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Nout H.E.M. WellinkNumber of Employees 526
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The Effectiveness of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Emerging Market Countries
BNET
- 2005-06-16
This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of what is known about the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention in emerging market countries. A major stumbling block in assessing the effectiveness of intervention in emerging markets has been a lack of data. In constructing an overview of the results, it...
The Increased Role of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging Markets
BNET
- 2005-06-03
The past decade has seen a transformation of the role of foreign banks in emerging markets. The greater scale and changing character of foreign participation in banking systems raise many questions: about the impact on the efficiency of financial institutions; about the macroeconomic effects on aggregate lending and on the...
Globalisation and Monetary Operations in Emerging Economies
BNET
- 2005-06-03
Globalization has encouraged a convergence of monetary policy operating procedures in emerging market economies towards market-based instruments. The influence of globalization on operating procedures (controls versus market-based policies, quantities versus interest rates, short- versus medium-term rates) is discussed in this paper. It considers how operating procedures may need to be...
Foreign Direct Investment in the Financial Sector of Emerging Market Economies
BNET
- 2004-03-01
Foreign presence in the financial sector of emerging market economies EMEs increased dramatically over the course of the 1990s. In the second half of the decade, financial sector foreign direct investment FSFDI inflows were about eight times that of the preceding five years. While banks accounted for the lion's share...
Direct Investment in Emerging Market Economies: The Experience of Canadian Banks
BNET
- 2003-06-16
This note provides a short summary of some interviews that were held earlier In 2003 with two Canadian commercial banks - the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC and the Bank of Nova Scotia Scotia. This note provides background information on the direct investment activities of Canadian banks, and then...
The Role of FDI in Emerging Market Economies Compared to Other Forms of Financing: Past Developments and Implications for Financial Stability
BNET
- 2003-02-24
This paper discusses the problems pertaining to defining what actually constitutes FDI and the measurement problems that result from the difficulties. The upshot is that the recorded items can vary widely from one country to the other and FDI statistics must therefore be interpreted with a sense of caution. It...
Internal Ratings, the Business Cycle and Capital Requirements: Some Evidence From an Emerging Market Economy
BNET
- 2002-09-01
The concept of risk-based capital requirements enjoys widespread support. Effective implementation, however, requires that risk be measured accurately both across borrowers and across time. This paper uses the ratings assigned to examine how measured credit risk for these banks has changed since the financial crisis in the mid-1990s. It then...
Recent Emerging Market Crises - What Have We Learned?
BNET
- 2002-07-07
The paper briefly describes the main analytical issues that have figured in debates on recent emerging market crises. In this context it points out that, although weak fundamentals did play a role, the main common feature of these crises is the financial panic that affected these economies. Based on this...
Determinants of International Bank Lending to Emerging Market Countries
BNET
- 2002-06-10
This paper analyses the determinants of international bank lending to the largest countries in Asia and Latin America through a framework based on "push"/"pull" factors. The results show that both types of factors determine international bank lending. However, they differ from those of the early 1990s' literature in that aggregate...
International Bank Lending to Emerging Market Countries: Explaining the 1990s Roller Coaster
BNET
- 2002-03-01
The work is guided by the hypothesis that lending flows tend to be driven by economic fundamentals but that other factors can also at times be influential. Adopting a well known approach distinguishing between external ("push") and internal ("pull") determinants of lending flows, preliminary results show that both types of...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Slade | Vice President of the Administrative Tribunal |
| Herve Hannoun | Deputy General Manager |
| Andre Icard | Deputy General Manager |
| Malcolm D. Knight | General Manager |
| Mario Giovanoli | General Counsel & Manager |
| Renato Filosa | Manager, Monetary & Economic Dept |
| Elisabeth Striegel | |
| Gunter D. Baer | Secretary General |
| Gunter Pleines | Head, Banking Dept |
| Lisa Weekes | Press Officer |
| Margaret Critchlow | Press Officer |
| Mike Finlay | Lecturer |
| Peter Dittus | Deputy Secretary General |
| William R. White | Head, Monetary & Economic Dept |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Nout H.E.M. Wellink | Chairman & President |
| Jean-Pierre Roth | Chairman |
| Alfons Vicomte Verplaetse | Board of Directors |
| Antonio Fazio | Board of Directors |
| David Dodge | Board of Directors |
| Edward A.J. George | Board of Directors |
| Ernst Welteke | Board of Directors |
| Guy Quaden | Board of Directors |
| Hans Tietmeyer | Board of Directors |
| Jean-Claude Trichet | Board of Directors |
| Lars Heikensten | Board of Directors |
| Vincenzo Desario | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Chairman & President | Current |
| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
