Published on the 6th of June 2025

Séminaire
07 October 2025 - 08:00

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.

POSTPONED TO 2026

Dates: 7-10 octobre 2025
Apply before: 7 juillet 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 6th of June 2025