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ECB appointment hearing postponed due to lack of female candidates
Hearing to discuss Yves Mersch’s appointment to the ECB’s executive board on hold; talks with Eurogroup president taking place
Kim succeeds Shirakawa as chairman of BIS Asia council
Bank of Korea governor Choongsoo Kim named chairman of the BIS Asian Consultative Council
New Zealand’s Bollard reveals next move
Outgoing governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announces his next job; leaves central bank after 10 years as chief
Tributes to the governor that never was (Andrew Crockett, 1943-2012)
Bank of England, BIS and IMF heads pay respects to policymaker Andrew Crockett, who died this week. Crockett described as the governor ‘that never was’ and the ‘midwife’ to the HKMA
Sarb chief economist announces early retirement
Monde Mnyande leaves South African Reserve Bank after 17 years of service; served on MPC and Financial Stability Committee
RBNZ appoints new head of financial markets
Reserve Bank of New Zealand announces commercial banker as new chief of financial markets department; takes up his position in September
Former central bank governor hired by Croatia’s largest company
Željko Rohatinski appointed as an adviser to chief executive officer of Agrokor; departed central bank in July amid accusations of political pressures
Outgoing Serbian vice-governor fearful over repercussions of law change
Bojan Marković voices concerns over long-term impact of changes to Serbia’s central bank law; says rushed passage of legislation and change in senior management could cause problems
HKMA names Huo as new PBoC advisor
Huo Yingli will take over from Mu Huaipeng as the PBoC official seconded to offer financial co-operation assistance between China and Hong Kong
ECB hiring may not be enough to cope with workload, says Ipso chief
Union head says European Central Bank’s plan to recruit 40 additional staff to help cope with increased workload is unlikely to be sufficient
NBS management weakens as fourth council member quits
Kosta Josifidis resigns from the National Bank of Serbia’s Council of the Governor leaving just one member remaining; doubts continue over central bank’s future as politicisation fears mount
CLS hires JP Morgan veteran as chief executive
David Puth, the former chair of the New York Fed's FX Committee, will become the next chief executive of CLS next week
Nigerian bank responds to central bank call for more female leadership
United Bank for Africa appoints two female board members; follows push from financial sector leadership to increase number of women in senior roles in the industry
Central Bank of Brazil staff strike over pay
Central bankers join widespread Brazilian public sector strike in run up to passage of government budget; lower-level employees walked out with no impact on functioning
Indian government appoints new RBI director
Arvind Mayaram appointed as new member of Reserve Bank of India’s central board of directors; becomes one of two government representatives on the board
Governor of Bank of Ghana becomes vice-president
Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur sworn in as deputy to president John Dramani Mahama; no news on replacement at the helm of the central bank
Senior official exodus continues at National Bank of Serbia
Chairmen and two members of the National Bank of Serbia’s Council of the Governor resign in protest at amendments to central bank law; parliament appoints Jorgovanka Tabakovic governor
Serbian vice-governor resigns as amended central bank law passed
Bojan Marković follows Dejan Šoškić and quits central bank; amendments to central bank law passed despite opposition from IMF, European Commission and World Bank
Serbian governor quits as government faces pressure over new law
Dejan Šoškić resigns as governor of the National Bank of Serbia; IMF and European Commission blast government plans to amend central bank law
Ghana central bank governor nominated as vice-president
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is put forward by current president of Ghana to become vice-president; choice of current central bank head could call institution’s independence into question
Bank of Japan nominates new stand-in chairman
Ryuzo Miyao designated to take on role of chairman if governor and both deputies are ‘prevented from attending to their duties’; replaces Seiji Nakamura, who left the central bank in April
Questions raised over new Central Bank of Tunisia governor
Chedly Ayari replaces Mustapha Kamel Nabli as central bank governor; fears surface over his suitability for the role due to age and connections to former government
ECB governing council approves T2S board members
Board includes members from several eurozone central banks; chairman of temporary board in place during development phase reappointed to take the project forward
People’s Bank of China promotes assistant governor
People’s Bank of China bulks up senior management team; adding second new deputy governor in as many months