Risk Management
SNB bans Tepco debt as collateral
Swiss National Bank places Tepco debt on its list of collateral excluded from use in open market operations
Ireland announces stress test results
Central Bank of Ireland reveals €24 billion gap in funding for the country’s banks
Risk management booms in sub-Saharan Africa
Kenyan Central Bank reports 95% of banks have independent risk management functions
S&P lifts China rating one notch
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s upgrades Chinese long-term rating; move follows similar step by Moody’s in November, places Chinese debt three marks short of prime rating
Ireland's Honohan outlines central bank's failures
Irish central bank governor Patrick Honohan cites failures in bank management for poor response to crisis in central bank review
Bank of Spain denies Spanish banks are delaying losses by acquiring NPAs
The Bank of Spain defends Spanish banks' hands-on risk management of non-performing assets related to the property sector
Bank of Canada on risky measures
Bank of Canada study shows that increased ownership among the largest shareholders invites less risky behaviour in decision making
Banks’ profits plunged 40%: Greece deputy
Bank of Greece deputy governor Eleni Dendrinou-Louri says profits fell more than 40%, accompanied by a disconcerting rise in trading income
Revisiting Asia’s sovereign wealth strategy
Donghyun Park outlines the impact the crisis on Asia’s sovereign wealth funds.
Network analysis key to understanding crisis: ECB’s Tumpel-Gugerell
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, ECB executive board member, emphasises the magnitude of contagion in the financial system
How India manages its vast banknote circulation
Prabir Biswas explains how the Reserve Bank of India has stepped up risk management in the provision and distribution of cash