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Ex FSA chair quits as head of LSE
Former Financial Services Authority chairman Sir Howard Davies steps down as director of London School of Economics over university’s financial links to Libyan Gaddafi regime
Williams succeeds Yellen at helm of SF Fed
Head of research named new head of San Francisco Federal Reserve
Nobel Laureate Yunus dismissed from microlender by central bank
Bangladesh’s central bank removes Nobel Peace prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus from helm of microlender
Kenya’s Ndung’u reappointed for second term
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki appoints Central Bank of Kenya governer Njuguna Ndung’u for second four-year term
Coene to take the helm at Belgian central bank
National Bank of Belgium vice-governor Luc Coene to succeed Guy Quaden
Economist nominated as new member of SNB Bank Council
Former New York Fed economist Cédric Tille set to join Swiss National Bank at the end of April
Belgium’s Quaden quits
National Bank of Belgium governor Guy Quaden to leave in March; continued lack of unity in government raises concerns over central bank’s leadership
UK FSA’s Ross nominated for Esma executive role
UK Financial Services Authority's Verena Ross nominated for executive director role at pan-European markets regulator; banking, pensions authority to reveal their picks in coming week
Budapest wrests control to name external rate-setters
Hungarian lawmakers pass amendment to central bank law giving parliamentary committee right to appoint all four of external rate-setters on seven-strong Monetary Council
Wellink throws hat into ring as ECB race continues
Netherlands Bank president Nout Wellink signals interest in top European Central Bank role; stresses anti-inflation stance, opposition to E-bonds
A compromise candidate for the ECB?
Commentators divided on the viability of a compromise candidate for the European Central Bank presidency
Basel alone will not protect us: UK Treasury Committee’s Tyrie
UK Treasury Select Committee chair Andrew Tyrie says fundamental changes to the way banks are supervised a must; tripartite system left no one in charge
Eurozone pays tribute to Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Euro area's central bankers mourn the death of the 'euro architect'
RBA spends $18,000 on governor’s table; refurb could cost up to $68m
Reserve Bank of Australia says refurbishment could set it back A$68 million; big-ticket items include A$18,000 desk for governor Glenn Stevens
Merkel names Weber’s successor
German chancellor Angela Merkel nominates economic adviser Jens Weidmann to replace Axel Weber as president of Bundesbank; picks BaFin director Sabine Lautenschläger-Peiter as new vice-president
Brazil’s Tombini nominates two deputy governors
Central Bank of Brazil president Alexandre Tombini names two department heads to sit on rate-setting committee
Draghi strikes familiar chord on eurozone’s future
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi stresses importance of fiscal discipline, says monetary union is sound
Belgium’s Praet to be nominated to ECB executive board
Eurozone finance ministers recommend National Bank of Belgium executive director Peter Praet to European Central Bank executive board
Bond purchase frictions convinced Weber to drop out of ECB race
Bundesbank's Axel Weber says divergent views on ECB’s bond purchases meant he was no longer an acceptable candidate to succeed Trichet; stresses he was right to stick to his guns
Weber to quit Buba in April
Bundesbank confirms president will step down in coming months; term was due to end in 2012
Lebanon’s Salameh defends scandal-hit bank
Bank of Lebanon governor Riad Salameh offers support to Lebanese Canadian Bank after accusations by US Treasury of ties to illicit activities and terrorist organisations
Warsh quits Fed
Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh plans to step down from Fed seven years before term ends
Weber does not plan on second term: Bundesbank source
Bundesbank president Axel Weber set to quit central bank in spring 2012 at the latest
Czech President names new rate-setter
Czech economist Lubomír Lízal to replace Robert Holman on Czech National Bank rate-setting committee; bank board member Pavel Řežábek reappointed for second term