This course, delivered in collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB), familiarizes participants with the methodology recommended by the Handbook on Securities Statistics, a joint undertaking of the IMF, the BIS, and the ECB. 2015. The course covers definition and features of securities, valuation and accounting principles, classification schemes and presentation tables for securities. It also provides insights into the development and usage of security-by-security databases and emerging issues such as climate finance and tokenization. The course features hands-on workshops on the valuation and recording of debt securities, complemented by practical exercises on classifying various types of debt securities. Application Deadline: November 16, 2025 […]