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June 28, 2006
PRMIA NY June 27th 2006 "Basel II - An Update" presentations available
Presentations are available online for last night's PRMIA NY Basel II meeting at PWC at:
http://www.prmia.org/events/view_events.php?eventID=2361
Thank you to over 250 attendees and everyone who helped make the June 27th 2006 PRMIA NY Chapter Meeting at PWC "Basel II - An Update"" a success, especially to PWC for hosting, to FinArch for sponsoring, and to the panel whose content and comments were extraordinary.
Please join www.prmia.org and select New York to receive future updates for the PRMIA New York forward calendar:
- Tuesday July 11 - Buy Side vs Sell Side Risk Mgmt (at E&Y) (with Ken Winston, CRO, Morgan Stanley Asset Mgmt and panel tba)
- Tuesday August 8 - Pension Crisis (with Ron Ryan, CFA, CEO, Ryan ALM, Inc. and Bernd Scherer, PhD, Head of Quantitative Strategies Research, Deutsche Asset Management)
- Tuesday Sep. 12th - Complex Structured Finance Transactions
- Tuesday Oct. 10th - Economic and Asset Risk Return Expectations (with Robert D. Arnott, Chairman. Research Affiliates, LLC)
- Monday Oct. 23rd - PRMIA Derivatives Risk Seminar
- Tuesday Nov. 14th - Hedge Fund Risk
- Tuesday Dec. 12th - Year in Risk
And other events TBA on Basel 1a, Real Estate and MBS Risk, Environmental Risk, Leveraged Loans. We welcome your suggestions.
| Thank you to our Host PWC and Sponsor FinArch. |
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June 14, 2006
Over 250 attend June 13th 2006 NY Meeting at Citigroup
Thanks to over 250 attendees and everyone who helped make the June 13th 2006 PRMIA NY Chapter Meeting at Citigroup "Best Practices Risk Management & Credit Risk" a success, especially to Citigroup for hosting and Algorithmics for sponsoring.
Click here for more info on Hybrid Probability of Default (HPD) Models discussed and Webinar Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10-11am EST.
The New York Area forward calendar:
- Thursday June 15 - Hedge Fund Regulation with CT Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and CRO Panel (at UBS, Stamford)
(Please join the Stamford chapter by selecting Stamford in your profile.)
- Tuesday June 27 - Basel II - An Update (at PWC)
- Tuesday July 11 - Buy Side vs Sell Side Risk Mgmt (at E&Y)
- Tuesday August 8 - Pension Crisis
In appreciation for their support, our 2006 sponsors logos have been added to the left side of our New York page.
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Below is a recap of the "Best Practices Risk Management & Credit Risk" June 13th event.
More photos from the event will be added soon.
Meeting and other related information is available at the event link: http://www.prmia.org/events/view_events.php?eventID=2187 (click for meeting details and other information)
Noelle Le Cann and Mark Abbott provided introductions for the evening.
David Koenig, Executive Director, made announcements:
- Columbia Business School joins PRMIA Institute.
- PRMIA Energy book edited by Peter Fusaro and 25 contributors.
Geoff Kates, Chair, and David Koenig, Executive Director, presented the PRM of the Year Awards:
- PRM Candidate of the Year for 2006 - Elizabeth Castagna, PRM, Senior Manager, Investment Compliance Control, Fidelity International, Ltd, Bermuda
- 2005 PRM Award of Merit (one of 14 winners) - Keith Ganzer, PRM, CFO and Market Risk Manager, Triumph Securities Corp, NYC
Excellent presentations and Q&A:
The Competitive Advantage of Global "Best-Practice" Risk Management
Keynote Speaker: David Bushnell, Senior Risk Officer, Citigroup
Credit Models and Structured Products: A practitioners strategic use of Credit Models
Speaker: Sharon Lee, Director, Credit Portfolio Strategy, Global Fixed Income, Citigroup
Thanks again to all who helped.
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