Principles of Financial Market Infrastructure

Class Description

Course Objective
To enhance participants’ knowledge on the principles of financial market infrastructure and how these principles help in safety and efficiency in payments, clearing, settlement, and recording arrangements, reduction in systemic risk and fostering transparency and financial stability.

Course Content

• Overview of payment systems oversight
• Introduction of financial markets infrastructure
• Types and functions of financial market infrastructures
• Risks in key FMIs
• Responsibility of central banks and Market regulators
• Case study on risks and responsibilities of central banks, market regulators
• Principles of Financial Market Infrastructure (PFMIs)1-24
• Disclosure framework for PFMIs
• Assessment methodology for PFMIs
• Case study on assessment methodology
• Group presentation on assessment methodology

Target Group
Middle level managers from national payments systems, banking and financial markets departments.

Venue
Mombasa.