Hi Linda
Is it this??
The BIS fulfils this mandate by acting as:
* a forum to promote discussion and policy analysis among central banks and within the international financial community
* a centre for economic and monetary research
* a prime counterparty for central banks in their financial transactions
* agent or trustee in connection with international financial operations
The head office is in Basel, Switzerland and there are two representative offices: in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and in Mexico City.
http://www.bis.org/about/index.htm
viking