BIS management speeches - 2005 to 2006

Date Titles
11 Oct 2006

Opening remarks by Mr Malcolm Knight at the FSI Conference on Promoting Inclusive Financial Systems

Opening remarks by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the FSI Conference on Promoting Inclusive Financial Systems, 11 October 2006.

5 Oct 2006

Marrying the micro- and macroprudential dimensions of financial stability: six years on

Address by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the 14th International Conference of Banking Supervisors, Mérida, 4-5 October 2006.

26 Sep 2006

Global Banking: paradigm shift - towards meeting the emerging challenges

Special address by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the Inaugural Session of the Fifth Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - Indian Bankers Association (IBA) Conference "Global Banking: Paradigm shift - towards meeting the emerging challenges", Mumbai, 26–28 September 2006.

8 Sep 2006

International reserve diversification and disclosure

Speech by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, to the Swiss National Bank/Institute for International Economics Conference, Zurich, 8 September 2006.

30 Aug 2006

Measured wealth, real wealth and the illusion of saving

Keynote speech by Mr William R White, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, at the Irving Fisher Committee Conference on "Measuring the financial position of the household sector", Basel, 30-31 August 2006.

5 Jul 2006

Remarks on Frederick Mishkin's paper: "Financial stability and globalisation: getting it right"

Remarks by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the Bank of Spain Conference on "Central banks in the 21st century", Madrid, 8–9 June 2006.

30 Jun 2006

Financial Globalisation

Opening remarks by Mr William R White, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, at the BIS Fifth Annual Research Conference on "Financial Globalisation", Brunnen, 19 June 2006.

26 Jun 2006

General Manager's speech

Speech by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 26 June 2006.

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26 Jun 2006

General Manager's statement

Statement by Mr Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the BIS press conference on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 26 June 2006.

25 May 2006

Promoting Liquidity in Domestic Bond Markets

Keynote speech by Mr Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the Government Borrowers Forum held on 23-25 May in St Petersburg.

22 May 2006

Globalisation and Financial Markets

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the 34th Economic Conference of the Austrian National Bank, Vienna, 22 May 2006

19 May 2006

Why have long-term interest rates been so low? Is the global interest rate cycle beginning to turn?

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the National Bank of Slovakia, Bratislava, 12 May 2006

19 May 2006

Presentation in a session 'Asia, the US Dollar and Global Imbalances'

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the Brussels Economic Forum, Brussels, 18 May 2006

17 Mar 2006

Money, credit and asset prices: (Re-)learning to read their message

Speech by Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS, for the ECB Colloquium, Otmar Issing's Festschrift "Monetary policy: a journey from theory to practice", Frankfurt, 16-17 March 2006.

4 Mar 2006

Internationalisation of financial services: implications and challenges for central banks

Keynote address by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, at the 41st Conference of the SEACEN Governors Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 4 March 2006.

7 Feb 2006

Challenges for financial institutions today

Notes for remarks by Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at a European Financial Services Roundtable meeting, Zurich, 7 February 2006.

1 Dec 2005

Central banking: some "secrets of success"

Speech by Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the Bank of Albania Open Forum on 'Preconditions for launching inflation targeting in Albania', Tirana, 1-2 December 2005.

17 Nov 2005

Sharing experiences in developing corporate bond markets

Dinner remarks by Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the "Seminar on developing corporate bond markets", organised by the People's Bank of China, Kunming, 17-18 November 2005.

14 Nov 2005

Central bank independence - what role does it play in shaping Mexico's economy?

Speech by Malcolm Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at a conference on 'Stability and economic growth: the role of the central bank', organised by the Bank of Mexico to commemorate its 80th birthday, Mexico City, 14-15 November 2005

8 Nov 2005

Risk measurement and systemic risk

Speech by André Icard, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the Fourth Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Measurement and Systemic Risk, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 8 November 2005

5 Oct 2005

Global banking - paradigm shift

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS at the Fourth Conference of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Mumbai, India, 5 October 2005

6 Sep 2005

Challenges to financial stability in the current global macroeconomic environment

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, 6 September 2005

8 Jul 2005

The global economy: so far so good?

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at the Belgian Financial Forum in Brussels, 8 July 2005

27 Jun 2005

Activities of the Bank: the year 2004-05 in review

Speech delivered by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting in Basel, 27 June 2005

2 Jun 2005

Meeting worlds? Insurance and banking

Speech by Malcolm D Knight, General Manager of the BIS, at The Geneva Association 32nd General Assembly, 2 June 2005