News archive - 2013

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:

• Zeti Akhtar Aziz: Raising the bar for the next phase of growth and development - sustaining transformative momentum
• Peter Praet: Adjustment and growth in the euro area

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:

• Dimitar Bogov: Policy nexus and the global environment - a new consensus emerging from the crisis?

Vacancies:

Recruitment Officer

The BIS seeks a Recruitment Officer. Fixed-term for 3 years. Application deadline: 31 May 2013.

Vacancies:

Administrative Secretary (70%-100%)

The BIS seeks an Administrative Secretary (70%-100%). Fixed-term for 3 years. Application deadline: 21 May 2013.

Statistics:

Detailed tables on semiannual OTC derivatives statistics at end-December 2012

Statistics:

Property price statistics

Working Papers:

Structural bank regulation initiatives: approaches and implications

by Leonardo Gambacorta and Adrian Van Rixtel

Statistics:

Preliminary international banking statistics at end-December 2012

Statistics:

Consolidated banking statistics

Press releases:

Implementation of PFMIs monitored by CPSS and IOSCO

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Basel Committee reports to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on Basel III implementation

Press releases:

Authorities' access to trade repository data - consultative report issued by CPSS-IOSCO

Press releases:

Framework on monitoring tools for intraday liquidity management issued by the Basel Committee

Statistics:

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

BIS speeches:

by Jaime Caruana: Insurance and financial stability: a Basel view

BCBS Publications:

Progress report on implementation of the Basel regulatory framework

Constructing a real estate price index: the Moroccan experience

IFC Working Papers No 9

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

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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:

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

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Long series on credit to private non-financial sectors

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Countries' reporting practices

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Research and analysis using the BIS international banking statistics

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

Press releases:

Christian Noyer to continue as Chairman of BIS Board

The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced the re-election of Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France, for a second three-year term as Chairman of the BIS Board.

Press releases:

Basel Committee releases revised version of Basel III's Liquidity Coverage Ratio

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Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision endorses revised liquidity standard for banks

CPSS Publications:

Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries - Figures for 2011