In the year and a half ahead, PRMIA New York also intends to increase the number of "C-Suite" events for our senior-most members. These invitation-only events will be limited to 20 executives or less, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, best practices, and concerns peer-to-peer.

The chapter will additionally host a variety of other special events, partner conferences, and evening meetings on subjects like Complex Structured Financial Transactions, Pension Risk, Political and Emerging Market Risk, Environmental Risk and many more. From April 18-20, PRMIA is pleased to co-organize the 2007 Investment Symposium with the Society of Actuaries and PRMIA New York looks forward to hosting a joint event with the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE) early in the new year.

"New York is home to the world's thought leaders in risk. We are fortunate to have these leaders as our members, volunteers, and sponsors," said James Tunkey, Regional co-Director for PRMIA New York. "This forward programming reflects a strategic decision to grow with our membership. More regular C-Suite meetings hosted by PRMIA's member-led non-profit organization will provide new opportunities for leaders to generate and exchange views on risk. Larger events on topics of broadest interest will enable the chapter to deliver a wider set of perspectives than is possible to relay during our traditional evening briefings. Our sustaining members and chapter supporters are certainly going to benefit."

In addition to the offerings above, the PRMIA Institute, a partnership between PRMIA and leading university programs around the world, will expand its course offerings in New York, featuring an eight-part Complete Course in Professional Risk Management with the faculty of the Columbia Business School, it's highly popular Credit Derivatives course and new subjects as are demanded by the profession.

"We're very pleased with the leadership that James Tunkey has brought to the New York chapter and to support growing service to PRMIA members in the New York area," said David R. Koenig, Executive Director of PRMIA. "What we see in this program is the best of what can be developed through the local chapter and our global partnerships, serving the long-run interest of our membership."

The next events in the New York area are:

October 10, 2006 Economic and Asset Return Expectations

October 17-18, 2006 PRMIA Institute Credit Derivatives Course (SOLD OUT)

December 5, 2006 Risk Year in Review

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