Former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Panicos Demetriades, comments in The Economist in relation to the news that ING and Danske Bank have enabled money laundering within their institutions.
Panicos DemetriadesSeptember 7, 2018
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and Professor at Leicester University, Panicos Demetriades, has been interviewed by Sputnik News in relation to what areas need reforming to ensure stability of the Greek economy, following the news that it has concluded its final bailout program.
Panicos DemetriadesAugust 20, 2018
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Panicos Demetriades, examines in his article for EUobserver Cyprus' role in the ongoing Muller inquiry.
Panicos DemetriadesAugust 15, 2018
In Paul Manafort’s Trial, a Cyprus Bank Is a Cooperating Witness The Manafort trial has shed a new light on Cyprus’s banks. For years, the eastern Mediterranean nation was one of the world’s great gateways for the fortunes of high-risk clients, particularly organized-crime suspects and billionaires sprouting from the collapse of the Soviet Union. So many wealthy Russians moved their money into Europe and back via Cyprus—a European Union member—that from 2007 to 2012, the country of one million people was both the biggest source of foreign investment in Russia and the world’s biggest recipient of Russian investment in return,…
Panicos DemetriadesAugust 7, 2018
The Cyprus-Russia links have received a lot of media attention lately, not least because Cyprus and its banks seem to have served as a meeting point between close associates of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, if not also a conduit for financial flows (the jury is still out on this, awaiting the findings of the Mueller investigation). Paul Manafort, former campaign manager of Donald Trump, used Cypriot banks in his dealings with Russia and Ukraine. Wilbur Ross became a major shareholder of Bank of Cyprus in mid-2014, joining in with a number of close associates of Mr Putin, including Viktor Vekselberg,…
Panicos DemetriadesJuly 26, 2018
Professor Panicos Demetriades, former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus was interviewed by CNBC in relation to the ECB's decision to taper Quantitative Easing. ECB decision 'perfectly sensible,' says former policymaker from CNBC.
Panicos DemetriadesJune 14, 2018
Professor Panicos Demetriades delivered a seminar on his book: "A Diary of the Euro Crisis in Cyprus: Lessons for Bank Recovery and Resolution" at the University of Leicester School of Business on 1 March 2018. Watch the full seminar, below:
Panicos DemetriadesMarch 1, 2018
It’s been almost four years since Panicos Demetriades succumbed to pressure from the Cypriot government and quit his post as the man in charge of the nation’s monetary policy. For him, the detention this weekend of his Latvian peer serves as a reminder that the cocoon of independence around central bankers is fragile.
Panicos DemetriadesFebruary 20, 2018
