News
Feb
18
2019
Speech by Ms Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, at the 14th Asia-Pacific High-level meeting on Banking Supervision, Sydney, 13 February 2019. https://www.bis.org/review/r190213b.htm
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The Revised EIOPA Single Programming Document 2019-2021 with Annual Work Programme 2019
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Feb
09
2019
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Feb
09
2019
Speech by the Governor of the Bank of Italy Ignazio Visco Rome, 2 February 2019 – 25th ASSIOM FOREX Congress https://www.bis.org/review/r190204b.pdf
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Feb
09
2019
Published as part of the ECB Economic Bulletin, Issue 1/2019. Activity in the euro area is expected to continue to expand at a moderate pace, while more elevated uncertainty points to intensified downside risks to the growth outlook. Heightened uncertainties at the global level, the prospect ...more »
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ECB: Results of the December 2018 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives markets (SESFOD)
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Feb
01
2019
31 January 2019 Credit terms tightened for all counterparts, but non-price terms offered to hedge funds remained stableBanks and dealers increased resources and attention dedicated to managing concentrated credit exposuresLiquidity and general trading conditions for underlying collateral deteriorated slightly, following improvement recorded in previous surveyReduction ...more »
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Feb
01
2019
Switzerland-based crypto hardware wallet maker Tangem says it has been selected by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to produce the “physical blockchain notes” for the nation’s planned national digital currency. Tangem announced the news Monday, saying the blockchain notes will be used to store the republic’s ...more »
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BIS: Establishing viable capital markets
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Gen
26
2019
Developed and deep capital markets can play a key role in financing economic growth as well as influencing financial stability and the transmission of monetary policy. As economies develop and investment projects become larger and more complex, efficient resource allocation and risk-sharing are facilitated by ...more »
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Gen
26
2019
Respondents to the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) for the first quarter of 2019 reported point forecasts for annual HICP inflation averaging 1.5%, 1.6% and 1.7% for 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. These results represent downward revisions of 0.2 percentage point (p.p.) for 2019 ...more »
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Gen
26
2019
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is today publishing a statement setting out the importance for issuers of considering the inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters when disclosing information material to investors’ decisions. Disclosure of ESG information in the market has increased ...more »
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BIS: “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies
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Gen
25
2019
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) published a paper focusing on how Bitcoin and related cryptocurrencies verify that payments are final, that is, irreversible once written into the blockchain. It points to the high costs of achieving such finality via “proof-of-work”. It then weighs the ...more »
