Financial Soundness Indicators
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Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 24.44
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: August 5-9, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Blended Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed
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 scope
- Purpose: Acquaints participants with the fundamentals of compiling and using FSIs in support of macroprudential analysis.
- Methodology basis: Covers methodological and technical issues in the construction of FSIs as discussed in the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (2019 FSI Guide).
- Instructional approach:
- Interactive approach using hands-on exercises.
- Emphasis on practical compilation and application for macro-financial surveillance.
- Main topical areas:
- 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; and
- Overview of key points and changes in the 2019 FSI Guide.
Asynchronous component — July 1–15, 2024
- Structure:
- Comprises five modules focusing on conceptual issues.
- Modules will be made available to participants at least five days before the start of the synchronous classes.
- Supplemented with assigned readings and references.
- Assessment:
- Participants will be required to take a pre-course quiz.
- Successful completion (i.e., a passing grade) will not be a pre-requisite for participating in the synchronous component.
- Quiz results will be used by instructors to determine participant knowledge.
Synchronous component — August 5–9, 2024
- Focus: Practical compilation issues and topics requiring instructor input and feedback.
- Formats:
- Lectures in 30-minute to 45-minute slots, developed from existing lecture presentations and scripts prepared for the online course.
- Question and answer sessions.
- Practical workshop exercises.
- Participant engagement:
- Presentations followed by brief exercises or question-answer sessions.
- Participants invited to present case studies of practical problems or proposed solutions (issues could relate to source data or compilation).
- Participants invited to respond to practice questions in discussion forums; workshop will discuss responses and correct answers.
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 concepts acquired on accounting principles and regulatory framework for deposit takers.
- Interpret FSIs for macro-financial surveillance.
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