## Securities Statistics

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**Canonical URL:** [Securities Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/ssjv26-06)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 26.06
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: February 23-27, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program overview
- 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 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/or statistics or equivalent experience.
  - 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.
  - 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.

### Course objectives (competencies upon completion)
- 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.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/ssjv26-06_