Central banks/Regulation
A regulatory storm hits China
Regulators are imposing a new wave of tighter financial supervision
Local regulators push for consistent standards across Asean region – Thai SEC interview
Underpinning the integration of regional capital markets is a major concern for Vorapol Socatiyanurak, secretary general of Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission
Q&A: Mark Branson on the too-big-to-fail problem, modelling and Basel III
Switzerland went first – and furthest – on post-crisis banking reforms, making its industry a test case for the impact of the new regime. But it has not yet solved the too-big-to-fail problem, Mark Branson, chief bank supervisor at Eidgenössische…
Risk Annual Summit: Banking union set for mid-2014, says ECB
National supervisors made “gigantic mistakes”, says ECB's financial stability head
ESRB narrows its macro-prudential tools
The European Systemic Risk Board is about to announce a slimmed-down list of potential macro-prudential tools, but who has the power to use them is still the subject of debate. By Michael Watt
Macro-prudential supervision: the case against
The financial crisis could have been averted if regulators had been allowed to prick the credit bubble as it was inflating – or so claim advocates of macro-prudential supervision. But not everyone agrees. By Laurie Carver
BoE's Tucker: FPC capital powers 'won't be popular'
Attendees at ACT conference raise concerns about increased lending costs after Bank of England’s Tucker argues for powers to raise sectoral capital levels
UK’s FPC changes tack on capital requirements
Loosely worded document does not clarify FPC’s demands on banks; new regulatory body asks for more powers in new legislation
Bank of England's FPC seeks to unlock Basel III tool-kit
Systemic risk committee at the Bank of England calls for power to use tools - such as liquidity and leverage ratios, and margin standards - to influence systemic risk
Risk Japan 2011: MUFG risk chief hits out at supervisors on RRPs
Masao Hasegawa, CRO at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, says he was taken aback by a regulatory requirement to develop a resolution and recovery plan before year-end
Risk & Return Brasil: Supervisors need to be more curious, says Maia
Authorities should put less faith in numbers and what they are told by banks, says top Brazilian supervisor
Basel Committee’s Walter: Consensus reached on method to identify Sifis
The Basel Committee has now agreed on criteria for banks posing systemic threat; FSB agrees on accelerated timetable for G-20 recommendations
Map of global banking network shows climb in contagion since late 1980s
Bank of England paper uses BIS banking stats to show potential for cross-border contagion has been rising for past two decades, reaching its apogee at the time of the Lehman Brothers’ collapse
Efficient markets’ failure hamstrung central banks: CentralBanking.com panel
Reliance on efficient markets hypothesis to develop policy frameworks must be reversed, LSE’s Brandon Davies and Fathom director Danny Gabay argue
Bahraini bankers criticised central bank in lead-up to crisis: WikiLeak
WikiLeak alleges some economists and bankers dissatisfied with Central Bank of Bahrain's slow reaction to real-estate sector problems
BIS reviews macroprudential literature
Literature review published by the Bank for International Settlements finds gaps in assessing the effectiveness of macroprudential tools, studying interaction with monetary policy
Dublin deflects ECB criticism of bank law
Ireland’s finance ministry says central bank independence not threatened by bank bill; statement comes in response to wide-ranging European Central Bank critique of draft law
Congress raises alarm on US mortgage fraud risk
Tarp oversight panel warns that bank incompetence threatens financial system
Central banker Honohan expects IMF loan for Ireland
Trinity College's Lucey adds, "Thank God we have an honest central bank governor. He's the first official to call it as he sees it."
China opens up secondary loan market in bid to reduce systemic risk
China has further liberalised its interbank market to let banks transfer loans to each other