Back-office operations

Published on the 20th of November 2024

Séminaires
07 October 2025 - 09:00

The objective of this seminar is to set out the various back-office operations in a central bank and analyze the processing chain and the related risks.

 

Registration

Dates: 07-10 October 2025
Apply before: 07 July 2025
Language: English and French with simultaneous interpretation 
Location: Paris
Contact: Stéphane GOURDET
E-mail: ibfi_operations@banque-france.fr
 

 

 

Content

This seminar will cover the following topics:

  • Organization and governance of the Markets function,
  • Overview of recent trends in foreign reserve management,
  • Definition of back-office operations and scope of application,
  • Processing chain for:
  • Foreign exchange operations
  • Euro-denominated and FX-denominated portfolio management
  • Customers’ operations and back-to-back transactions on the market
  • Custody of financial instruments
  • Accounting of market and securities transactions,
  • IT-related issues (cyber-risk, resilience/ business continuity) and static data,
  • Operational risk management and compliance requirements for these activities.

Participants

This seminar is intended for central bank managers in charge of back-office operations (money market, foreign exchange market, securities transactions).
 

 

Updated on the 23rd of December 2024