Governance
Libyan governors meet as UN tries to broker reunification
Audit will recommend ways to end division of central bank caused by civil war, reports say
FCA to expand UK footprint as part of new strategy
Regulator’s priorities will include climate risk disclosures and financial sector diversity
UK financial sector slowly improving on diversity – BoE paper
Research shows women are gaining a foothold, but progress with age and nationality diversity has stalled
People: Bank of Canada names senior deputy governor
New governor in Turkmenistan; Malaysian SWF gets new director; and more
Minneapolis Fed requires all staff to be vaccinated
Most other regional Feds say they “encourage” staff to get immunised
Fed still lags on diversity, says campaigners’ report
Campaigners say regional bank leaders still mostly white, male and from big business
Climate training hub launched by international consortium
BIS training platform will act as single access point for climate risk training for central banks
People: RBA’s Debelle given second term as deputy
Iosco gets new secretary-general; Routledge takes over as Canada’s superintendent of financial institutions; new director of research for Kenya
University probing Turkish governor over plagiarism allegations – report
Newspaper alleges governor’s thesis was supervised by economist who is now senior policy-maker
World Bank appoints Caribbean and central Asian directors
New York Fed names chief of innovation hub and St Louis appoints head of economic equity institute
Somalia’s governor on rebuilding its central bank
Governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi discusses reviving Somalia’s war-damaged economy, re-creating a payments system, and dealing with remittances
UK regulators propose new policies to foster diversity
Data and disclosure will be important to assess progress, regulators say
South African Reserve Bank: the first 100 years
Central bankers and academics reflect on a tumultuous first century for Africa’s oldest central bank
DRC’s president appoints IMF official as first female governor
IMF deal says government must stop using central bank's reserves and strengthen independence
Suriname central bank signs deal to end monetary financing
Accord with government will help debt-laden country secure IMF loan
BoE adapting working practices to post-Covid world, says Place
Central bank is changing staffing, technology and buildings in light of lessons from pandemic working
Turkish central bank has fired large number of staff, report says
Journalist says “political appointees” are joining bank in unprecedented numbers
Three ways to bolster flawed AML/CFT in the EU
The EU needs to significantly improve the structure and resourcing of its AML/CFT oversight if it really wants to combat illicit money flows, write Panicos Demetriades and Radosveta Vassileva
Malawi police arrest former central bank governor and other officials
Kabambe and three others linked to the central bank charged with money laundering
Iranian president appoints new central bank governor
Economics professor has served as central bank’s deputy governor since 2014