Investment
ESG for central banking focus report 2021
The report flags challenges for central banks themselves – as guardians of the financial system, they have a duty to lead by example. But the lack of liquidity within ESG-compliant assets is proving a problem for many
Technology reserve staff levels hold during pandemic
Remote work posed an operational challenge
Investment committees play dual reserve benchmark roles
Final decision made by committees at half of responding central banks
Permanent or transitory? Officials wrestle with inflation uncertainty
Bailey warns of possible damage to credibility, but Carstens urges caution amid high uncertainty
Evergrande tests China’s commitment to deleveraging
Chinese officials are having to choose between near-term growth and long-term economic health
IMF lays out role for investment funds to green economy
Global Financial Stability Report estimates $20 trillion will be needed over the next two decades
Campos Neto named in Pandora Papers
Investigation identifies Brazil governor as stakeholder in four offshore companies
UK looks to boost long-term investing
Working group says action needed to encourage illiquid investing without risking instability
Agustín Carstens on BIS strategic priorities, innovation and central bank policy
The BIS general manager speaks about policy trade-offs at critical time, tackling NBFIs and the dearth of ‘green’ assets, tech collaboration, and why he favours Biden’s $3.5trn infrastructure bill
MMT and the challenge of fiscal monetary co-ordination
Sayuri Shirai contrasts modern monetary theory with regimes of monetary or fiscal dominance
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
FCA bolsters investor protection through new campaign
Regulator will become more “assertive and agile” to responding to investment fraud
PBoC opens up wealth management to Hong Kong and Macau
China looks to shore up Hong Kong’s status as a financial centre amid concerns over security crackdown
Germany should aim to cut corporate savings – ECB paper
Investment and banking reforms are needed to cut German firms’ savings, say researchers
Is the ECB’s strategy review enough?
The reformed framework may allow greater stimulus to tackle weak inflation expectations, but the Governing Council is already divided on what to do next
DCash: motivations, challenges, and lessons from the first monetary union CBDC pilot
Having worked on its Digital Currency Management System since 2016, Bitt has launched the first synthetic CBDC in Barbados, followed by another first in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union in March this year, with more ahead
Mastercard and Visa dominate card scheme market
Number of operational card schemes ranges from zero to 10
People: Georgia names new vice-governor
IMF appoints director of HR; Kuwaiti emir makes delayed board appointments; Indonesia shuffles regional reps
Bank Indonesia bolsters FX settlement with Japan and Malaysia
BI continues to promote local currencies in a bid to “reduce dependence on the US dollar”
The IMF’s $650bn SDR allocation and a future ‘digital SDR’
Focus is needed on widening SDR use in payments and the creation of a ‘digital SDR’, to support a large allocation of ‘official’ IMF SDRs, writes Warren Coats
China’s capital controls: here to stay?
With China’s share of the domestic central government bond market significantly increasing in just a few years, and the International Monetary Fund including the renminbi in its special drawing rights basket of currencies, China is enjoying growing…
Malawi launches corporate social investment policy
Policy will see central bank embark on projects supporting society