Virtual : Financial Soundness Indicators
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- Virtual : Financial Soundness Indicators
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Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 22.07V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: February 8-11, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program and delivery
- Session No.: AT 22.07 V.
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius.
- Date: February 8-11, 2022 (1 week).
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training.
- Primary Language: English.
- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese.
- Status: Deadline passed.
- The course was presented by the IMF Statistics Department.
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the financial sector who are involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of financial soundness indicators (FSIs).
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.
Course description and core content
- Purpose:
- To acquaint participants with the fundamentals of compiling and using FSIs in support of macroprudential analysis.
- Methodological basis:
- Covers methodological and technical issues in the construction of FSIs as discussed in the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (2019 FSI Guide).
- Approach:
- Interactive approach using hands-on exercises.
- Main topics:
- Preparation of the sectoral financial statements and compilation of FSIs for deposit takers.
- Regulatory framework for deposit takers.
- Accounting principles and data consolidation for the compilation of FSIs for deposit takers.
- Overview of key points and changes in the 2019 FSI Guide.
Course objectives
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Prepare the sectoral financial statements and compile FSIs for deposit takers in accordance with the methodology of the 2019 FSI Guide.
- Prepare or update FSI metadata using the concepts acquired on accounting principles and regulatory framework for deposit takers.
- Interpret FSIs for macro-financial surveillance.
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