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• Foreign exchange and derivatives turnover survey

  - 2008-03-01

  19 December 2007 Earlier today the Bank for International Settlements released the final data report following its survey in April 2007 of international foreign exchange trading. The report confirms the initial analysis in the preliminary report issued on 25 September 2007. The report and the associated news...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, derivatives, FINANCE, foreign-exchange, MARKETING, survey

• Super tipped to flow to developing world.

  - 2007-07-09

  Byline: Jacob Saulwick Jul 09, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Bank for International Settlements BIS forecasts that superannuation funds will begin to invest in developing economies across the globe. It noted that this trend will accelerate, and said...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, Benefits, FINANCE, Investment

• Banks' banker warns of downturn.

  - 2007-06-25

  Byline: Jacob Saulwick Jun 25, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An international bank has warned of worrying signs of a global economic downturn. The annual report of the Bank for International Settlements said that the economic environment in 2007 is similar...

  Tags: bank, Bank for International Settlements, financial

• Greenback under threat as US deficit widens.

  - 2007-06-25

  Jun 25, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Bank for International Settlements has warned that the US dollar could weaken if overseas demand for treasuries slumps. Foreign purchases of treasuries have helped to bolster the currency in recent years, while the...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE, treasury

• Great Depression fall looms.

  - 2007-06-25

  Byline: Jacob Saulwick Jun 25, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An international bank has warned of worrying signs of a global economic downturn. The annual report of the Bank for International Settlements said that the economic environment in 2007...

  Tags: bank, Bank for International Settlements

• Households warned against perils of rising debt.

  - 2007-06-24

  Byline: Adrian Rollins Jun 24, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Bank for International Settlements BIS has issued a warning to rich nations like Australia. The BIS has warned that many householders have accumulated big debts and this poses...

  Tags: asset, Australia, Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE

• Rate rise urged to curb credit.

  - 2007-06-24

  Byline: Adrian Rollins Jun 24, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Bank for International Settlements BIS released its annual report on 24 June 2007. The report suggested that central banks in wealthy nations should consider raising interest rates in...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE, inflation

• Inflation driven on global scale.

  - 2007-05-27

  Byline: Alan Mitchell May 27, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Claudio Borio and Andrew Filardo are economists at the Bank for International Settlements. They have produced a paper which examines the link between globalisation and inflation. Borio and Filardo...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE, inflation

• Banker brings policy experience to RBA role.

  - 2007-03-28

  Byline: Nassim Khadem Mar 28, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia has appointed Dr Guy Debelle as its assistant governor for financial markets. The economics expert succeeds Ric Battellino, who became the central bank's deputy governor...

  Tags: Australia, bank, Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE, Governor

• Reaping rewards of country living.

  - 2006-12-14

  Monday I leave the house at 8.30am for what passes as a stressful commute around here: a five-minute stroll. I meet with the support team to review the pipeline and set the targets for the week ahead. I have a dual role...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, Leadership, team

• Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings: SAP Management Board Spokesman, Prof. Henning Kagermann, and General Manager of the Bank for International Settlement, Dr. Malcolm Knight, Honoured for Their Services to Global Scientific Dialogue

  - 2006-08-15

  LINDAU, Germany -- The Spokesman of the Board of Management of SAP AG, Prof. Henning Kagermann, and the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlement in Basel, Dr. Malcolm Knight, are to become new members of the Honorary Senate of the Foundation of Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau. Countess...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, board, SAP AG

• International investors turn to bonds, abandon stocks: BIS

  - 2006-06-11

  BASLE, Switzerland AFP — International investors are turning en masse towards government bonds and abandoning the stock market in the search for safe investments, the Bank for International Settlements BIS said in its quarterly report. After the worldwide turn in the stock market in mid-May investors demonstrated "a bigger...

  Tags: bank, Bank for International Settlements, bond, FINANCE, Investment, investor, stock

• A global storm of capital.

  - 2006-04-10

  Byline: David James Apr 10, 2006 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The global capital market is of vast proportions, based on figures from the Bank for International Settlements. It records settlements to the value of around $US1.9 trillion each day, with...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE, Investment, Litigation

• BIS publishes business guidelines.

  - 2006-03-06

  Byline: Stuart Fagg Mar 06, 2006 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Bank for International Settlements BIS has unveiled new guidelines for business continuity management. According...

  Tags: Bank for International Settlements, FINANCE, financial

• External Shocks, Transmission Mechanisms and Deflation in Asia

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  The concern with deflation in industrialised countries has prompted a number of studies assessing the causes and consequences of deflation, proposing appropriate policy responses, as well as drawing lessons from historical experiences. The concern has also motivated particular interest in understanding the sources and dynamics of the deflations in Japan...

  Tags: Deflation, Bank For International Settlements, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance

• Japan's Deflation, Problems in the Financial System and Monetary Policy

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it aims to survey various discussions of the so-called "lost decade" from a macroeconomic perspective. Second, it reviews the sequence of how monetary policy responded to the weak economy during the decade and provides some preliminary analysis of the effects of policy...

  Tags: Financial, Financial System, Deflation, Bank For International Settlements, Policy Measure, Financial Planning, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance

• Beyond Current Policy Frameworks

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  This paper tells us about bad deflations which involves a combination of falling goods and asset prices. It is against this background that the rest of this paper is set out. To give a flavour of the overall message of this paper, a sufficiently aggressive, and courageous central bank in...

  Tags: Deflation, Bank For International Settlements, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance

• Explaining the Level of Credit Spreads: Option-Implied Jump Risk Premia in a Firm Value Model

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Prices of equity index put options contain information on the price of systematic downward jump risk. The paper uses a structural jump-diffusion firm value model to assess the level of credit spreads that is generated by option-implied jump risk premia and compounds the option pricing model, an equity index option...

  Tags: Equity, Bank For International Settlements, Investment, Financial Services, Finance

• The Pricing of Unexpected Credit Losses

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Why are spreads on corporate bonds so wide relative to expected losses from default? The paper suggests that the most commonly cited explanations, taxes, liquidity and systematic diffusive risk, are inadequate. It argues instead that idiosyncratic default risk, or the risk of unexpected losses due to single- name defaults in...

  Tags: Risk, Bond, Pricing Strategy, Bank For International Settlements, Strategy, Investment, Security, Management, Finance

• Revisiting Recent Productivity Developments Across OECD Countries

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  This paper compares productivity developments across industrial countries based on official OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) data in the business sector. It discusses the uncertainties surrounding the measurement of both productivity levels and productivity growth, and then focuses on changes in productivity growth. The paper analyses labour productivity...

  Tags: OECD, Bank For International Settlements, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management