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      "heading": "Scope, endorsements, and recommendations",
      "content": "- Title: Handbook on Securities Statistics\n- Prepared by: BIS, the ECB, and the IMF\n- Endorsed/referenced: DGI-3 Recommendation 4; DGI-2 Recommendation 7; DGI-1 Recommendation 7\n- The Handbook is the first publication to focus exclusively on securities statistics.\n- The Handbook responds to a request from the Working Group on Securities Databases (WGSD) to develop methodological standards for securities statistics and to improve information on securities markets."
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      "content": "- The Handbook provides a conceptual framework for securities statistics, including classifications for different possible breakdowns.\n- The current version is based on:\n  - the 2008 System of National Accounts\n  - the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6)\n- The Handbook goes partly beyond these standards by elaborating additional breakdowns on issues and holdings of debt and equity securities.\n- Special attention is paid to:\n  - valuation and accounting rules\n  - specific operations related to debt and equity securities"
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      "content": "- The Handbook provides high-level and detailed presentation tables that assist in the compilation and dissemination of securities statistics.\n- It addresses both issues and holdings of debt and equity securities and gives guidance useful for compilers of securities statistics."
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      "heading": "Review process and contributors",
      "content": "- Preparation was supported by a Review Group for the Handbook on Securities Statistics consisting of officials from national central banks and relevant statistical agencies, and representatives from international organizations with expertise in debt securities statistics.\n- Review Group activities included:\n  - commenting on drafts of the Handbook\n  - participating in review group meetings held on:\n    - 28-29 October 2008 in Basel\n    - 15-16 March 2010 in Frankfurt\n    - 12-13 October 2011 in Washington, D.C.\n- Drafts of the Handbook also benefitted from worldwide comments from experts."
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      "content": "- The WGSD plans to update the Handbook in the future to:\n  - align it with the updated 2025 System of National Accounts\n  - address new issues in the compilation of securities statistics that have emerged since publication of the current version\n  - include considerations on the use of security-by-security data for the compilation of securities statistics"
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