Data Collection on Securities Statistics

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Overview

• The Handbook on Securities Statistics provides the statistical standards and recommended concepts, breakdowns, and presentation tables guiding international securities statistics.
• Related recommendations: DGI-3 Recommendation 4, DGI-2 Recommendation 7, DGI-1 Recommendation 7.
• The Working Group on Securities Databases coordinates data collection activities across institutions.

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) activities

• The BIS has been collecting and disseminating information on debt securities issues in domestic and international markets since the late 1980s.
• Statistics are collected for more than 50 economies.
• Data collected:
  • debt securities issues
  • holdings
  • from-whom-to-whom basis
• Frequency and dissemination:
  • Data are reported at quarterly frequency.
  • The BIS disseminates the data in comparable formats in its publications and on its website.
• Implementation:
  • Following the publication of the Handbook on Securities Statistics, the BIS has been working with the central banks of these economies to improve the statistics in line with the Handbook.

European Central Bank (ECB) activities

• Publication scope:
  • monthly data on issuances of debt securities and listed shares for the EU countries
  • quarterly data on holdings of debt securities, listed shares and investment fund shares for the euro area countries
• Methodology:
  • The methodology for compiling the aggregates follows the statistical standards outlined in the Handbook on Securities Statistics.
• Dissemination:
  • The data on securities issuances and securities holdings are published in the ECB Data Portal.
  • Both data sets include detailed breakdowns for sustainable debt securities.
  • Further information on the statistics is available on the ECB website.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) activities

• The IMF implements the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS), which provides data on stocks of cross-border holdings of debt and equity securities broken down by the economy of residence of the issuer.
• The IMF publishes data on issuances of green debt securities for around 80 economies as part of its Climate Change Dashboard data.

References

• About the WGSD
• DGI-3 Recommendation 4
• DGI-2 Recommendation 7
• DGI-1 Recommendation 7
• Handbook on Securities Statistics
• Handbook on Securities Statistics