Governance
Black people in finance face ‘insidious’ racism – FCA official
Sheldon Mills says only 10% of senior figures at UK’s FTSE 100 firms are from ethnic minorities
Ecuadorian lawmakers pass central bank independence law
IMF demanded measure to create autonomous board and bar monetary financing
People: UK’s FCA appoints head of ESG
Burundian senior officials switch roles and senior Vietnamese supervisor is promoted
BoE publishes emails showing unsuccessful lobbying by former PM
David Cameron urged BoE to support Greensill Capital during pandemic, correspondence shows
Jamaican law increases central bank independence
New act gives rate-setting responsibility to monetary policy committee
BoE to close cash distribution centre in 2023
Cash operations will continue at Debden site while BoE reviews geographical footprint
People: deputies appointed in China and El Salvador
New MPC member in Turkey; former RBI governor dies; and more
Ukraine’s central bank orders transparency for non-bank sector
Non-banks must disclose all beneficial owners to NBU and reform ownership or face losing licences
Argentine court drops charges against governor
Former governor Alejandro Vanoli and other officials cleared in dollar futures scandal
Turkish central bank holds rates despite rising inflation
New governor’s first meeting says Turkish economy faces risks “in both directions”
Syrian president fires central bank chief
Karfoul struggled to deal with further sharp slide in Syrian currency amid civil war, reports say
Central Bank of Barbados closes office after volcano erupts
Ash cloud from neighbouring island causes central bank to suspend in-person operations
Chief economist Haldane to leave BoE
Influential thinker on regulation and monetary policy leaves UK central bank to lead think-tank
People: UAE president restructures central bank board
Cleveland Fed appoints senior vice-president to head project on improving US Treasury’s tax collection
New governor takes office in Belize
Former IMF official Vasquez takes office as financial and economic crisis unsettles country
Carolyn Wilkins joins BoE’s financial policy committee
Former Bank of Canada deputy governor will replace Donald Kohn on FPC
UAE names new central bank governor
President appoints deputy to top role as former governor resigns after one year in post
Lebanese finance ministry and central bank clash over forensic audit
Central bank to release documents to independent auditors this month, finance ministry says
Lithuanian parliament approves new governor
Gediminas Šimkus caps long career at Bank of Lithuania
‘Giant of the field’ Robert Mundell dies
The Nobel laureate influenced a generation of economists via the Mundell-Fleming model
Republican senator accuses Fed of politicising research
Toomey demands documents from San Francisco Fed on climate and racial justice studies
People: Erdoğan fires deputy governor
IMF hires new finance director; new deputy governors at Nepal central bank; and more