Securities Statistics (SS)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: HQ 24.11
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: September 23-27, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Officials in central banks and other agencies responsible for collecting and compiling securities statistics.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics and statistics and/or equivalent experience.
- Additional desirable knowledge: Knowledge of basic financial mathematics is an advantage.
Course description and core content
- Familiarizes participants with the methodology recommended by the Handbook on Securities Statistics.
- Covers:
- Definition and features of securities, securitization, and related operations.
- Valuation and recording of securities.
- Classification schemes and presentation tables for securities.
- Security-by-security databases and the framework and technical challenges involved in constructing them.
- Practical component:
- A practical exercise on valuation and recording of different types of debt securities complements the lectures.
- Relevance:
- Interpretation of presentation tables for securities statistics recommended by the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Identify the concepts underlying securities statistics in terms of sectorization, valuation, and accounting rules.
- Describe the framework and technical challenges involved in constructing security-by-security databases.
- Calculate nominal and market values for different types of debt securities based on their characteristics and market fluctuations.
- Interpret the presentation tables for securities statistics recommended by the G-20 Data Gaps Initiative.