News archive - 2013

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:

• Mario Draghi: ECB press conference - introductory statement
• Erdem Başçi: Turkish-Austrian economic relations in a European and international context
• Anselmo Teng: Overview of Macao's 2012 financial sector development
• DeLisle Worrell: Growing the economy

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:

• Benoît Cœuré: Currency fluctuations - the limits to benign neglect
• Fabio Panetta: Banks, finance, growth
• Simon M Potter: The implementation of current asset purchases
• Anselmo Teng: Brief overview of Macao s economy in 2012
• Amando M Tetangco, Jr: Promoting good governance and corporate social responsibility in the Philippines

Vacancies:

Senior Networking Specialist

The BIS seeks a Senior Networking Specialist, Information Management Services. Fixed-term for 3 years. Application deadline: 19 April 2013.

Vacancies:

Administrative Officer

The BIS seeks an Administrative Officer, Information Management Services. Fixed-term for 1 year. Application deadline: 10 April 2013.

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues consultative document on measuring and controlling large exposures

BCBS Publications:

Supervisory framework for measuring and controlling large exposures

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues consultative document on recognising the cost of credit protection purchased

Markets Committee

Press releases:

Basel Committee publishes for consultation supervisory guidance on external audits of banks

BCBS Publications:

Basel III regulatory consistency assessment (Level 2). Assessment of Basel III regulations - Singapore

Press releases:

Basel III monitoring results published by the Basel Committee

Towards better reference rate practices: a central bank perspective

Report by a Working Group established by the BIS Economic Consultative Committee (ECC) and chaired by Hiroshi Nakaso, Assistant Governor, Bank of Japan. The report reviews issues in relation to the use and production of reference interest rates from the perspective of central banks. The Working Group (WG) identifies an urgent need to strengthen the reliability and robustness of existing reference rates and a strong case for enhancing reference rate choice. Both call for prompt action by the private and the public sector.

BIS Quarterly Review:

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2013

Statistics:

Consolidated banking statistics

Statistics:

Semiannual OTC derivatives statistics at end-June 2012

Statistics:

Debt securities statistics

Working Papers:

Financial crises and bank funding: recent experience in the euro area

by Adrian Van Rixtel and Gabriele Gasperini

Statistics:

Guidelines for reporting the BIS international banking statistics

Statistics:

Long series on credit to private non-financial sectors

Working Papers:

Rethinking potential output: Embedding information about the financial cycle

by Claudio Borio, Piti Disyatat and Mikael Juselius

Statistics:

Reporting countries

Working Papers:

Benign neglect of the long-term interest rate

by Philip Turner

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues final guidance for managing risks associated with the settlement of foreign exchange transactions

BCBS Publications:

Supervisory guidance for managing risks associated with the settlement of foreign exchange transactions

Press releases:

Joint Forum releases consultative paper - Mortgage insurance: market structure, underwriting cycle and policy implications

International financial markets and bank funding in the euro area: dynamics and participants

This article investigates the development of bank funding in the euro area in recent years, analysing how euro area funding markets were severely disrupted by adverse feedback effects between the weaknesses of sovereigns and banks. These were reflected, for example, in important adjustments in funding provided by international banks and US money market funds and in a growing recourse to secured instruments such as covered bonds. The article concludes that funding structures that seem stable in normal times can ...

by Jaime Caruana and Adrian Van Rixtel

Working Papers:

Understanding Global Liquidity

by Sandra Eickmeier, Leonardo Gambacorta and Boris Hofmann

BCBS Working Papers:

The Proposed Revised Ratings-Based Approach

Press releases:

Report on the regulatory consistency of risk-weighted assets for market risk issued by the Basel Committee

BCBS Publications:

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Charter

BCBS Publications:

Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting

Statistics:

Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in 2013

Press releases:

BIS appoints Peter Zöllner to head its Banking Department

BIS appoints Peter Zöllner to head Banking Department (7 January 2013)

BCBS Publications:

Basel III: The Liquidity Coverage Ratio and liquidity risk monitoring tools

Basel Committee speeches