Governance
ESG for central banking focus report 2021
The report flags challenges for central banks themselves – as guardians of the financial system, they have a duty to lead by example. But the lack of liquidity within ESG-compliant assets is proving a problem for many
Should ESG reporting be made mandatory?
As concern around the impact of climate change on businesses grows, many regulators have announced their intentions to include ESG requirements in reporting frameworks
How to #GreentheCBs
Invesco‘s Claudia Castro and Wim Vandenhoeck explore how central banks can strike a balance between innovation and disruption with their sustainability agendas.
Qatari emir names new central bank governor
Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani leaves QCB leadership after 15 years
Luxembourg authorities open investigation into Lebanese governor
Third European country probes finances of Riad Salameh
Marcel: New constitution should protect central bank independence
Chile governor gives presentation before historic constitutional convention
Podcast: Bank of Lithuania on becoming a ‘data-centric’ organisation
Officials from the Bank of Lithuania provide an update on their Data Management Maturity Program, Damama
BCB independence and Brazil’s inflation battle
Formal autonomy should help shield central bank from political pressure linked to 2022 elections, but challenges remain
Sri Lankan central bank takes emergency measures as FX crisis deepens
Central bank will securitise remittances to fund reserves, but statement hints at steep fall in inflows
Riksbank opens review of board members’ stock holdings
Investigation will assess whether officials violated “rules of conduct”
Peru central bank raises rates again
Fourth hike since August “does not necessarily imply a cycle of successive increases”
BIS board reappoints Carstens as general manager
Luiz Pereira da Silva gets new term as deputy, and Stefan Ingves becomes vice-chair
Bank of Israel calls on divided parliament to pass budget
Central bank stresses it includes key investments to boost productivity and growth
Poland raises policy rate by 75 basis points
National Bank cites high inflation, which it expects to linger through 2022
Podcast: Dominik Weh on why central banks need to embrace technology
Central banks need to keep abreast of the current technology or risk being left behind
IMF knew Lebanese central bank had $4.7 billion shortfall in 2015 – Reuters
Officials said central bank had net negative assets due to claims by commercial lenders, report says
Indian government reappoints Das as governor
Das gets new three-year term, as economy rebounds from Covid shock
People: IMF deputy managing director to leave
Mitsuhiro Furusawa to depart IMF; Brazil and Costa Rica to appoint board members; and more
Senators introduce Fed ethics law
Democrats’ proposals would put board’s ethics rules on statutory footing and impose fines
People: BoE and Sama governors appointed to chair FSB committees
IMF’s Georgieva nominates new CIO; former El Salvador governor dies
Is Powell still on track for second term?
Despite scandals and vocal criticism, support still looks likely to outweigh opposition
Central bank communications ‘after’ Covid
From crisis responses to coping with sudden digitisation, Covid-19 forced central bank comms teams to innovate fast. How much of it will stick?
Bank of Mexico creates environmental and social risk department
Central bank’s attitude to environmental risk might put it at odds with government, says commentator
Investment committees play dual reserve benchmark roles
Final decision made by committees at half of responding central banks