Ireland
Irish bad bank shifts focus to delivering new property
National Asset Management Agency is shifting its focus to projects aimed at developing commercial and residential property; asset disposals to be reduced in scale as body winds down
Irish deputy defends macroprudential policies
Sharon Donnery says macroprudential housing policies would have limited Ireland’s financial crisis; leaked parliamentary report calls for bank to ‘urgently’ review measures
Regulators must improve co-operation in monitoring shadow banks – Irish governor
Regulators must develop better systems for managing and sharing information on shadow banks, Ireland’s central bank governor says; better understanding of “geography of risk” needed
ECB to conduct comprehensive assessment of four more banks
European Central Bank is assessing four banks it may come to directly supervise; supervision fees charged to European banks set to rise over 45% in 2016
EC urged to target initial margin for CCP recovery
Irish central banker says haircuts should be seen as temporary loans to CCPs in a crisis
Irish insurance firms face more scrutiny, supervisor says
Irish central bank’s director of insurance supervision outlines new regime; firms will have to provide more evidence to back up their claims
Irish central bank begins publishing commission minutes
Ireland’s central bank starts publishing minutes from commission meetings; oversight body’s minutes will be released ‘to provide greater understanding’ of internal debates
Irish central bank’s consumer protection plan focuses on firms’ culture
Central Bank of Ireland unveils priorities for protecting consumers of financial services in 2016; focal points include firms’ culture, with more on-site inspections promised
Irish credit unions still face challenges, regulator says
Ireland’s credit union sector faces ‘significant challenges’ despite recent improvements, with numbers of institutions under loan restrictions ‘far too high’, central bank regulator says
Tensions rise between Irish trade union and central bank over staff structure
Trade union says it will ballot members over strike action unless the central bank consults it over changes to staffing and salary structures; bank says a discussion will ‘commence in near term’
People: Ireland appoints first female deputy governor; Sri Lanka also names deputy
Irish central bank appoints first female deputy governor; Sri Lanka appoints deputy; change in leadership at Chinese foreign exchange regulator; and more
Parliamentary enquiry criticises Irish central bank
The Central Bank of Ireland failed to address issues in the country’s banking sector with its ‘light touch’ regulation, an Irish parliamentary report finds
Research analyses Irish banks’ connections to global financial system
An article in the latest Central Bank of Ireland quarterly bulletin maps the networks formed by Irish banks’ connections to each other and to the global financial system
Lane reveals string of transparency initiatives in first speech as Irish governor
Central Bank of Ireland discloses new details on salary structures as governor Lane reveals new minutes, reviews and website
Central Bank of the Year: Central Bank of Ireland
Well-capitalised banks, new supervision measures and timely macro-prudential policy action to cool an overheated property sector have gone far to restoring the Central Bank of Ireland's credibility
Irish central bank may help fund ‘comprehensive’ database of commercial real estate
Central Bank of Ireland may help fund the creation of a commercial property statistical system, which would be maintained by Central Statistics Office
Honohan pressed on Irish staff and salary reforms in final days of office
A senior minister in the Irish government and the outgoing governor of the country’s central bank exchange letters on proposed changes and existing retention pay
Macro-prudential limits would have had ‘substantial’ impact in Ireland last decade, paper finds
Research published by the Central Bank of Ireland models the impact of macro-prudential policies, including effects on credit available to households and house prices
Irish regulations aim to extend protection to SMEs
Regulations published by the Central Bank of Ireland aim to increase the transparency and protection offered to small and medium enterprises borrowing from banks
People: NBIM names real estate CEO; Gerlach moves to private sector
Norges Bank Real Estate Management gets CEO; Stefan Gerlach takes up new role at Swiss private bank BSI; and more
Irish central bank to investigate fund manager fees
The Central Bank of Ireland intends to investigate the levels of fees charged by asset managers based in the country; review will be one of 12 ‘themed inspections’ of the finance industry
Irish economy improving but still vulnerable to shocks, central bank warns
Ireland’s economic outlook improved during the second half of the year, but the country is still vulnerable to financial shocks, says the Central Bank of Ireland in its latest macro-financial review
Irish central bank will persist with housing measures despite public dissent
Chief economist of Ireland’s central bank says it will continue with macro-prudential measures despite public criticism; academic says measures will help slow prices but are ‘insufficient’
Lane tells Irish central bankers he’ll be in touch
New governor of the Central Bank of Ireland says he will be in ‘regular touch’ with his colleagues through his blog, video messages and also directly