Governance and Case Studies

Session VIII, Governance and Case Studies focuses on a high level review of best practices in corporate governance of financial institutions and derivatives portfolios. Reviews of famous cases where best practices failed or were not in place are covered in hopes that they will not be repeated where professional risk managers are employed.

May 21 & 28, 2009

• LTCM
• Riggs Bank
• OrangeCounty
• California Power Crisis
• National Australia Bank

Registration Fee: $695.  Invoicing is available.  Contact training@prmia.org.

Kathleen Hanley – Kathleen Weiss Hanley joined the Securities and Exchange Commission for the second time in her career in February 2005 as an Economic Fellow.  Prior to joining the SEC, she was on the faculty at the University of Maryland as an associate professor and at the University of Michigan as an assistant professor.  She has written extensively on the topic of corporate finance with an emphasis on initial public offerings, corporate disclosure, internal controls, short selling and closed-end funds.  Her research has been published in leading finance journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial Intermediation and Financial Management.  She is currently a Practitioner Director for the Financial Management Association.  Her work at the Commission focuses on corporate finance and disclosure as well as issues related to Sarbanes-Oxley. She received her Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Florida and her undergraduate degree from Indiana University.