Frank Packer

Former Senior Adviser

Before returning to Basel in 2024, Frank Packer had been an adviser to the Chief Representative as well as line manager in the BIS Asian Office in Hong Kong SAR. Previously, Frank had been Head of Financial Markets in the BIS's Monetary and Economic Department, and editor of the BIS Quarterly Review of international banking and financial market developments. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Nikko Citigroup in Tokyo. He received his PhD from Columbia University, an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA from Harvard.

All BIS publications (24)

BIS Paper No 161 27 Oct 2025
The transformation of the life insurance industry: systemic risks and policy challenges
The life insurance industry has undergone a profound structural transformation since the Great Financial Crisis, amid a…
By
Matteo Aquilina
,
Fabian Garavito
,
Gaston Gelos
,
Ulf Lewrick
,
Frank Packer
,
Gabor Pinter
,
Vladyslav Sushko
and
Karamfil Todorov
BIS Working Paper No 1198 12 Jul 2024
Sovereign green bonds: a catalyst for sustainable debt market development?
In traditional bond markets, sovereign bonds provide benchmarks and serve as catalysts for corporate bond market development…
By
Gong Cheng
,
Torsten Ehlers
,
Frank Packer
and
Yanzhe Xiao
BIS Paper No 132 22 Dec 2022
Information governance in sustainable finance
In this paper, we discuss ways to enhance information governance in sustainable finance, a sector of funding markets that, in…
By
Sirio Aramonte
and
Frank Packer
Sovereigns and sustainable bonds: challenges and new options
Publication 19 Sep 2022
Sovereigns and sustainable bonds: challenges and new options
The sustainable bond market, comprising green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds, continues to develop rapidly.
By
Gong Cheng
,
Torsten Ehlers
and
Frank Packer
BIS Paper No 124 5 May 2022
The design of a data governance system
We propose a data governance system that restores control to the parties generating the data, by requiring consent prior to…
By
Siddharth Tiwari
,
Sharad Sharma
,
Siddharth Shetty
and
Frank Packer
BIS Paper No 120 27 Jan 2022
Virtual banking and beyond
The integration of technology, finance and services is rapidly changing the banking landscape, as big techs, fintech firms, non…
By
Sally Chen
,
Derryl D'Silva
,
Frank Packer
and
Siddharth Tiwari
BIS Paper No 118 8 Oct 2021
A taxonomy of sustainable finance taxonomies
Sustainable finance taxonomies can play an important role in scaling up sustainable finance and, in turn, in supporting the…
By
Torsten Ehlers
,
Diwen Nicole Gao
and
Frank Packer
BIS Working Paper No 946 1 Jun 2021
The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: which risks are priced and why?
Do banks price the risks of climate policy change? Combining syndicated loan data with carbon intensity data (CO2 emissions…
By
Torsten Ehlers
,
Frank Packer
and
Kathrin de Greiff
BIS Working Paper No 888 23 Sep 2020
Competitive effects of IPOs: evidence from Chinese listing suspensions
Theory suggests that initial public offerings (IPOs) can adversely impact listed firms, both directly by increasing intra…
By
Frank Packer
and
Mark M Spiegel

All external publications (49)

External publication 26 Nov 2025
The life insurance industry's transformation: financial stability implications
By
Frank Packer
and
Gaston Gelos
External publication 26 Mar 2023
Competitive effects of IPOs: evidence from Chinese listings suspensions
By
Frank Packer
and
Mark M Spiegel
External publication 15 Mar 2023
Data by people, for people
By
Frank Packer
,
Siddharth Tiwari
and
Rahul Matthan
External publication 15 Aug 2022
The design of a data governance system
By
Frank Packer
,
Siddharth Tiwari
,
Sharad Sharma
and
Siddharth Shetty
External publication 16 Mar 2022
The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: which risks are priced and why?
By
Frank Packer
,
Torsten Ehlers
and
Kathrin de Greiff
External publication 15 Dec 2021
Original sin in corporate finance: new evidence from Asian bond issuers in onshore and offshore markets
By
Eli M Remolona
,
Frank Packer
,
Paul Mizen
and
Serafeim Tsoukas
External publication 1 Oct 2021
The impact of regime change on the influence of the central bank's inflation forecasts: evidence from Japan's shift to inflation targeting
By
Toshitaka Sekine
,
Frank Packer
,
Masazumi Hattori
and
Steven Kong
External publication 1 Mar 2020
Does sovereign risk in local and foreign currency differ?
By
Frank Packer
,
Jimmy Shek
and
Marlene Amstad
External publication 1 Aug 2019
Credit ratings of Chinese firms by domestic and global agencies: assessing the determinants and impact
By
Frank Packer
and
Xianfeng Jiang

All videos (2)

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Sovereigns and sustainable bonds: challenges and new options
Video 19 Sep 2022
Sovereigns and sustainable bonds: challenges and new options
Central governments arrived late to the fast-growing market for "sustainable" bonds, but can set ambitious best practices for…
By
Frank Packer
and
Gong Cheng
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Green bonds and carbon emissions: a proposal to rate corporate issuers
Video 14 Sep 2020
Green bonds and carbon emissions: a proposal to rate corporate issuers
Has the green bond market helped to reduce carbon emissions? Frank Packer and Torsten Ehlers explore the case for supplementing…
By
Frank Packer
and
Torsten Ehlers

All podcasts (1)

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Gaston Gelos and Frank Packer with BISness podcast branding
Podcast 27 Oct 2025
Shifts in the life insurance industry
Gaston Gelos and Frank Packer discuss how the life insurance industry's transformation since the Great Financial Crisis has…
By
Frank Packer
and
Gaston Gelos
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