Central Banking Awards 2023
The winners of the 10th annual Central Banking Awards
The Central Banking Awards 2023 recognise excellence in a community that had faced significant policy and operational challenges amid heightened inflationary pressures, rapid technological change and environmental transition. Many institutions have also made significant improvements in their governance, operations, communications, economics, currency, reserves and market infrastructure capabilities.
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Central bank of the year: National Bank of Ukraine
NBU maintained financial and macroeconomic stability in the face of extreme shocks
Governor of the year: Shaktikanta Das
The RBI governor has cemented critical reforms, overseen world-leading payments innovation and steered India through difficult times with a steady hand and well-crafted turn of phrase
Central Banking Awards 2023: Gallery
See the winners from the big night, including leading figures from across the industry who came to pick up their awards
Lifetime achievement: Stefan Ingves
Modest man from the Finnish ‘boonies’ has had a major impact on international central banking
Reserve manager: Central Bank of Brazil
Latam’s largest FX reserves holder has conducted a major revamp amid unprecedented shocks
Currency manager: National Bank of Poland – National Bank of Ukraine
Cash exchange programme provided help to more than 100,000 refugees
Risk manager: Bank Negara Malaysia
Three pillars of information security management system developed to address modern working conditions
Economics in central banking: Enrique Martínez García, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Multi-year effort has created a way for policy-makers to gauge when housing risks are spiralling out of control
Payments and market infrastructure development: Central Bank of Somalia
Project has returned national payment system to East African country after near-30-year absence
Payments and market infrastructure initiative: National Bank of Ukraine’s BankID
The authentication tool played a critical role in helping war-hit citizens to access financial services
Transparency: Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Central bank is pioneering whistleblowing standards in a complex country struggling against corruption
Communications initiative: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
More than 200 educational videos have played to audiences across eight member islands
Initiative of the year: Central Bank of Ecuador’s Gold Acquisition Programme
The BCE’s gold initiative now includes environmental considerations as it bolsters Ecuador’s financial standing
Green initiative: The Netherlands Bank
DNB used innovative methods to analyse environmental impact of investment decisions
Asset manager: Invesco
US firm has grown both client numbers and asset investments, securing a $1bn multi-factor mandate
ESG services: BNP Paribas
The firm is helping reserve managers to manage their climate transitions and avoid greenwashing
Asset services provider: HSBC
UK institution has facilitated the development of lending markets in the Middle East and Asia
Financial market infrastructure services: Bloomberg
The US tech company’s drive to address local market needs drew praise from both developed and frontier clients
Asset services initiative: The World Bank
The multi-lateral body has laid the foundations for quick and easy execution of dual-renminbi mandates
Partner initiative: Norton Rose Fulbright
Law firm working with the EBRD and central banks to develop regulatory environments for crowd-based investing
Advisory services: Financial Transparency Advisors
The AML/CFT specialist is quietly helping key jurisdictions worldwide to toughen their approach to combating financial crime
Currency services: Note Printing Australia
Alliance with Philippine central bank combines commercial and development activities
Payment services: Ion Group
US tech company has supported its customers’ ISO 20022 migration
Risk management services: KPMG
Technological and intellectual expertise assisted central bank efforts to supervise the UAE insurance sector
Technology services: SecurEyes
Indian company has offered integrated suptech/regtech services to help tackle cyber risk
Technology services – treasury: Adenza
Adenza’s move into the cloud offers cutting-edge tools for central bank collateral and liquidity management. The system frees up resources and could improve crisis management
