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September 26, 2006

Technical University of Munich to Launch PRM Training Program - Joins Other University Programs in Support of PRM

We're very pleased to announce that the Technical University of Munich HVB Institute for Mathematical Finance will launch a new PRM training program in Munich this November.

The HVB Institute for Mathematical Finance joins other leading university programs that have identified the PRM as the higher standard in risk certification programs and are helping to prepare risk professionals for the challenge of this leading risk management certification program.

“We are pleased to work with a selected group of academics and PRMIA in setting global standards for executive and graduate level education in risk management and financial engineering," said Prof. Rudi Zagst, Director of the HVB Institute for Mathematical Finance. "It is our collaborative effort to achieve these goals by performing one of the most challenging certification programs for financial risk managers around the world, the PRM.”

To find out more about the PRMTM training program at the Technical University of Munich, click here to download the course brochure

The Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification program has received formal backing from leading universities in the risk management and financial engineering space. The University of Toronto Risk Lab, The University of Reading ICMA Centre, Technical University of Munich - HVB-Institute for Mathematical Finance, National University of Singapore Centre for Financial Engineering, the Macquarie University Applied Finance Center and a consortium of faculty in Paris representing ESCP-EAP, HEC, Ecole Polytechnique, Sorbonne and Universite Paris Dauphine, have all announced their endorsement of the PRM certification program as the global standard for risk management professionals.

The following academic institutions provide preparatory programs for those seeking to attain the PRM.

The following academic institutions provide preparatory programs for those seeking to attain the PRMTM.  



The PRM certification program is the higher standard in risk certification, being pursued by nearly 2,000 candidates in 88 countries, more countries than any other program. For more information on the program, please visit http://prmia.org/INDEX/prm-cert.php.

A Few Endorsements of the PRM program

"PRMIA sets the standard for education in professional risk management. All practitioners should be encouraged to advance their knowledge and enhance their credentials by gaining PRM certification."

-Dr. Linda Kreitzmann, Director of the Masters in Financial Engineering Program, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

"A leading group of academics in renowned universities across the world have joined forces with PRMIA to organise and deliver essential training for those wishing to achieve professional qualifications. We have played an active role in the development of the PRM examination syllabus and we fully support this qualification."

-Prof. Carol Alexander, Chair of the Risk Management Department and Head of Research, University of Reading ICMA Centre

"I have been accepted for admission to Stanford and Carnegie Mellon - to their Master program in financial math and computational finance respectively. My application wouldn't have been so successful without the endorsement of the PRM. I'm proud to be part of an institution like PRMIA"

-Tan Heng Wee, PRM, Singapore

"The Paris faculty members of the PRM program, belonging to the best academic institutions in France, such as ESCP-EAP, HEC, Ecole Polytechnique or Université Paris Dauphine..., do appreciate the theoretical level of this international risk management course and fully validate its content. They consider that passing the PRM means a high level of expertise in the various areas of risk management (market risk, credit risk, operational risk...)"

-Prof. Didier Marteau, , ESCP-EAP

"PRMIA is the international leader in risk management certification and CSI wholeheartedly endorses its PRM designation."

-Roberta Wilton, Ph.D, President & CEO, Canadian Securities Institute, Toronto, Canada

Posted by dkoenig at September 26, 2006 11:28 PM

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