Risk
CLS proposes second-tier FX settlement system
Stripped-back system for EM currencies mooted to tackle rising settlement risk
Flight to safety was not enough to fund credit line draws – Fed research
Many banks had to turn to non-deposit forms of borrowing, researchers find
Enria announces major change to ECB banking supervisor
SSM will have two new departments, and focus on banks’ business models, says Enria
IMF lifts limits on financial support facilities
Decision provoked debate among board members on whether fund should be taking additional risk
How vulnerable are EMEs to renewed Covid-19 turbulence?
Emerging markets face twin pressures from the health crisis and global financial forces, says Steve Kamin
Tenreyro sheds light on BoE’s ‘epi-macro’ modelling
Staff have conducted several virus simulations, but uncertainty remains high
HKMA sets new Libor transition milestones for banks
Nearly all banks have transition plans but risks from benchmark reform continue to build up in the banking system, HKMA warns
The evolving role of central bank money in payments
The line between commercial and central bank money continues to blur, but the multiple-issuer/one-currency paradigm underpinning the current monetary system is set to remain in a CBDC world, write Ulrich Bindseil and Ignacio Terol
Online machine learning can warn of impending crisis – Hélène Rey
Approach avoids some of the pitfalls of other methods, the economics professor says
Hélène Rey on macro-financial distortions and ‘phase 2’ of Covid-19
The LBS economics professor discusses monetary policy and financial exuberance, debt restructuring, and the use of machine learning to optimise ‘early-warning’ models to inform macro-prudential policy
Balancing data policies: what Covid-19 taught us
New rules are needed for data-sharing at a national and international level, write Theodoros Evgeniou, David Hardoon and Anton Ovchinnikov
Peter Praet on Europe’s Covid-19 responses
The former ECB chief economist talks about threats to financial stability, negative rates, common debt issuance and steps to improve the EMU
Yellen calls for ‘new Dodd-Frank’
Fed prevented financial crisis in March, says former chair, as Brainard backs calls for reform
BoE issues deadline for firms’ climate risk plans
PRA says firms’ climate risk disclosures and scenario planning need major improvements
BIS suspends dividend to prepare for further Covid-19 strains
BIS will not pay dividend for first time since 1950, as senior managers see further turbulence ahead
Fed’s safety nets are ‘fundamentally unsustainable’
The Fed’s new safety nets will allow “zombie companies” to thrive and drag down productivity; ever-increasing levels of interventions are “fundamentally unsustainable, intertemporally”, says William White
BoE partners with QA Media to benchmark software investments
Central bank aims to improve own software development processes, and those in the banking sector
IMF warns unprecedented central bank support may fuel instability
Investors may be too optimistic about recovery, IMF report says
FSB flags ‘gaps’ in too-big-to-fail reforms
Report highlights evidence reforms are working, but resolution remains imperfect and data limited
The Fed must be careful to avoid bank deposit crowding out
Rising US government debt will have a major effect on bank funding, write Wenhao Li, Yiming Ma and Yang Zhao
UK debt office narrowly avoided disorderly market in March
DMO chief says BoE intervention triggered rapid recovery; debt issuance now running at record levels
NGFS offers concrete next steps to assess climate vulnerabilities
New climate risk scenarios will be incorporated into Bank of England stress tests and Bundesbank economic modelling, write Sarah Breeden and Sabine Mauderer
CGFS report offers policy advice for coping with dollar funding strains
BIS committee gives advice amid “major changes” in the structure of global dollar funding markets
Trends in reserve management: 2020 survey results
Covid-19 expected to dent the risk appetite of central bank portfolio managers; socially responsible investing gains ground