September 28, 2007
PRMIA and McGraw-Hill Professional Announce PRMIA Risk Management Book Series
PRMIA today announced that it has signed an agreement with McGraw-Hill Professional, a global publisher in the financial services, education, and business information markets, to publish the PRMIA Risk Management Series.
Under this agreement, McGraw-Hill Professional will re-issue and revise Volume I of the PRM Handbook, the official handbook for the PRM certification and a comprehensive guide to current theory and best practices in risk management. Replacing Volume I of the PRM Handbook are three new books in the series:
* The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Finance Theory
* The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Instruments
* The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Markets
In addition, McGraw Hill Professional will re-issue PRMIA's Energy and Environmental Markets book as the Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Energy Markets.
These four books will release in December 2007. Tentative plans are to issue second editions of the PRM Handbook Volume II and Volume III by late 2008.
"The PRM Handbook is in use in over 120 countries, at all of the top financial service companies and is core reading material at several graduate programs in risk management," says David Koenig, President of the PRMIA Institute and Past Chair, PRMIA Board of Directors. "Our new series with McGraw-Hill Companies will extend the reach of our existing publications, and bring new texts, all written to a higher standard, to the risk marketplace."
"McGraw-Hill and PRMIA share the goal of providing financial professionals with must-have information from the world's leading risk practitioners," says Jeanne Glasser, editorial director of McGraw-Hill Professional.
Going forward, PRMIA and McGraw-Hill Companies are targeting four to six new publications every year. PRMIA's Academic Advisory Council will provide recommendations for new titles and authors.
Formed in January of 2002, PRMIA is a higher standard for risk professionals, with more than 60 chapters around the world and nearly 45,000 members from 180 countries. A non-profit, member-led association of professionals, PRMIA is dedicated to advancing the standards of the profession worldwide through the free exchange of ideas. PRMIA offers the only globally endorsed Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification program, pursued by over 2,000 active candidates in over 90 countries. More information can be found at www.PRMIA.org.
McGraw-Hill Professional is a leading global provider of print and electronic content and services for consumers and the business, scientific, technical, and medical communities. Its offerings include consumer, business, and technical reference books and online solutions on medical and health, engineering, and scientific topics. Headquartered in New York, the company has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Camden, Maine. McGraw-Hill Professional's many imprints and brands include: Schaum's, International Marine, and Osborne. For more information, visit http://www.mhprofessional.com
McGraw-Hill Professional is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2006 were $6.3 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.
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September 25, 2007
PRMIA to Introduce Global Event Series in 35 Cities Around the World
PRMIA today announced that it will launch the PRMIA Global Event Series in February 2008. The PRMIA Global Event Series includes large one-day conferences held in major European, North American, and Asian Markets to anchor the series. In addition, events will be organized in more than 30 other global markets through PRMIA chapter meetings.
The series will unite PRMIA's membership and chapter network with a focused examination of risk issues around four themes throughout the year. "The PRMIA Global Event Series will provide an excellent opportunity for PRMIA members worldwide to be connected through the examination of a specific risk-related theme," says David Millar, PRMIA Chief Operating Officer. "Members will have the chance to hear from industry-leading experts and share with each other through discussions of current best practices in risk management."
Prior to each themed month, PRMIA will conduct a survey of its members on the event topic. A report highlighting the survey results will be written and published as part of the event series.
PRMIA chapters worldwide will host events, including full day conferences in the following cities.
February
Credit Risk
Beijing, London, New York
April
Enterprise Risk Management
Chicago, Mumbai, Paris
September
Operational Risk and Capital Allocation
Hong Kong, London, New York
November
Valuation in an Environment of High Complexity & Liquidity Risk
New York, Paris, Singapore
Check the PRMIA website at www.prmia.org in mid-October for updated information on each of the events, as well as detailed registration instructions.
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September 21, 2007
PRMIA Institute Partners With George Washington University to Offer Course in Professional Risk Management
The PRMIA Institute today announced that it will offer a complete course in Professional Risk Management in conjunction with the George Washington University School of Business. The course will be offered in eight individually bookable sessions on Thursday evenings, January 17 – June 19, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the George Washington University School of Business.
This intensive program, led by faculty of one of the world’s top business schools, provides delegates with a broad and solid foundation of knowledge that will prepare them to effectively practice risk management. “Risk education has taken a center stage recently, given the current credit-crunch problems in the financial markets. These problems in large part have resulted from the improper use of risk-related tools and instruments for risk taking instead of risk management,” says Robert Savickas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, George Washington University. “To help increase the awareness of the correct applications of risk-management techniques, PRMIA Institute and GWSB have partnered to exploit the expertise of our faculty and leading Washington, DC area risk professionals to provide such education.”
PRMIA is also pleased to announce that it is again partnering with Columbia Business School to offer the Professional Risk Management course that was first held during spring 2007. This course will be held on Wednesday evenings, January 9 - May 28, from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the Midtown Executive Club in New York.
"The expansion of our Complete Course program to Washington, DC is an exciting development for PRMIA members in that area. Our partnerships with Columbia Business School and the Business School of The George Washington University reflect the commitment that the PRMIA Institute has to setting a higher standard in risk education, said David R. Koenig, President of the PRMIA Institute and past Chair, Board of Directors, PRMIA.
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September 06, 2007
Top PRM Candidates in Second Quarter Come From Germany, India, Hong Kong and the US
We extend our congratulations to the following candidates for the PRM certification program who have attained the top scores globally during the second quarter of 2007:
Exam I - Finance Theory, Financial Instruments and Markets
Pranav Dheeraj Gundlapalle, Chennai, India
Exam II - Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement
Shibashish Bhattacharjee, Nagpur, India
Harjeet Singh, Mumbai, India
Ashish Kumar Singh, Rourkela, Inda
Maxwell Brothers, Ewing, NJ, USA
Man Chun Yau, Hong Kong
Pranav Dheeraj Gundlapalle, Chennai, India
Exam III - Risk Management Best Practices
Man Chun Yau, Hong Kong
Exam IV - Case Studies, Governance, Conduct
Stefan Kuball, Munich, Germany
Candidates who attain the top score for the entire year on any of the four exams of the PRM certification program are recognized with the PRM Focus Award. Top candidates overall are recognized through the annual PRM Candidate of the Year program.
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Six Candidates Earn Perfect Scores on PRM Exams in Second Quarter of 2007
Congratulations to the following PRM candidates who earned perfect scores on one of the exams of the PRM certification program during the second quarter of 2007:
Exam II - Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement
Shibashish Bhattacharjee, Nagpur, India
Harjeet Singh, Mumbai, India
Ashish Kumar Singh, Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Rourkela, India
Maxwell Brothers, Ewing, NJ, USA
Man Chun Yau, HSBC Insurance, Hong Kong
Pranav Dheeraj Gundlapalle, Irevna Research Services Limited, Chennai, India
PRM candidates come from over 95 countries around the world. Successful candidates pursuing the PRM demonstrate themselves as the higher standard holders among risk professionals.
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