TORONTO
CHAPTER MEETING

 
Risk Management in an Era of Global Turmoil

May 07, 2009
5:00 PM

Cost : Free

Meeting Venue
Fields Institute,222 College Street, Toronto
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Risk Management is more critical today than ever before.  Key factors include greater business uncertainties, higher investor expectations for transparency, regulatory requirements and heightened board awareness.  Join us to learn more!
 
5:00 - 5:30       Registration
 
5:30 - 5:40       Welcome
 
5:40 - 6:20       Marcus Cree will present "Risk Management in Unprecedented Times"
 

6:20 - 7:00       Panel Discussion

                           Panelists:

                           Moderator:  Graham Pugh, V.P., Investment Risk Management, OMERS

                           Phelim Boyle, School of Business and Economics, Wilfred Laurier University 

                           Anca Drexler, Managing Dir.,Investment Operations, Research & Risk-OPTrust

                           David Koenig,  Chief Executive Officer, The Governance Fund, LLC

                           Jonathan York, Vice President, SunGard, Bancware ERisk

 

7:00 - 8:00       Networking Reception
 
 
 
Speaker Bios:
 

MARCUS CREE is the North America Solutions Director, SunGard Trading and Risk Systems.  His experience and education, has moved him from a Mathematics degree through market analyst for a trading desk, through portfolio management and performance attribution both within the industry directly and as a software designer, through risk management for capital markets firms on the software side, provided a thorough grounding in the techniques used to measure and evaluate market and credit risk/return.  These have been extremely analytical roles, requiring keeping fully up to date with structured products and valuation sophistication as well as requiring an appreciation for the practical side of actually managing risk.   As a UK citizen and a US green card holder, Marcus is able to and do work across multiple global markets.

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Jonathan York
Vice President of Technology & Development
Mr. York is Vice President of Research and Development at BancWare ERisk, a division of SunGard specializing in risk and capital management solutions for financial institutions. He is responsible for managing the research and development of methodology and solutions for risk and capital analytics. This includes BancWare’s software product line for economic and regulatory capital as well as managing the methodology consulting business, and providing thought-leadership for the organization’s clients.
Prior to joining BancWare ERisk, Mr. York was a Risk Consultant at IBM where he was one of the leading professional experts in the EMEA Risk Management Practice. While at IBM, Mr. York designed and implemented solutions for large, international financial institutions to help them measure and manage their risk and identify optimal strategies.
Mr. York received his B.A. with Second Class Honors in Physics from the University of Oxford (UK).
 
 
Presenters
 
Marcus Cree,  North American Solutions Director,  SunGard Trading and Risk Systems
 
Jonathan York,  Vice President of Research and Development at BancWare ERisk,  SunGard
 
Phelim Boyle,  Professor of Finance,  Wilfrid Laurier University
Bio
 
Anca Drexler,  Managing Director, Investment Operations, Research and Risk,  OPTrust
Bio
 
David Koenig,  CEO,  The Governance Fund LLC
Bio
 
Graham Pugh,  VP Investment Risk Management,  OMERS
Bio
 
 
This event is made possible by the generous support of SunGard
 
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