Central Bank of Ireland
Irish deputy calls for legislative review as SSM nears
Central Bank of Ireland deputy governor Cyril Roux wants to review the country’s legislation to ensure there are no conflicts with the new SSM regulation
People: Central Bank of Ireland gets new top supervisor; MAS reshuffles management team
Sharon Donnery new director of credit institutions at Central Bank of Ireland; MAS's Foo-Yap Siew Hong retires after 39 years; and more
Ireland’s Murphy marshals industry in support of harmonised regulation
Director of markets supervision laments ‘insufficient trans-Atlantic dialogue’ and tells asset managers who want better global harmonisation of financial regulation to make their voices heard
ECB deflects parliament questions on troika
European Central Bank publishes response to a European Parliament questionnaire on the financial assistance programmes brokered by the troika; Irish governor praises ‘rigorous adherence’ to fiscal goals
SSM offers best chance of successful regulation, says Cyril Roux
Irish regulator-in-chief says supervisory authorities suffer from in-built weaknesses that the SSM may go some way to overcoming
People: FCA hires regulator from Irish central bank; NY Fed appoints new international head
Central Bank of Ireland loses another regulator, as Andy Coulson quits for UK's FCA; New York Fed replaces Checki as head of emerging markets and international affairs, with outside appointment
Central Bank of Ireland head supervisor quits
Fiona Muldoon resigns as director of credit institutions and insurance supervision, forcing the central bank to replace three senior staff members in quick succession
Central Bank of Ireland staff face longer working hours
The central bank is in negotiations with a workers’ union over government proposals that would impose 37-hour working weeks on the majority of staff; tribunal makes final recommendations
Irish governor backs domestic and export banking separation
Patrick Honohan says that, by keeping the export and domestic banking sectors separate in small countries, authorities can avoid having to put a cap on the size of banks’ balance sheets
IMF plucks chief economist from Central Bank of Ireland
Lars Frisell is leaving the Central Bank of Ireland after less than two years as its chief economist to take an unspecified post at the IMF; search begins for his successor
Irish central bank to track 'hostile' social media comments
The Central Bank of Ireland is looking for an online platform that will keep tabs on the general public’s social media conversations and flag up consumer complaints
Central Bank of Ireland research scrutinises credit and house price links
Researchers anatomise Ireland’s painful housing boom and bust, highlighting importance of the 'income fraction' channel in creating sharp movements in mortgage credit supply
Haldane dismisses talk of monetary and macro-prudential tensions
Bank of England’s Andrew Haldane says it is a ‘virtue’ that different tools can be used to meet conflicting objectives; backs central banks for macro-prudential responsibilities
EC's Pearson urges US and European regulators to ‘talk the same language'
European Commission's financial markets head tells US and European regulators to find common ground on the technical details of their reform programmes; Cyril Roux backs greater cooperation
Central Bank of Ireland diverges from Basel III on AFS bonds
Irish bank capital numbers would filter out unrealised gains and losses on government bonds
Central Bank of Ireland urges continued austerity despite slowdown
Any scaling back of fiscal adjustment runs risk of unwinding positive effects of €28 billion consolidation effort ‘for the sake of small short-term fiscal easing', bank argues in quarterly bulletin
Ireland economists construct new business-cycle indicator
Economic letter published by Central Bank of Ireland presents an indicator to provide policy-makers with ‘real-time’ signals; index has declined in recent months as domestic demand remains weak
Irish households exhibit ‘relatively large' wealth effect from housing
Housing wealth effect particularly strong for Irish households in negative equity, central bank researchers find
Irish central bank appoints top French supervisor as deputy governor
Cyril Roux, previously second-in-command at the French prudential supervisory authority, will join the Central Bank of Ireland as deputy governor with responsibility for financial regulation
Central Bank of Ireland director says it will take ‘some time' to get out of crisis
Fiona Muldoon adds the task now is putting together a business model for Ireland that ‘expands on parts of the economy not built on buying and selling houses to each other at ever inflated prices'
LTROs ‘major' boost to eurozone liquidity, research shows
Paper explores the excess liquidity environment in the eurozone and examines market risk appetite, focusing on peripheral Europe
UAE to mint more small coins - while Ireland starts phasing them out
The introduction of paid parking in shopping centres prompts coin shortage in the UAE; Ireland launches local pilot programme to round bills to the nearest five cents
Irish central bank waives €5 million penalty but faces legal action of its own
Central Bank of Ireland hands failed insurance company a reprieve ‘in public interest’; now being taken to court by family of the company’s former owner
Eurozone core ‘regain net influence’ over bond markets, finds Irish paper
Technical paper examines spillovers in the eurozone’s sovereign debt markets; finds the impact of stressed countries on the wider region has diminished