Elizabeth Slade specialises in all aspects of employment and discrimination law and the employment law aspects of pensions. She acts for employers, employees and their representatives, appearing before Courts and Tribunals at all levels. She deals with both public and private sector employment issues. She has experience of conducting and appearing as counsel to inquiries and of acting as a Designated Independent Person. Recent cases in which Elizabeth Slade has appeared include Blackburn and Manley v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [2007] EAT (equal pay), Leicestershire CC v Unison [2006] IRLR 810 (redundancy consultaion with trade unions), Home Office v Bailey [2005] IRLR 369, CA (equal pay), Igen v Wong [2005] IRLR 258 CA (burden of proof in discrimination cases), Webley v Department of Work and Pensions [2005] ICR 577 CA (fixed term workers regulations), Ministry of Defence v Armstrong [2004] IRLR 672 EAT (equal pay), Middlesborough Council v TGWU [2002] IRLR 332 (redundancy consultation with trade unions ), Stunt v Mallett [2001] ICR 989 CA (police pensions), Nagarajan v London Regional Transport [1999] 3 WLR 425 HL (victimisation) and Westminster City Council v Haywood [1998] Ch 377 CA (Pensions Ombudsman). Elizabeth was the original author of Tolley?s Employment Handbook and editor or co-editor of the 2nd to 7th editions. Elizabeth is a Recorder and Deputy High Court Judge and until 2003 sat as a temporary part-time judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She is Vice President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Bank for International Settlements, Basle and a member of the Administrative Tribunal of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Elizabeth is an honorary Vice-President and past Chairman of the Employment Law Bar Association. She is a Bencher of the Inner Temple, having been elected in 1990. Elizabeth has served as Chairman of the Sex Discrimination Committee of the Bar Council and as a Trustee of the Free Representation Unit. Elizabeth is a CEDR qualified mediator..
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| Bank for International Settlements | Vice President of the Administrative Tribunal | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Deputy General Manager | Current |
| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Deputy General Manager | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | General Manager | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | General Counsel & Manager | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Manager, Monetary & Economic Dept | Current |
Elisabeth believes that AHRMIO provides an excellent unique forum for HR professionals in international organisations to exchange knowledge and ideas and to learn from each other which becomes all the more important as most organisations face significant changes that will challenge current HR strategies and approaches. After a number of years experience in the private sector, Elisabeth joined the international not-for-profit sector in 1992 to "make a difference". She has worked for the Bank for International Settlements since then in human resources, particularly in the areas of performance management and management and leadership development.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Current | |
| Ahrmio | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Secretary General | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Head, Banking Dept | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Press Officer | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Press Officer | Current |
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| Riskbusiness | Managing Director | Current |
| Bank for International Settlements | Lecturer | Current |
| Brunel University | MBA | Former |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Bachelor of Commerce Degree | Former |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Deputy Secretary General | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Head, Monetary & Economic Dept | Current |
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| International Monetary Fund | Board of Governors | Current |
| Bank for International Settlements | Chairman | Current |
| Swiss National Bank | Chairman | Current |
| University of Geneva | Doctorate in Economics | Former |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | President | Current |
| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
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Executive News
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Ben Bernanke meets Ban Ki-moon
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Trichet Cautions on High Stakes
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Basel group sets out bank rules to avoid crises
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Growing pains persist
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Recession shows signs of waning: ECB
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BIS-New bank rules help avoid booms, busts-Trichet
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Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
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Global regulators flag new bank rules
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2nd UPDATE: BIS: Central Bankers Agree On Steps To Avoid Crisis
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UPDATE: BIS: Top Central Bankers Agree On Steps To Avoid Crisis
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Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
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UPDATE 1-Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
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GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Longer-term growth still an issue
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G20 to keep policies until recovery certain
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Re climbs to 48.90 against dollar
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Stocks Rally Ahead of Holiday Weekend
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Britain to Lag in Exiting Recession
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Mixed Message of Job Data Helps Stocks Rise
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Traders Seek a Bright Side After Jobs Data
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CURRENCIES: Dollar Mostly Lower Ahead Of U.S. Jobs Report
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| Wells Fargo |  |
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| Bank of America | |
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| JPMorgan Chase | |
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