Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS)
Cramped by cramdowns: national hurdles for EU insolvency plan
Proposal to harmonise rules on debt stays and holdout creditors touches on sensitive issues
People: SG CIB promotes Mianné and Fields
Mianné lands the deputy CEO role at SG CIB, with Fields replacing him as head of global markets - but the bank loses David Knott; JP Morgan's Zubrow gets regulatory affairs post; Jotwani leaves Nomura, with Ashley and Assi promoted
Banks starting to think local after crisis, BIS finds
Banks around the world are slowly shifting to rely on local retail funding, says the Bank for International Settlements
FSF: Valuation techniques and leverage aggravate pro-cyclicality
Regulators should address the pro-cyclical effects of market-sensitive valuation practices and increasing leverage, according to the Financial Stability Forum (FSF).
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BIS report highlights asset managers' role in inefficient markets
The structure of incentive schemes may limit the ability or willingness of institutional asset managers to act as a natural counterbalance to mispricing, according to the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) – a G-10 central bank forum that…
New chairman for Committee on Global Financial System
Roger Ferguson, vice-chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was named chairman of the Basel-based Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS), the Bank for International Settlements said today.