Effective January 1, 2009, PRMIA will be making changes to its Sustaining membership fees, discount structure, and Professional Risk Managers' (PRM) Handbook pricing. We recommend that you read through the details below and consider taking advantage of our current pricing during these last few weeks of 2008 to stock up on those materials that will help you navigate your way through our current troubled economic times.
PRMIA offers three levels of Sustaining memberships -- full Sustaining members, Low-Income Economy, and full-time Student. The PRMIA full Sustaining membership fee will increase from $100 to $125 annually. The Sustaining membership fee for Low-Income Economy members and full-time Student members will be $50 annually. Become a Sustaining member today and take advantage of:
Full access to PRMIA Exclusive Content, including survey results
To learn more about Sustaining memberships or to upgrade or renew your membership, click here.
Sustaining member discounts
To receive discounts on the purchase of PRMIA products and registrations for PRMIA-led training courses and events, you will need to be a Sustaining member. PRMIA will no longer offer scholarship discounts. Sustaining members will also receive varied discounts on PRMIA-led training courses and events.
Publications
Pricing on the complete PRM Handbook Volume, single books within the series, and the Professional Risk Managers' Guide to the Energy Market will be changing as outlined in the chart below. Sustaining member discount rates will apply to all of these books. If you are a PRM Exam candidate, we encourage you to purchase your PRM Handbook now before the prices rise in January. Click here to purchase or to learn more about PRMIA publications.
Complete Set
Five-volume PRM Handbook Series
Current pricing:
Softcover: $325 plus shipping
Digital: $260
Pricing January 1, 2009
Softcover: $375 plus shipping
Digital: $295
PRM Exam 1
Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Finance Theory
Current Pricing:
Hardcover: $55 plus shipping
Digital: $44
Pricing January 1, 2009
Hardcover: $70 plus shipping
Digital: $63
Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Instruments
Current Pricing:
Hardcover: $55 plus shipping
Digital: $44
Pricing January 1, 2009
Hardcover: $70 plus shipping
Digital: $63
Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Markets
Current Pricing:
Hardcover: $55 plus shipping
Digital: $44
Pricing January 1, 2009
Hardcover: $70 plus shipping
Digital: $63
PRM Exam 2
Mathematical Foundations of Risk Measurement
Current Pricing:
Softcover: $99 plus shipping
Digital: $75
Pricing January 1, 2009
Softcover: $99 plus shipping
Digital: $75
PRM Exam 3
Risk Management Practices
Current Pricing:
Softcover: $99 plus shipping
Digital: $75
Pricing January 1, 2009
Softcover: $99 plus shipping
Digital: $75
Non-PRM Exam Publication
Professional Risk Managers' Guide to the Energy Market
Current Pricing:
Hardcover: $55 plus shipping
Pricing January 1, 2009
Hardcover: $65 plus shipping
Please do not hesitate to contact us at support@prmia.org with any questions you may have.
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December 18, 2008
Institutions Need Regulation and Qualified Risk Committees, Says Bob Merton
Please click on the link below to see a summary of Bob Merton's speech from the recent Risk Minds 2008 in Geneva.
http://www.chasecooper.com/News-Regulatory_Regulation-2008-12-15.php
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December 09, 2008
IEEE Call for Papers: 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering
The CIFEr Conference is the major collaboration between the professional engineering and financial communities, and is one of the leading forums for new technologies and applications in the intersection of computational intelligence and financial engineering. Intelligent computational systems have become indispensable in virtually all financial applications, from portfolio selection to proprietary trading to risk management.
Papers are being accepted for this two day conference in the areas listed below and must be submitted by January 10th, 2009. For further details on paper requirements and submission please click here.
For questions regarding the call for papers and the conference please contact:
Robert Golan, DBmind Technologies Inc, USA
Tel: 1 917 837 1257, email: bob.golan@dbmind.com
Financial Engineering Applications:
- Risk Management
- Pricing of Structured Securities
- Asset Allocation
- Trading Systems
- Forecasting
- Hedging Strategies
- Risk Arbitrage
- Behavioral Finance
- Exotic Options
- Portfolio Optimization
- Front/Back Office Operations
- Algorithmic Trading
- Agent-based Computational Economics
- Electricity/Energy Markets
Computer & Engineering Applications & Models:
- Neural Networks
- Probabilistic Modeling/Inference
- Fuzzy Sets, Rough Sets, & Granular Computing
- Intelligent Trading Agents
- Trading Room Simulation
- Time Series Analysis
- Non-linear Dynamics
- Financial Data Mining
- Trading Business Rules & Dialects
- Rules and XBRL for Financial Engineering Applications
- Semantic Web and Linked Data for Computer & Engineering Applications & Models
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December 03, 2008
Bahrain Chapter Formally Opened
At the 2008 International Risk Seminar on November 30th, The Bahrain Chapter was formally opened with a cake-cutting ceremony by His Excellency Rasheed AlMaraj, the Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, and David Millar, PRMIA’s Chief Operating Officer.
At the following event, chaired by Kalyan Sunderam, PRMIA Bahrain’s Regional Director and Chief Risk Officer and Deputy CEO of the Bahraini Saudi Bank, the speakers included Richard Ellis, Advisor to the Banking Supervision Directorate of the Central Bank of Bahrain, David Rowe, EVP for Risk Management at Sungard, Moorad Choudhry, Head of Treasury of the Europe Arab Bank, and Ashraf Bseisu, Chairman of the Bahrain Insurance Association and President of GAIF. Presentations were followed by a lively question session.
From left to right:
Gary Muriwai, Director of the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance
His Excellency Rasheed AlMaraj, the Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain
David Millar, Chief Operating Officer, PRMIA
Kalyan Sunderam, PRMIA Bahrain’s Regional Director and Chief Risk Officer and Deputy CEO of the Bahraini Saudi Bank
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