Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Shirakawa elected vice-chair of BIS board
Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa picked to succeed Hans Tietmeyer as vice-chair of Bank for International Settlements’ board of directors
Forecasting ability fails to justify rating agencies’ power grab
Rating agencies forecasts “not particularly outstanding” during decades following the Great Depression, Bank for International Settlements paper finds
Reasons behind offshore bond issuance: BIS
Bank for International Settlements research finds price differentials and access to overseas investors among key reasons to issue paper offshore
QE2 hopes reflected in dollar, risk reversal trends: BIS
Bank for International Settlements’ December Quarterly Review charts effects of QE2 anticipation, eurozone sovereign debt woes, in fourth quarter
BIS: access to CDS markets reduces debt financing in Asia
Bank for International Settlements study shows credit default swap trading lowers bond issuance costs
Central banks more independent in decentralised states: BIS
Bank for International Settlements study looks at impact of political economy on central bank independence
How to ease Basel III costs: BIS
Bank for International Settlements study says banks can increase lending spreads to recoup costs from higher capital requirements
Communicating macroprudential policy
A sound communications strategy can enhance the impact of macroprudential policy actions and build the political support needed for such steps, Tim Ng writes
White emphasises use of Austrian school in policymaking
Bank for International Settlements former economic adviser William White says use of Austrian school assumptions about the financial system could help prevent further crises
BIS survey shows OTC market levelling off
Notional volume and credit exposures are growing more slowly, latest market data shows
FSB plans on Sifis win G20 approval
G20 leaders welcome reform packages to date, including fresh FSB proposal to tackle moral hazard posed by systemically important banks
No single structure for clearing industry: CPSS
Bank for International Settlements report on clearing industry says differences in market structures reflect diverse sets of risks to operations
BIS investigates drivers in US stock market
Bank for International Settlements study says changes in expected excess returns on dividends main driver of US stock market
Basel III could have softened crisis: BIS's Caruana
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana says crisis could have been very different had Basel III framework been in place
IIF defends doom-and-gloom Basel III forecasts
Institute for International Finance backs up its predictions of Basel III output loss, which are deeper than regulators’
BIS’s Caruana says central banks have pivotal role in regulation
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana says central banks are best placed and have the necessary expertise to regulate markets
BIS: interbank markets are hierarchical
Bank for International Settlements study finds evidence of tiered interbank market in Germany
BIS’s Cecchetti on benefits of phasing in Basel III
Bank for International Settlements economic adviser Stephen Cecchetti says stronger capital requirements will be easier to swallow if phased in with new ratios
BIS on renminbi management
Bank for International Settlements research results consistent with the renminbi having been managed in 2006-08 against a basket of currencies
Isoard to head International Association of Deposit Insurers
International Association of Deposit Insurers appoints former governing board member of Mexico's deposit protection agency Carlos Isoard as next secretary general
BIS must fix data gaps: Bank paper
Bank of England paper identifies specific information gaps in cross-border banking statistics published by Bank for International Settlements; improvements thought to be under way
BIS’s Caruana lauds Basel III
Bank for International Settlements general manager Jaime Caruana spells out importance of Basel III capital reforms
BIS on offshore domestic currency use
Bank for International Settlements paper says monetary stability risks from offshore credit growth can be managed through prudent policy
Money market rate best policy target: BIS research
Bank for International Settlements research finds lower macroeconomic volatility where central banks use money market rather than repo rate as policy target