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STS552 Norhayati Razi
i. Data on holdings of securities issued by non-residents in the international
market are obtained from both the end-investors and custodian agencies,
with some form of declaration to eliminate double counting.
ii. Data on debt securities (bonds) issued by residents in foreign currency and
sold in the international market are obtained from the end-investors (the
issuer).
iii. Data on resident holdings of portfolio investment issued by another
residents in the international market are reported by the resident
subscriber and are collected for the purpose of eliminating the
transactions between residents.

2.4 System Architecture
The Central Bank implemented the Integrated Statistical System for
External Sector Statistics (ISS-ESS) in 2017, the online reporting system,
replacing the existing system which was in place since year 2002. The new
ISS-ESS is envisioned to enable expansion of scope and coverage of the
external sector data compilation to facilitate ease of production of various
reports, to meet the diverse and changing data demand across internal and
external users and as a compilation system that adopts best practices based
on national and international reporting standards. The system architecture of
the end-to-end solution for the ESS compilation is as illustrated in the diagram
below.

Through the front-end (Submission) modules, the respondents are
required to report their external financial assets and liabilities exposures vis-

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