Bank of England (BoE)
BoE's Carney: liquidity support for CCPs is a 'last-resort option'
Bank of England governor insists clearing houses must have enough liquidity to cope with the default of two big member firms
Bank of England terminates mortgage support
Funding for Lending Scheme will cease subsidising mortgages in 2014; Mark Carney outlines tools the central bank could use to rein in the ‘growing momentum’ in UK housing market
Carney backs new leverage ratio powers
Bank of England announces review of its powers over bank leverage ratios; Mark Carney says that FPC control over the tool is ‘necessary to properly implement a robust capital framework’
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown: 1927-2013
Robin Leigh-Pemberton served as Bank of England governor between 1983 and 1993 - presiding over a period of rapid economic growth, but also 'Black Wednesday'
Bank of England appoints three new executive directors
Two new executive directorships are created at the Bank of England - for special resolution and information technology - and Jo Place is promoted internally to head up the human resources operation
BoE paper proposes new sovereign debt instruments
Economists from the UK and Canadian central banks says that sovereign cocos and GDP-linked bonds could help reduce the likelihood of liquidity and solvency crises
BoE’s Salmon says Bitcoin won't be 'final word' in digital currencies
Bank of England chief cashier says 'innovative' Bitcoin could in future be superseded by central banks' own digital currencies
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: Carney makes his mark at the Bank of England
Mark Carney has achieved much more than meets the eye in his first five months as governor of the Bank of England
Bank of England points to growing concern over low rates
Market participants say the risks surrounding low interest rates are now the third biggest cause for concern in the UK financial system, behind sovereign risk and the prospect of an economic downturn
BoE economists build model to assess CCP backstop
Bank of England financial stability paper presents a ‘top-down’ statistical model for assessing the risk CCPs are exposed to, and the likely adequacy of their default resources
UK data boost could spell early end to BoE forward guidance
Inflation report out today predicts consumer price inflation will reach 2% target sooner than predicted after sharp drop in October; revised forecast on unemployment may undermine forward guidance
BoE chief cashier says renminbi clearing bank would be 'valuable addition' for UK
Chris Salmon says a renminbi clearing bank would be a valuable addition to the UK's financial infrastructure, though there are 'many opportunities and ways' to clear renminbi transactions
BoE's Kohn stresses predictable nature of FPC ‘knockout'
Financial Policy Committee member Donald Kohn tells Oxford audience the Bank of England's new macro-prudential powers should allow monetary policy to act more effectively
People: Barclays economist returns to BoE; Cleveland steps up search for Pianalto replacement
Bank of England hires Simon Hayes from Barclays to replace Robert Wood in charge of MPC economic forecasts, reporting to Spencer Dale; Cleveland Fed hires search firm to find new president
BoE and FDIC campaign for end to ‘early termination’ of derivatives contracts
International authorities want a ‘short-term suspension’ of the rights that allow derivatives contracts to be terminated ahead of schedule when a major financial institution is being resolved
Bank of England waging payment system war on three fronts
Chief cashier Chris Salmon says the central bank must contend with issues relating to cyber security, user access and new regulation within the UK payments infrastructure
BoE creates new role in response to cyber crime threats
Chief information security officer will oversee the Bank of England’s IT security defences; UK banks to be tested on their ability to withstand online attacks
BoE official calls for greater transparency on CCP margin modelling
Central counterparties should compete on quality of risk management, rather than a race to the bottom on margins, says Bank of England's head of payments and infrastructure
Leading central banks make emergency swap lines permanent
Six leading central banks are leaving bilateral swap agreements introduced during the financial crisis in place until further notice; US dollar liquidity-providing operations will continue as normal
Finland joins Riksbank in greater gold transparency
Bank of Finland joins Riksbank in revealing where it stores its gold; both banks cite geographical diversification as a motivation, but say it still makes sense to keep most in London
Central bankers divided over quota for female staff
Participants in a CentralBanking.com poll say that central banks should make efforts to increase the proportion of women in senior positions; split over whether this should be achieved through quota
A new and explicit policy on liquidity provision
The Bank of England's new rules on liquidity provision reflect much closer regulation of banks' liquidity policies and a desire to avoid the mistakes of the crisis
External balance-sheet structure key in explaining the financial crisis
High gross external debt was indicator of subsequent vulnerability, according to BoE paper; finds ‘important interaction' between 'competing ‘savings glut' and ‘banking glut' hypotheses
Carney says BoE 'open for business' ahead of QE wind-down
Extra money for more types of collateral to be made available over longer tenors and at cheaper prices, in a bid to prepare UK banks for the end of QE; facilities could also be opened to non-banks