Events

Central Banking produces a number of seminar/training courses, conferences, roundtables and study groups.

Seminars & Training

Since 1999 Central Banking Publications has organised annual residential training courses/seminars in Cambridge, and Cumberland Lodge Windsor. More than 1,800 central bankers and supervisors from over 110 countries have attended. In Autumn 2008, 179 delegates attended 12 separate seminars (on payment systems, risk management, legal issues etc). Past attendees have included central bank governors and deputy governors from South Africa, Indonesia, Namibia and Moldova, and senior executives from central banks around the world.

Conferences

In 2008, Central Banking Publications launched its series of Sovereign Wealth Management conferences with two events in London and Singapore that attracted more than120 participants from the official sector and stakeholder community.

These two-days event are the premier forum for decision makers from official sector wealth, reserves and savings funds to examine the implications of current market stresses on investment strategy, risk management and market engagement.

As an independent financial commentator, it is our mission to facilitate informed, cooperative and productive discussion between the key stakeholders through these high-level events, and several are planned for 2009.

Each event is designed to benefit a particular target audience working in or with an official institution, specifically:

• Central banks
  
• Ministries of finance
  
• Non-government organisations
  
• State pension funds
  
• Investment banks
  
• Commodity wealth managers
  
• National treasuries
  
• Asset managers
  
• Sovereign wealth funds
  
• National infrastructure funds
  
• Stabilisation funds
  
• Institutional investors
  
• Commercial banks
  
• Rating agencies
  
• National debt offices
  
• Law firms
  
• Regulators
  
• State-owned enterprises
  
• Financial centre development agencies
  
• Multi-national corporations
  
• State investment boards
  
• Supranational organisation

Roundtables & Study Groups

In addition to our annual training courses, Central Banking Publications hosts several high-level study groups for central bankers around the world. The Central Banking Financial Reporting Study Group is attended by chief accountants and deputy governors from 25-30 countries. The Reserve Assets Group is an invitation-only discussion group for central bank reserve managers held in London and Singapore. Meetings of both groups are planned for 2009.