I only know central banks are listed because the central bank in my own country is listed (Belgium) but I have failed to track down others although information points to the fact that there are many.
None of the major central banks are listed. Belgium is the only one I know that has a listing; I recall shareholders were quite angry with the fact that a lot of the bank's income were diverted to the government controlled shares.
Quote from Debaser82:
I only know central banks are listed because the central bank in my own country is listed (Belgium) but I have failed to track down others although information points to the fact that there are many.
It stands to reason that central banks are terrible private sector investments. When the going's good, the government takes the cash (after all, every politician is susceptible to "secret banking conspiracy owns our central bank is taking all the cash. see! here's the filing!").
Quote from gbos:
Greek central bank is listed. In this case also a lot of the bank's income is disproportionaly allocated to the gov controlled shares.
