritz Plenk and Noah Bellon of…