Bank for International Settlements

9 Apr 2008

The reputation of the world's bankers has taken a few knocks in the months since the subprime crisis blew up. Even so, there are still some whose reputations command widespread respect in...

12:51AM

Achiever needed to represent bank regionally

23 Feb 2008

Someone with a clear record of achievement in a senior post should apply for this important role at an international financial institution.

8:11PM

PBOC challenged on conflict in supervisory role

1 Apr 2002

A fierce debate is raging within the Chinese Government over whether to remove from the central bank its role as supervisor of the banks and set up a new organisation that would do a better job....

8:33PM

SAR earns place in BIS statistics

4 Aug 2000

Hong Kong is to be included for the first time in the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) worldwide consolidated international banking statistics.

A place in the highly regarded...

8:29PM

Mainland sees surprise US$1.01 billion lending rise by international banks

14 Jun 1999

The mainland saw a surprise US$1.01 billion lending rise by international banks in last year's fourth quarter, proving wrong analysts who predicted a credit slowdown following the collapse of...

8:05AM

BIS chief seeks urgency in reforms

8 Jun 1999

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that the sense of urgency to reform international financial markets is in danger of being lost and that complacency bred by the present...

7:33AM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

BIS chooses Shanghai to host meeting of bank governors

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is to hold its first board of governors meeting on the mainland next month, when Shanghai plays host to the world's central bank governors.

6:33AM

Summit date missed for urgent banking reforms

THE document that would lay down new rules for preventing a re-run of Asia's banking crisis was missing from the meeting of some of the world's top bankers in Macau last week.

4:11AM

Swiss-style secrecy not an option for bank chiefs

IN BASLE, Switzerland, there is a long tradition of banking secrecy. It has become seen as a vital characteristic of the banks that they can offer their customers total confidentiality.

2:12PM

Reform tops agenda as SAR hosts central bankers

Central bank governors from around the world will converge on Hong Kong next week for a one-day meeting staged by the Basle-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

1:53PM

Asian central bank cost snag raised

A hurdle in setting up a proposed Asian central bank would be uncertainty over whether individual countries were willing to extend financial assistance to economies in need, Philippines central...

8:55AM

Summit decides to follow own pathway towards co-operation

The region's central bankers yesterday shied away from forming an Asian Central Bank along the lines of the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS), opting instead for a looser form...

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