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Yellen must overcome deputies’ curse to take Fed chair
Fed vice-chair Janet Yellen will need to avoid joining Paul Tucker, Tiff Macklem, Karnit Flug and other discarded deputies to take the top job at the Fed as governments increasingly favour outsiders
People: StanChart's new global RMB team; RBC hires Asian equities head from JPM
Carmen Ling quits Citi to head Standard Chartered's new global renminbi-focused team; RBC hires new head of Asian equities from JP Morgan in Hong Kong; and more
Irish central bank appoints top French supervisor as deputy governor
Cyril Roux, previously second-in-command at the French prudential supervisory authority, will join the Central Bank of Ireland as deputy governor with responsibility for financial regulation
Venezuela central bank head replaced amid corruption claims
President Maduro appoints head of the currency exchange board, Eudomar Tovar, to lead the CBV; Edmée Betancourt is sacked three months after moving from the scandal-plagued development bank
Fed's Fisher reshuffles senior team; RBNZ gets new directors
Harvey Rosenblum, who has attended more FOMC meetings than any other active participant, retires from Dallas Fed, causing a senior re-shuffle; New Zealand appoints two directors to Reserve Bank board
Blejer heads up new Bank of Israel shortlist
Former Central Bank of Argentina governor is new front-runner for the Bank of Israel top job; former Israeli deputy Zvi Eckstein also submits application
Sandra Pianalto to retire next year
Cleveland Fed president Pianalto calls time on a 30-year career at the bank; successor will sit on the FOMC in 2014
MAS announces eleven changes to ‘leadership bench’
The majority of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s senior management team are either changing jobs or job descriptions; former chief risk officer at GIC is the only outside addition
Zoellick joins Temasek board under new chairman Lim Boon Heng
Singaporean sovereign fund appoints new chairman to take over from long-serving Dhanabalan; American political heavyweight joins as Temasek looks to establish a presence in the US
Raghuram Rajan picked as RBI governor
Former IMF chief economist credited with seeing the financial crisis before it happened chosen by Indian government to head the country's central bank; appointment hailed as an 'excellent choice'
BIS banking department deputy makes switch to State Street OIG
Founder of State Street's Official Institutions Group John Nugée will retire in October, and be replaced by Louis de Montpellier of the BIS
India in search for new RBI governor as Subbarao set to leave in September
Duvvuri Subbarao will leave the RBI this year after five years at the top; no clear favourite as yet to replace him, as three external candidates attract speculation
Leiderman turns down Bank of Israel top job
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in sticky situation as top two choices turn down central bank governorship within five days of each other; pool of potential candidates shrinking fast
Fed governor set for Treasury switch
Obama appoints Fed's Sarah Bloom Raskin as deputy secretary at the Treasury; former long-serving Fed economist Karen Dynan will also join Treasury as assistant secretary for economic policy
Leo Leiderman nominated as Bank of Israel governor
Bank Hapoalim chief economist picked to replace the departed Stanley Fischer; deputy governor Karnit Flug will step down after missing out on top job for second time
Frenkel drops bid to be next governor of the Bank of Israel
Jacob Frenkel withdraws candidacy for the post of governor at the central bank amid public furore; Israeli government may turn to Karnit Flug
Libyan governor and deputy jobs up for grabs
General National Congress invites applications for the top two roles at the Central Bank of Libya; governor Saddek Elkaber only two years into a five-year term
People: NY Fed communications head resigns; Riksbank names acting financial stability chief
NY Fed's Krishna Guha leaves his position with immediate effect but will stay on as senior adviser until September; Martin Johansson will lead the Riksbank's financial stability department; and more
People: Fed governor resigns; Bank of England HR chief finds herself new role
Elizabeth ‘Betsy' Duke to quit the Fed, 19 months after her term officially expired; BoE's executive director for human resources to take new job in the private sector
People: Senior roles filled at the EBA; Atlanta Fed appoints new HR head
The European Banking Authority has elected Portugal's Pedro Duarte Neves to the role of alternate chairperson; Atlanta Fed promotes Blake Lyons, who will also advise the bank's management committee
Mark Carney era underway at Bank of England
Expectations are high the new Bank of England governor will introduce forward guidance; academics point out he will first need to win over a divided MPC
Austrian deputy resigns amid ongoing bribery case
Wolfgang Duchatczek quits National Bank of Austria; stands accused of bribery in relation to banknote printing deals with Syria and Azerbaijan
Fischer says Frenkel will face ‘completely different' world
In his departing press conference at the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer highlights many changes that Jacob Frenkel will find when he returns; Frenkel still faces investigation over improper payments
People: Bank of Russia deputy joins government; Bank of Lithuania appoints deputy chair
Bank of Russia's first deputy chairman appointed as economic development minister; former Lithuanian finance minister moves to central bank as Darius Petrauskas departs; Kevin Feldman joins WGC