Governance
National Bank of Ukraine heads for IT regime following clear-out of senior staff
Ukraine central bank will institute an inflation-targeting regime, after the former governor was dismissed along with his deputy and two departmental directors
People: Central Bank of Ireland gets new top supervisor; MAS reshuffles management team
Sharon Donnery new director of credit institutions at Central Bank of Ireland; MAS's Foo-Yap Siew Hong retires after 39 years; and more
Nigerian parliament confirms Emefiele as Sanusi's successor
Upper house today confirmed Godwin Emefiele as next governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria; MPC held key rate yesterday despite 'unanimously' voting to tighten
BoJ mimics Fed with new 'organisational principles’
The Bank of Japan adopts a similar range of values to the Federal Reserve, while setting its strategic goals for the next five years
New governor for Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
New governor takes over at a time of change for the RBZ, which is aiming to regain control over interest rates and the banking sector
People: New deputy for Norges Bank; deputies depart in India and Kyrgyzstan
Jon Nicolaisen will start a six-year term as deputy governor of Norges Bank on April 1; RBI's Chakrabarty steps aside early; and more
Chan wins another five-year term atop HKMA
HKMA chief executive praised by Hong Kong government for his steady hand on the tiller throughout the financial crisis and developing Hong Kong as an offshore renminbi centre
Carney puts collaboration at core of new BoE structure
Mark Carney outlines plan to take the Bank of England to the forefront of timely, cross-bank policy-making; concern his shake-up may result in a lack of specialist expertise among some unit heads
Carney unveils major BoE shake-up
‘Minouche' Shafik to become BoE's first deputy governor for banking and markets, replacing Paul Fisher on MPC; external MPC member Broadbent also made deputy governor
An alternative vision of the Old Lady
The Bank of England needs a structure that ensures the preeminence of professional central bankers rather than theoretical economists
Crimea establishes its own central bank
Crimea, which voted yesterday to leave Ukraine to join the Russian Federation, has established a central bank to see it through a transitional period of independence
Reserve managers stress importance of portfolio transparency
Public report offering detailed disclosure of investment decisions results in reserve managers having 'little to fear', says the Central Bank of Colombia's Marco Ruiz
BoE floats bonus clawback plan
Prudential Regulation Authority issues consultation on new powers to claw back bonuses in case of misconduct; Katharine Braddick reiterates ‘misgivings’ about bonus caps
Belgian governor’s term extended, successor named
Luc Coene will serve another year as governor despite reaching retirement age this week; Council of Ministers says he will be succeeded by director Jan Smets in March 2015
Cyprus names auditor-general as new central bank governor
Cypriot president moves fast to appoint Chrystalla Georghadji, the head of the state audit office, as successor to Panicos Demetriades, who resigned from his post earlier this week
BoE to create new deputy role amid FX rigging controversy
Bank of England will create new deputy governor post to get a better grasp of financial market dynamics, Mark Carney said in hearing yesterday
Demetriades resigns as Cyprus governor
Resignation brings an end to the long conflict between the Cypriot governor and the president; Demetriades will leave in April after less than two years in the role
Hämäläinen returns to ECB in latest SSM board appointments
Central bank fills three of its four slots for representatives on the SSM’s supervisory board, with former board member Hämäläinen joined by Canadian supervisor Julie Dickson, and the ECB's own Ignazio Angeloni
BoE says publishing Fed-like transcripts would restrict debate
Following recent calls on the bank to follow Fed’s example and release verbatim records of old meetings, BoE says it wound prevent ‘free-flowing’ debate
Bank of England suspends staffer in FX manipulation probe
The Bank of England has suspended one member of staff and launched a fresh phase of its investigation into whether officers colluded in FX market manipulation
Bundesbank board approves Claudia Buch for vice-president
Current president of the Halle Institute for Economic Research will replace Sabine Lautenschläger who quit the Bundesbank last month to join the ECB