The UK’s government said it aims to become the first in the world to mandate all firms to disclose their financial exposures to climate risk. The UK’s finance minster Rishi Sunak laid out the plan…
Read More
A senior official at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said Black people working within the financial services industry are often subject to “subtle and insidious” forms of racism. Speaking on April 22, the FCA’s…
Read More
Brazil’s Ilan Goldfajn has been appointed as the new director of the International Monetary Fund’s western hemisphere department. The former Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) governor – who holds both Brazilian and Israeli citizenship –…
Read More
The head of the Bank of International Settlements’ innovation hubs has urgently called on central banks to begin designing central bank digital currencies. Speaking in Slovenia on September 10, Benoît Cœuré said the time has now passed…
Read More
“As central banks, we are fundamentally open to innovation,” said Burkhard Balz, executive board member of the Bundesbank, speaking in Singapore in November. The future of central banking looks inextricably bound to innovation. Over the…
Read More
There are several regional monetary unions in the making in Africa, including the East African Community (EAC), the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). There was even…
Read More
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has held its first auction of government debt since 2012, in a move marking a significant change in policy. But the news follows an announcement by Zimbabwe’s finance minister that…
Read More
The Bank for International Settlements The Bank for International Settlements is to open its main tower to the public, as it belatedly celebrates its ninetieth anniversary. Originally planned for 2020, the ‘BIS 90 Years’ event was…
Read More
Argentina’s vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, central bank governor Miguel Ángel Pesce and his predecessor, Alejandro Vanoli, were acquitted of fraud on April 13. The nation’s top appeals court dismissed the “dollar futures fraud” case against…
Read More
The Netherlands Bank has backed plans by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation to set global sustainability reporting standards, In September, the IFRS Foundation issued a consultation paper, outlining a proposed framework for sustainability…
Read More