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PRMIA NEWSNews and information from industry's higher standard in risk associations. May 08, 2008 PRMIA to Hold Operational Risk Measurement CoursePRMIA Training & Education will hold an Operational Risk Measurement course June 2 and 3 in London. Continue reading "PRMIA to Hold Operational Risk Measurement Course" Posted by Janet Tritch at 04:07 PM | Comments (0) May 07, 2008 PRMIA Reaches 50,000 MembersPRMIA is pleased to announce that it now has 50,000 registered members from over 180 countries worldwide. PRMIA was formed in 2002 by a small group of volunteers. In only six years, PRMIA has surged from a start-up to a highly respected organization with a truly global reach. Continue reading "PRMIA Reaches 50,000 Members" Posted by Janet Tritch at 08:33 AM | Comments (0) April 16, 2008 PRMIA Chapters Worldwide Host ERM Events During AprilPRMIA chapters worldwide are hosting events during the April PRMIA Global Event Series. This month's theme focuses on Enterprise Risk Management. Continue reading "PRMIA Chapters Worldwide Host ERM Events During April" Posted by Janet Tritch at 10:40 AM | Comments (0) April 02, 2008 PRMIA Congratulates MFA Best Paper Award WinnersPRMIA Institute would like to congratulate Roger Lee from the University of Chicago and Peter Carr from New York University for receiving the Midwest Finance Association's (MFA) Best Paper Award in Derivatives for their paper entitled "Robust Replication of Volatility Derivatives." The award, which was sponsored by PRMIA Institute, was presented at the recent MFA Annual Meeting. Lloyd Blenman, MFA Program Chair, says, "These authors are world-class researchers, and we are proud that they submitted their paper to our conference." Posted by Janet Tritch at 09:29 AM | Comments (0) March 13, 2008 New Regional Chapter in Kuala LumpurPRMIA announces today the appointment of Dr. Joseph Eby Ruin as the Regional Director of a new chapter in Kuala Lumpur! Dr. Ruin is the Founder and Proprietor of RiskFirst Consultancy and Training Services in Kuala Lumpur. PRMIA wishes him success in his new role and we look forward to seeing future activity in Malaysia. Posted by Katie M Gittins at 09:38 AM | Comments (0) February 21, 2008 PRMIA Announces Partnership with Loyola University ChicagoThe PRMIA Institute today announced a new university partnership with Loyola University Chicago. Continue reading "PRMIA Announces Partnership with Loyola University Chicago" Posted by Janet Tritch at 03:36 PM | Comments (0) January 30, 2008 New Co-Regional Director of MontrealPRMIA announces today the new Co-Regional Director of Montreal, Faruk Patel. Faruk is the Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management at State Street Global Advisors Ltd (Canada). He has been a PRMIA member since February 2002 and also holds the PRM. Faruk and Co-Regional Director David Streliski have an exciting vision for the Montreal chapter. The new Montreal chapter bylaws have recently been posted, you can view them by visiting the Montreal Chapter website. Posted by Katie M Gittins at 01:24 PM | Comments (0) December 29, 2007 PRMIA Appoints New Co-Regional Director to the Philippines ChapterPRMIA announces today a new Co-Regional Director of the Philippines regional chapter. Eloisa Mariano joins the current Regional Director Sofia Ladores to lead the Philippines regional chapter. Eloisa is the Assistant Vice President and Head of Statistical Analysis and Market Risk Management Division/CRMG of UnionBank of the Philippines in Manila. She has been a member of PRMIA since October 2004. PRMIA wishes Eloisa success in her new role. Posted by Katie M Gittins at 10:33 AM | Comments (0) December 10, 2007 New PRMIA Chapter Vienna holds Kick-off EventPRMIA is pleased to announce a new regional chapter in Vienna. The chapter held a very successful kick-off event on December 3rd, 2007 at Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, with 60 risk professionals in attendance. Vienna Regional Director Kurt Blecha started the evening with an overview of PRMIA and the Chapter’s main goals. Oscar McCarthy, Regional Director Amsterdam who attended as an international PRMIA representative, provided a global perspective of PRMIA as well as taking a more detailed look at PRM Certification. Key speaker Thomas Gross, Board