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Marlene Amstad
Born (1968-09-20) September 20, 1968 (age 56)
Bern
NationalitySwiss
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Bern, University of St. Gallen
Academic work
DisciplineMonetary policy, Regulation, Econometrics, Chinese Financial Markets
InstitutionsChinese University of Hongkong in Shenzhen, FINMA
Website

Marlene Amstad (born September 20, 1968) is a Swiss economist and Professor of Practice in Economics in the School of Management and Economics (SME) at the Chinese University of Hongkong, Shenzhen and Co-Director of the Center for Financial Technology and Social Finance at the Shenzhen Finance Institute (SFI) where she conducts research on money, banking and Chinese financial markets. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors at the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and is chair-elect for the period of 2021-2023[1][2].

From 2011 to 2015, she served as Regional Advisor at the Bank of International Settlements in Hongkong where she worked with the 11 largest Asian central banks and coordinated EMEAP's Asian Bond Fund (ABF) initiative. From 2002 to 2004 and 2006 to 2011, she worked for the Swiss National Bank (SNB) where she was Deputy Director, Head of the Investment Strategy and Financial Market Analysis, and member of the investment committee for the bank's currency reserves. In 2004 and 2005, she worked with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where she developed a core inflation indicator for the U.S. which based on a broad data set[3], and that is currently published on a monthly basis[4]. Before, she worked on quantitative Research and Credit Risk Management at Credit Suisse and as Researcher at the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF/ETHZ)[5].

Work on Regulation

Marlene Amstad is credited with bringing forth a simple framework for the regulation of Fintech[6]: inline with a technology-agnostic approach to the regulation of financial services, and with a reference to the duck-typing test in computer coding "If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck", financial services are regulated based on the functions they provide. Only if new functions emerge, the regulators have to decide whether to introduce new regulatory code or to except the new function from regulation. Otherwise, Fintech is treated the same as conventional financial services.

Work on Economic Indicators

The New York Fed Staff Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG)

The indicator[3] captures sustained movements in inflation from information contained in a broad set of price, real activity, and financial data. The algorithm adopts the methodology of a dynamic factor model as developed by Forni et al[7] and extracts the lower frequency components of the time series. The indicator proved especially useful in detecting turning points in trend inflation and has shown higher forecast accuracy compared with other core inflation measures. It complements the inflation dashboard of policy makers and investors and is published monthly by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York[4].

Underlying Inflation Gauge for China (CUIG)

As with the UIG for the US economy, the inflation gauge for China can be computed on a daily basis and uses a broad set of variables that potentially influence inflation. It is less noisy and closely tracks the headline CPI. When used for forecasting the headline CPI, CUIG outperforms traditional core measures[8].

Selected Publications

  • co-editor and author with Wei Xiong and Sun Guofeng, "The Handbook of China's Financial System"[9], forthcoming Princeton University Press, November 2020
  • co-editor with Bihong Huang, Peter J. Morgan, and Sayuri Shirai, “Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and Fintech in Asia“[10], Asian Development Bank Press, 2019, Paperback ISBN 9784899742135
  • with Frank Packer, Jimmy Shek, "Does sovereign risk in local and foreign currency differ?"[11], Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 101, March 2020, 102099
  • "Regulating Fintech: Objectives, Principles, and Practices“[12], in: “The Economics of Fintech and Digital Currencies”, Ed Antonio Fatas, CEPR ebook, 2019.
  • “Regulating Fintech: Ignore, Duck-type or Code"[6], in: “The Economics of Fintech and Digital Currencies”, Ed Antonio Fatas, CEPR ebook, 2019.
  • with Zhiguo He, “China’s corporate defaults at record high – at last!“[13], VoxEU, 17 July 2019
  • with Zhiguo He, “Underestimated Role of Banks in China’s Bond Market“[14], VoxChina, 16 July 2019
  • "China kennt den Westen besser als der Westen China"[15], Handelszeitung Interview, Februar 2019
  • with Simon Potter, Robert Rich, "The New York Fed Staff Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG)"[16], FRBYNY Policy Review, December 2017

References

  1. ^ "Federal Council appoints Marlene Amstad as future FINMA Chair". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. ^ "Finma Appoints New Boss". finews.com. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Measuring Trend Inflation with the Underlying Inflation Gauge -Liberty Street Economics". libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. ^ a b "Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG) - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK". www.newyorkfed.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. ^ Amstad, Marlene. "CV - Publications - Speeches" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Amstad, Marlene (2019-03-21). "Regulating fintech: Ignore, duck type, or code". VoxEU.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  7. ^ Forni, Mario; et al. "The Generalized Factor Model: Identification and Estimation". researchgate.net. Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Developing an underlying inflation gauge for China". www.pbc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2020-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "The Handbook of China's Financial System". Retrieved 17 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Asian Development Bank Press. "Central Bank Digital Currency and Fintech in Asia". Brookings. Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Amstad, Marlene; Packer, Frank; Shek, Jimmy (2020-03-01). "Does sovereign risk in local and foreign currency differ?". Journal of International Money and Finance. 101: 102099. doi:10.1016/j.jimonfin.2019.102099. ISSN 0261-5606.
  12. ^ Amstad, Marlene (2019-10-08). "Regulating Fintech: Objectives, Principles, and Practices". Rochester, NY. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ Amstad, Marlene; He, Zhiguo (2019-07-16). "China's corporate defaults at record high – at last!". VoxEU.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  14. ^ "Underestimated Role of Banks in China's Bond Market". voxchina.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  15. ^ "«Was in China der Staat erreicht, schafft im Westen die Bequemlichkeit»". Handelszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  16. ^ Amstad, Marlene (December 2017). "The New York Fed Staff Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG)" (PDF). Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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