BIS management speeches - 2009 to 2010

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3 Dec 2010

Monetary policy and financial stability: what's ahead for central and eastern Europe

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Conference on European Economic Integration, Vienna, 15 November 2010.

25 Nov 2010

Why Basel III matters for Latin American and Caribbean financial markets

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the ASBA-FSI High-Level Meeting on "The emerging framework to strengthen financial stability and regulatory priorities in the Americas", Antigua, 19 November 2010.

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25 Nov 2010

The Basel III Capital Framework: a decisive breakthrough

Speech by Mr Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, at the BoJ-BIS high Level Seminar on "Financial Regulatory Reform: Implications for Asia and the Pacific", Hong Kong SAR, 22 November 2010.

9 Nov 2010

Re-establishing the resilience of the financial sector: aspects of risk management and supervision

Opening address by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Fifth Biennial Conference on Risk Management and Supervision, Basel, 3 November 2010.

19 Oct 2010

Macroprudential policy: could it have been different this time?

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the People's Bank of China seminar on macroprudential policy, in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, Shanghai, 18 October 2010.

11 Oct 2010

Remarks on "Enhancing financial stability and resilience: macroprudential policy, tools and systems for the future"

Remarks by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the press launch of a report "Enhancing financial stability and resilience: macroprudential policy, tools and systems for the future" by the G30 Working Group on Macroprudential Policy, Washington DC, 10 October 2010.

4 Oct 2010

Financial reform: a progress report

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Westminster Economic Forum, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London, 4 October 2010.

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28 Sep 2010

The challenge of taking macroprudential decisions: who will press which button(s)?

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the 13th Annual International Banking Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, Chicago, 24 September 2010.

21 Sep 2010

Basel III: towards a safer financial system

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the 3rd Santander International Banking Conference, Madrid, 15 September 2010.

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3 Sep 2010

Strengthening the financial system: comparing costs and benefits

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Korea-FSB Financial Reform Conference, 3 September 2010.

28 Jun 2010

General Manager's statement

Statement by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the BIS press conference on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 28 June 2010.

28 Jun 2010

General Manager's speech: Three policy challenges for the world economy

Speech delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 28 June 2010.

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22 Jun 2010

The expanding role of central banks since the crisis: what are the limits?

Speech by Mr Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, at the 150th Anniversary of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 18 June 2010.

18 Jun 2010

Macroprudential policy: what we have learned and where we are going

Keynote speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Second Financial Stability Conference of the International Journal of Central Banking, Bank of Spain, Madrid, 17 June 2010.

16 Jun 2010

Making OTC derivatives less OTC

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the conference "The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System", New York, 16 June 2010.

8 Jun 2010

Current efforts to enhance global financial supervision

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Asia Banking and Finance Conference, 7-8 June 2010.

21 May 2010

The great financial crisis: lessons for the design of central banks

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Colloquium in honour of Lucas Papademos European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 20 May 2010.

12 May 2010

Alternatives to self-insurance

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Swiss National Bank - International Monetary Fund High-Level conference on the International Monetary System, Zürich, 11 May 2010.

26 Apr 2010

Macroprudential policy: working towards a new consensus

Remarks of Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, presented at the high-level meeting on “The Emerging Framework for Financial Regulation and Monetary Policy” jointly organised by the BIS’s Financial Stability Institute and the IMF Institute Washington DC, 23 April 2010.

20 Apr 2010

Information gaps: what has the crisis taught us?

Opening remarks by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, at the Conference for senior officials to help develop a concrete plan of action to implement the recommendations in the IMF-FSB report "The financial crisis and information gaps", prepared for the G20 Finance Ministers and central bank Governors, Basel, 8-9 April 2010.

15 Apr 2010

Backstopping global banking

Speaking notes of Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, prepared for a high-level policy panel at the conference: "Financial integration and stability: the legacy of the crisis", jointly sponsored and organised by the ECB and the European Commission, Frankfurt am Main, 12 April 2010.

3 Mar 2010

Towards a global financial stability framework

Speech by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the 45th SEACEN Governors' Conference, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, 26-27 February 2010.

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9 Feb 2010

Financial stability: 10 questions and about seven answers

Speech delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, 9 February 2010.

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8 Dec 2009

Unwinding public interventions after the crisis

Speech by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the IMF High-Level Conference on "Unwinding Public Interventions - Preconditions and Practical Considerations", Washington DC, 3 December 2009.

18 Nov 2009

Unconventional monetary policies in time of crisis

SUERF Annual Lecture delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, Brussels, 16 November 2009.