## Seychelles: Technical Assistance Report-Scoping the Prospects for Financial Market Development

_IMF Staff Country Reports, June 30, 2020_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 30, 2020
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513547169.002

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### Mission focus and scope
- The Technical Assistance (TA) mission focused on scoping the prospects of developing a secondary market for government securities in Seychelles.
- The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) acted as the primary counterpart for this mission.
- The mission was primarily fact-finding and engaged a broad set of stakeholders: the Ministry of Finance Trade Investment and Economic Planning (MoFTIEP), commercial banks, a pension fund, insurance companies, the securities exchange, and securities dealers.

### Coordination and external support
- The mission identified the need to coordinate with:
  - The World Bank (WB), which is providing assistance within the legal and payment system areas.
  - The IMF country (SYC) team, which provides Seychelles with policy advice under the current PCI program.

### Subject areas covered
- Banking
- Financial institutions
- Financial markets
- Government debt management
- Government securities
- Interbank markets
- Public financial management (PFM)
- Securities
- Treasury bills and bonds

### Keywords and technical terms referenced
- CBS repo window
- CBS wish
- CR
- financial institution
- Global
- Government debt management
- Government securities
- Interbank markets
- ISCR
- market
- market maker
- money market
- primary market
- Securities
- securities exchange
- securities trading
- Treasury bills and bonds

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