Securities Statistics

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Title: Securities Statistics (SS)
Training Program type: In-person Training
Session No.: JV 26.06
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: February 23-27, 2026 (1 week)
Delivery Method: In-person Training
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Russian
Collaborative partners: Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB)
Methodological basis: Handbook on Securities Statistics, a joint undertaking of the IMF, the BIS, and the ECB. 2015.

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/or statistics or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of basic financial mathematics is an advantage.

Familiarizes participants with the methodology recommended by the Handbook on Securities Statistics.
Covers:
- Definition and features of securities.
- Valuation and accounting principles.
- Classification schemes and presentation tables for securities.
Addresses development and usage of security-by-security databases and emerging issues such as climate finance and tokenization.
Features hands-on workshops on the valuation and recording of debt securities.
Includes practical exercises on classifying various types of debt securities.

Analyze concepts underlying securities statistics in terms of:
- Classification.
- Sectoring of the institutional sectors issuing/holding them.
- Valuation.
- Accounting rules.
Compute for various debt securities:
- Nominal and market values.
- Premiums/discounts.
- Accrued interest.
- Including indexed instruments, based on their characteristics and market shifts (e.g., interest rates, inflation) for subsequent recording as positions and flows.
Develop presentation tables to support compilation and dissemination of securities statistics:
- High-level as well as detailed presentation tables.
- Including those recommended in the context of G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI).
- In line with developments in securities markets and financing.
Evaluate frameworks for presenting securities statistics and gain insights into development of security-by-security databases while addressing challenges involved.
Gain insights into methodological guidance on climate finance, including data reporting, as part of Recommendation 4 under the ongoing G20 DGI-3 initiative.