Member and Chief Risk Officer of Bank Austria, discussed active portfolio management from a board members perspective. The second key speaker for the evening, Paul Kocher, Board Member and Chief Treasury & Chief Capital Markets Officer of Hypo Alpe Adria Bank International AG, presented on the risks for investors in the South Eastern region of Europe. Presenters and delegates attended a reception after the event, where members were able to socialize and network. The kick-off event set the standard high for the new chapter and members left with high expectations. PRMIA would like to congratulate the Vienna chapter on the success of their first event! Want to know more about what the Vienna chapter is doing? Edit your member profile and sign up to the chapter today! Posted by Katie M Gittins at 09:51 PM | Comments (0) Welcome Sai Sireesh and Ed Dumas as New Regional DirectorsPRMIA welcomes two new Regional Directors today! Sai Sireesh will be joining Seth Shapiro as Co-Regional Director of the Seattle Chapter. Sai has been a very active member of PRMIA since 2003. He was the former Co-Regional Director of Singapore and is a member of the Regional Director Support and Standards Committee. Sai is the Director and Global Head of Risk Management and Compliance Strategy of the Financial Services Industry at Microsoft Corporation. Ed Dumas is replacing Debbie Williams as Regional Director of the Boston Chapter. Ed has been a member of PRMIA since 2003 and is a very active Steering Committee member of the Boston chapter. He is also a volunteer on the Advisory Committee of the Global Event Series. Ed is the SVP & Director of Global Treasury Risk Management at State Street. Posted by Katie M Gittins at 12:29 PM | Comments (0) November 26, 2007 Congratulations and Welcome New Regional Directors of Sweden and ViennaPRMIA would like to extend a warm welcome to the new Regional Directors of Sweden and Vienna. Cecilia Ardstom will be taking over the Regional Director role of Sweden from Lars Soderlind. Cecilia has been a member of PRMIA since 2002. Kurt Blecha will be leading the new chapter of Vienna as Regional Director. Kurt is a Partner at Deloitte and has been a member of PRMIA since 2003. Kurt and the Vienna Steering Committee will be launching the new chapter with a kick off event December 3rd, 2007. We wish Cecilia and Kurt the best of luck and success in their new role. Posted by Katie M Gittins at 09:48 AM | Comments (0) November 16, 2007 PRMIA Hedge Funds Forum Fills to CapacityWe are pleased to announce that the November 16 PRMIA Hedge Funds and Proprietary Trading Forum in New York filled to capacity. Continue reading "PRMIA Hedge Funds Forum Fills to Capacity" Posted by Janet Tritch at 09:12 PM | Comments (2) October 31, 2007 Elections ResultsThe Special Meeting of Members for the purpose of electing Board Members was held at 1700 GMT at the offices of Lepus, 46 Bow Lane, London, UK. No proxy votes or objections were received at the meeting. The results were: Americas
David Streliski (director re-standing for election), Sunando Roy, and David Rowe are Directors of PRMIA with immediate effect. Posted by at 09:41 AM October 18, 2007 PRMIA Minneapolis Announces Stephen Lindo as New Regional DirectorPRMIA Minneapolis today announced the appointment of Stephen Lindo as its new Regional Director. Mr. Lindo is currently the Vice President, Risk Capital Management, GMAC Enterprise Risk Services. He has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and financial industries, including 20 years of risk management experience. He has a Bachelor and Masters degree from Oxford University, London. Continue reading "PRMIA Minneapolis Announces Stephen Lindo as New Regional Director" Posted by Janet Tritch at 10:49 AM | Comments (0) October 10, 2007 PRMIA Aims to Enhance Risk Industry in JapanPRMIA today announced the addition of PRMIA Tokyo as its first chapter in Japan. Koichi Dezuka, Senior Manager with Ernst & Young in the RAS (Risk Advisory Services for Financial Services) as well as the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services globally, is the Regional Director of the new PRMIA Tokyo Chapter. Continue reading "PRMIA Aims to Enhance Risk Industry in Japan" Posted by Janet Tritch at 09:57 PM | Comments (0) |
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