GenevaLunch » Financial Stability Board http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 06:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Central bank head joins Carney to lead Financial Stability Boardhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/central-bank-head-joins-carney-to-lead-financial-stability-board/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/central-bank-head-joins-carney-to-lead-financial-stability-board/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:50:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63289 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Philipp Hildebrand, chairman of the board of governors of the Swiss National Bank, joins Canadian Mark Carney on the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, was named the new chairman and Hildebrand the vice-chairman Friday 4 Novmber at the close of the G20 meeting in Cannes, France. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/07/central-bank-head-joins-carney-to-lead-financial-stability-board/feed/ 0 Insurers, banks among systemic risk Swiss companieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/insurers-banks-among-systemic-risk-swiss-companies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/insurers-banks-among-systemic-risk-swiss-companies/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:54:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32753 GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Some of Switzerland’s banks and insurance companies, all multinationals, could well be among those identified by the Basel-based Financial Stability Board as companies that need more regulation because of inherent risks. But the FSB denies Tuesday 1 December, that a Monday report in the Financial Times which lists companies is wrong [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/01/insurers-banks-among-systemic-risk-swiss-companies/feed/ 0 Swiss central banker argues for tougher regulationshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/swiss-central-banker-argues-for-tougher-regulations/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/swiss-central-banker-argues-for-tougher-regulations/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:14:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31873 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The incoming head of the Swiss National Bank, Philipp Hildebrand, says Switzerland needs tighter banking regulations than most countries, due to its size relative to the country’s economy. Total banking assets exceed seven times Switzerland’s GDP, he notes, and they are very concentrated, with the two big banks, Credit Suisse and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/swiss-central-banker-argues-for-tougher-regulations/feed/ 0 Bern to reinforce country’s role as finance centrehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/22/bern-to-reinforce-countrys-role-as-finance-centre/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/22/bern-to-reinforce-countrys-role-as-finance-centre/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:55:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=30247 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Federal Council, concerned about changes to the G20 group of the world’s largest economies and calls for changes to other international financial bodies, has told the country’s finance ministry to take steps to strengthen Switzerland’s role in the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the World Bank. Developing countries and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/22/bern-to-reinforce-countrys-role-as-finance-centre/feed/ 0 Switzerland given two seats on new Financial Stability Boardhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/09/switzerland-given-two-seats-on-new-financial-stability-board/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/09/switzerland-given-two-seats-on-new-financial-stability-board/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:19:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=14968 GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland has been given two seats on the Financial Stability Board (FSB), based in Basel: one for the Swiss National Bank and the other for a representative of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance. The FSB is a regulatory body created 3 April from the advisory group known as the Financial [...]

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