Working Party on Financial Statistics, La Défense - 9-10 October 2006

Summary record of the 2006 WPFS meeting:  COM/STD/DAF/M(2006)1
list of participants (updated on 27 Feb. 07)

Draft Agenda
Tour Europe - salle des Nations
Morning: 9:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. -- Afternoon: 2.15 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.

Delegates are invited to download the papers. Paper copies will not be available during the meeting.

October  9 - 10, 2006


Introduction by Chair  (P. O’Hagan, Statistics Canada)
Adoption of the draft agenda:  COM/STD/DAF/A(2006)1
Approval of the Minutes of the WPFS meeting held on October 10-11, 2005 - STD/NAES/FA/M(2005)1

OECD Financial Accounts databases (for decision)
1.    Progress report on the Financial Accounts databases  (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2006)4 - (PowerPoint)
2.    Valuation of assets/liabilities in Financial Accounts  (F. Lequiller, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2006)5 - (PowerPoint)
3.    OECD project on historical data  (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD and T. Sbano, Pioneer) - COM/STD/DAF(2006)6 - (PowerPoint Pioneer)(PowerPoint Unicredit) - (PowerPoint Bank of Italy)
4.    Progress report on the additional requests on Households’ Assets (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD) - (PowerPoint)
5.    Progress report on the additional requests on Institutional Investors’ Assets (I. Ynesta, OECD) - (PowerPoint)

Bank Profitability statistics (for information)
6.    Progress report on the OECD Bank Profitability database  (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2006)9 - (PowerPoint)
7.    Progress under the IMF Coordinated Compilation Exercise work program and steps ahead  (John Joisce, IMF)

Consolidation (for information)
8.   Report on OECD countries’ practices  (M. Chavoix-Mannato, OECD) - COM/STD/DAF(2006)7 - (PowerPoint)
9.   OECD Electronic Discussion Group (EDG) on consolidation  (P. O’Hagan, Statistics Canada) - (PowerPoint)                             
      --  Consolidation of financial account and balance sheet account data in OECD databases - COM/STD/DAF(2006)1   - COM/STD/DAF(2006)1/ADD1   
      --  Consolidation of financial data in SNA 12. Summary of countries' comments - COM/STD/DAF(2006)10 - COM/STD/DAF(2006)10/ADD1
      --  Summary of countries' comments - COM/STD/DAF(2006)8
Securitization in the Financial Accounts (for discussion) (Miguel Angel Menéndez and B. Sanz, Bank of Spain)
10.    The securitization process in the OECD countries: an overview - COM/STD/DAF(2006)2 - (PowerPoint)
11.    The securitization process in Spain. Developments and practical issues - COM/STD/DAF(2006)11 - (PowerPoint)

IMF Compilation Guide for Monetary and Financial Statistics (for information and discussion)  (John Joisce, IMF)

12.    Chapter 1: Introduction and Chapter 2: Source Data for Monetary and Financial Statistics - COM/STD/DAF(2006)3

October 10 (Common day with Working Party on National Accounts)

Organisation of WPNA   (B. Moulton, WPNA chair)
Adoption of the agenda
Minutes of previous meeting held on October 11-14, 2005 - STD/NAES/M(2005)1

SNA review (for information and discussion):   Chair:  B. Moulton
1.     Progress report (Project manager, SNA review) and Results of the survey on implementation of ISIC and SNA 1993 Rev 1)  (OECD) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2006)5 - (PowerPoint - Carson) - (PowerPoint - Aspden)2.    Pension schemes   (Moderator) - (PowerPoint)
3.    Leases and licenses   (Moderator) - (PowerPoint)
4.    Classification of financial corporations and of financial assets  (ECB) - STD/CSTAT/WPNA(2006)14 - STD/CSTAT/WPNA/RD(2006)3 - (PowerPoint)
5.       Program of work 2007-2008 (for information and discussion)  (WPFS Chair)
6.       Conclusion and agenda of next WPFS   (WPFS Chair)

The treatment of standardised guarantees in the new System of National Accounts: consultation of the AEG - (PDF document)

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