Central Banking and Financial Sector Regulation: An Introduction for Lawyers (FTL)

By Invitation 
Course No.: JV 10.05
Location: Vienna, Austria (JVI)
Date: March 01 - March 12 2010 (2 Weeks)
Language: English
Target Audience:
Lawyers from transition economies who are involved in financial sector regulations and/or transactions.
Qualifications:
Attendance is by invitation only. The IMF's Legal Department will contact the authorities for their nominations, and then select participants from among the candidates nominated.
Course Description:
This two-week course, presented by the IMF's Legal Department, provides a general introduction to the institutional and legal infrastructure that is necessary to support market-based financial transactions, a selection of which will be discussed during the course. It therefore covers basic institutional and functional aspects of central banking, payment systems, banking supervision, capital market transactions and bankruptcy. It also covers the financial transactions and operations of the IMF.