Central banks are playing an increasingly vital role in global economies, having implemented unprecedented monetary policy and been tasked with sustaining financial stability. As the role of central banks has evolved, so too has Bloomberg.
Long the go-to technology provider for reserve management, Bloomberg now offers a sophisticated, end-to-end workflow that covers most central bank activities on a single, integrated platform. Whether streamlining market operations, measuring market risk or managing reserves, Bloomberg’s solutions are able to assist you.
Power solutions for every step
Bloomberg’s comprehensive solutions enable central banks to act quickly and decisively to conduct open market operations, control risk, oversee markets and manage foreign reserves. Our tools adapt to your needs and the markets — so you always remain on the cutting edge. 1. Reserve management
Central banks have built up substantial foreign reserves, making investment management more complex — especially for those banks moving into riskier assets. This has necessitated the use of adaptive, global, multiasset solutions for portfolio management, trading, compliance and operations. Bloomberg delivers just such a solution, combined with a complete suite of benchmarking, risk management and return attribution tools, including the ability to measure the liquidity of your individual positions.
2. Market operations
Liquidity and market stability are paramount. Bloomberg helps you seamlessly provide both, whether conducting open market operations, servicing the marginal lending facility, or buying or selling currency, Bloomberg has the tools you need. Bloomberg can also streamline your debt issuance cycle from registration to auction to settlement. Bloomberg’s debt management system, not only digitizes your internal processes, it provides real-time access at an individual or enterprise level to Bloomberg’s universe of market data.
3. Risk
Identifying risk is a vital part of central banking. From managing portfolio risk to evaluating systemic risk and mitigating operational risks, Bloomberg’s tools and data have you covered. Bloomberg also provides supervision and surveillance tools, cutting-edge investigative functionality, advanced reporting and immutable storage for record-keeping requirements that keep pace with changing regulatory requirements, new communication platforms, and rapidly growing data volumes.
4. Regulation & oversight
Bloomberg helps central banks fulfill their oversight and regulatory responsibilities, including monitoring FX, fixed-income and OTC markets in real time, and efficiently and securely collecting documents from outside firms to conduct KYC and AML due diligence. We also offer a real-time, event-driven news feed. 5. Research
A steady research flow is critical to properly conducting monetary policy and understanding how markets react to it. Along with a vast array of analytics and real-time data, Bloomberg provides you with the ability to publish your research directly to market participants in the same way they digest sell-side research. Tagged to the appropriate topic codes, your research becomes easily searchable by the entire financial community via the Bloomberg Terminal®.
