Governance
Former Sarb governor assumes finance minister role
Tito Mboweni succeeds Nene but opposition party questions his “radical views”
Amir Yaron appointed Bank of Israel governor
US-based professor in line to take over from Karnit Flug later this year
People: Mexico appoints board member
Jonathan Heath to join Bank of Mexico board; new deputy governor in Solomon Islands; Google’s Julien Blanchez to head Swift data analytics
Gita Gopinath named IMF chief economist
The Harvard academic is a specialist in international finance and an adviser to central banks
EBA raises ‘serious concerns’ over Malta’s AML regime
Enria calls for changes to EU’s AML regime and says Maltese authority must make major changes
ECB narrows down choices for next supervisory head
Donnery, Enria and Ophele will appear before European Parliament
RBI’s Patel stresses value of ‘preventive vigilance’
Good outcomes more likely when actions subject to scrutiny, governor says
Caputo quits as Argentina central bank chief
Former finance minister cites ‘personal reasons’ for departure after just three months, but speculation over future of monetary policy may have been a factor
Podcast: Croatia’s Željka Majher says central banks should set diversity goals
Director of HR at the Croatian National Bank is against numerical gender targets, but says a diversity goal could help increase the pool of candidates central banks hire from
Female regulators increase stability of the financial system, IMF paper finds
IMF research: including women in the regulatory process has benefits “beyond” equality
EC’s Cyprus ‘failure’ undermined Eurozone central bank independence – Demetriades
Barroso’s decision not to take legal action against Cyprus for undermining the independence of the central bank damaged the ECB’s authority and emboldened others, claims former CBC governor
RBA moves back into profit
Gains in foreign currency investments carry RBA back into profit, annual report says
People: NY Fed names new chief information officer
Pamela Chase Dyson to lead tech group; Richard Clarida sworn in; EBA appoints board member
Demetriades says EU-level AML enforcement vital to tackle ‘security risk’
Centralised and credible AML enforcement body needed to complete banking union and protect EU security, says former Eurosystem governor
New York Fed wraps up final sales of crisis portfolio
Maiden Lane vehicle created in wake of Bear Stearns bailout ultimately turns a profit
Trump nominates former Fed economist for board role
Nellie Liang’s nomination may help the Fed guard against potential future downturns
Former Liberian governor to assist in corruption probe
Government launches investigation into missing banknotes
Demetriades on political pressures on central banks and their governors
Former governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus speaks about the Cypriot banking crisis, the need for EU-wide AML oversight, independence and his fears for stability of the monetary union