New SEACEN Working Paper
A new SEACEN working paper, by Rogelio Mercado and Shanty Noviantie, considers the varying significance of network systemic and idiosyncratic factors in explaining an economy’s financial centrality within the global financial flows network. The findings show that financial centres have deeper and more developed financial system, implying their importance in global financial intermediation. Read more…
SEACEN Podcast Episode 17
In this episode, Aziz Durrani speaks to Mr. Findlay Macpherson, who was most recently Head of Commercial Real Estate, Asia Pacific at HSBC and is an ex-Senior Technical Specialist from the Bank of England. Findlay has had a long career in banking, having lived and worked in South Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong. Findlay…
Update: Fintech Regulation Course
For participants to the upcoming SEACEN-FSI Course on FinTech Regulation, including Virtual Currencies, we would like to inform you that the course is part of a series of three consecutive events. These are: 1) The SEACEN-FSI Course on FinTech Regulation, 7-9 October2) The SEACEN Sessions on Virtual Currencies, 10 October3) The Currency Research Asia Global…
Catch Aziz Durrani at the ASEAN Risk Congress 2019
Mr Aziz Durrani will be chairing the Asia Risk Congress meeting to be held in Singapore on 10 -11 September 2019. The keynote address will be made by Pedro Duarte Neves, Former Vice-Governor; Senior Advisor of the Board, BANCO DE PORTUGAL. For more details click on this link.
New Blog Post on Suara SEACEN!
This week on Suara SEACEN, Aziz Durrani asks if it’s the beginning of The End for the US Dollar? How does Bitcoin weigh in, and is it time to buy gold? Catch his thoughts at the blog!
SEACEN Podcast Episode 16
In this episode, Aziz Durrani is in conversation with Mr. Philip Stedman, CEO of Snoocode and Managing Director of Stedman Denny. Phil was previously a senior Technical Specialist at the Bank of England, where he worked alongside Aziz for 6 years, following the 2007/8 Financial Crisis. They discuss Phil’s background and expertise in emerging markets…
Announcement on Executive Director Role
The SEACEN Centre is pleased to announce that Dr Mangal Goswami has assumed the role of the Executive Director of the Centre beginning 1st August 2019 for a term of 3 years.
New Blog Post on Suara SEACEN!
This week on Suara SEACEN, Aziz Durrani writes on #ClimateChange as a Prudential #Risk for #CentralBanks and #Regulatory Authorities. Catch his thoughts at the blog!
New on Suara SEACEN: Libra
With all the excitement over Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra, Aziz Durrani writes his thoughts on it from a regulatory perspective. Read the full story at the blog!
SEACEN Podcast Episode 14
In this Podcast, Glenn Tasky, SEACEN’s Director of Financial Stability and Supervision / Payment and Settlement Systems, interviews Stephen Scott and Jeff Kupfer of Starling Trust Sciences, LLC. Starling is a behavioural sciences company that utilizes technology to assist in the evaluation of culture of organizations, including banks and other financial institutions. These evaluations can…