The ninth CBP annual central bank working group roundtable was held at the Reform Club in London on October 25–26, 2012¹ to discuss the critical policy and operational issues arising from the confluence of monetary and macroeconomic policy, accounting and reporting standards – and changes in assets, liabilities and profit-sharing arrangements at central banks. The roundtable attracted a wide range of specialists from central banks around the world with the aim of helping to improve central banks