International
Regnology cements regtech-suptech dominance with Metadata acquisition
Series of bank collapses underscores need for timely data on firms’ regulatory metrics
Risk Management Benchmarks 2023 – presentation
Specialist Victor Mendez-Barreira discusses market volatility, cyber security and progress on climate change
Climate change and the role for central banks
Gavin Bingham, Andrew Large and Paul Fisher explain how climate change affects central banks and the competing tensions it raises in relation to policy responses
Higher inflation and rates will not reverse asset diversification
Most reserve managers expect diversification will continue, whether unchanged, accelerated or at a slower pace
Above-target inflation main risk for reserve managers
Central banks rank geopolitical tensions as the second most pressing risk in 2023
EMEs now coping better with financial market stress – BIS paper
Authorities have tackled old vulnerabilities, but trouble is springing up elsewhere
IMF code drives reform of central bank transparency
Dmytro Solohub says pilots of new transparency code have already fostered change
Lagarde warns fragmented world could be inflationary
“Multipolarity” could also raise global co-ordination challenges, ECB president says
Carstens calls for return to ‘region of stability’
Short-term thinking has led to increasingly painful trade-offs for policy, BIS chief says
Monetary policy faces tougher trade-offs – IMF panel
Financial instability risks may be abated with changes to inflation targets and tools
Decentralised finance is here to stay
Whatever happens to cryptocurrencies, tokenisation is the future
‘Back to the future’ for FX reserve management
Rise in bond yields changes the dynamics of ‘security, liquidity and return’, writes Gary Smith
CBDCs will change international monetary system – IMF panel
Bank of Mauritius governor says CBDCs may protect sovereignty and combat illicit financing
FSB to draw lessons from banking stress
Nature of vulnerabilities and speed of recent crisis call for review of regulation, Klaas Knot says
Currency round-up: De La Rue issues profit warning
Central African central bank to release new coins; and more
US banks still vulnerable to interest rate risk, IMF warns
“Supervisory lapses” appeared to be a factor in recent collapses, as many institutions remain exposed
Global economy will be ‘anaemic’ – IMF
Inflation falling, but central banks will only reach targets over 2024 and 2025
Central bankers cast doubt on utility of CBDC
“Element of Fomo” drives projects on even when purpose is unclear and resources lacking
People: First governor of Congo central bank dies aged 92
Deputy governors depart in Canada and Sweden; and more
Geopolitical risks set to fuel financial instability, IMF says
Report urges supervisors to integrate this factor into their stress tests
IMF research emphasises link between inflation and fiscal policy
Authors call for spending cuts and large, targeted wealth transfers to the poor
Central banks need non-bank liquidity ‘toolbox’, says IMF
Fund says central banks should act as lender of last resort to systemically important non-banks
Opec+ production cut threatens inflation outlook
Higher energy prices were the main factor boosting inflation in 2022
Tech could shake up international monetary system – IMF paper
Inertia likely to maintain status quo in near term, but impact of technology “highly uncertain”