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August 14, 2003

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China's Ministry of Education Approves PRM Exam

August 14, 2003 - PRMIA received notice this week that the Ministry of Education in China has approved the PRM for offering in the People's Republic of China. Effective immediately, candidates in China can take any of the PRM exams, any business day at one of the 20 centers in China where the exams are offered... Read More.
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News for Members
Dr. Syed Ahmad Named to Lead PRMIA Washington, DC Chapter
Dr. Guan-Seng Khoo Named First Regional Director for PRMIA Thailand Chapter
Call for Papers: Bachelier Finance Society World Congress 2004
UC Berkeley MFE Graduate Students Available for Internships with PRMIA Members
Web Site Upgrades Coming: PRM-Only Section, Jobs Board and Members-Only Section
PRMIA Board Elections Upcoming





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Webcast: Panel on Risk Management in Hedge Fund Investing (New!)   (Thanks to Hilary Till, Chicago) Wednesday, July 9, 2003: Second Annual Panel on Risk Management in Hedge Fund Investing A Roundtable Discussion led by Maria Bartiromo, Anchor & Producer, CNBC’s “Special Report with Maria Bartiromo” Panelists Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group Jane Buchan, Founder, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co Noreen Harrington, SP Capital Management Lisa Polsky, Partner, L-Squared Asset Management Hilary Till, Co-Founder & Portfolio Manager, Premia Capital Management
Review of Trends in Insurance Securitization - 2003 (New!)    Morton Lane and Roger Beckwith of Lane Financial present their annual review of activity in the insurance-linked securities market. This year we have combined the review with our annual discussion of pricing trends
Commentary on the German Power Market (New!)    From Prospex Research, London: The German market is at the heart of the European power business, but it has yet to set the pace for the region as a whole. From a new entrant’s point of view, this is only to be welcomed.
A New General Approach to Capital Adequacy: A Simple Alternative to Basel II (New!)    An article by Charles Taylor, Director of Operational Risk for the RMA (Risk Management Association) puts forward a simple and comprehensive alternative to Basel II. (be sure to see accompanying notes link below)
Notes on: A New General Approach to Capital Adequacy: A Simple Alternative to Basel II (New!)    Notes to accompany his article on a New General Approach to Capital Adequecy: a simple alternative to Basel II. (see link above for full article)
Free Research Reports from Global Risk Regulator (55 views to date)    From Global Risk Regulator, London: a monthly publication that targeted to risk managers. These are links to free publications on their site.
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Risk Management for Traditional Asset Managers forum
Operational Risk for Investment Management firms
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Energy Risk Professionals in Houston or Elsewhere
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Incorporating Liquidity Risk in VaR
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Credit Risk forum
Credit risk model implementation
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Operational Risk forum
What is the future of Rogue Trading?
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Operational Risk Capital under AMA
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Enterprise or Firmwide Risk Management forum
What are the Models to be used for assesing Firm wide Risk
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Market VaR forum
Trader's VaR Limit Allocation
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About VaR
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what should be discussed in ALM committee?
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Earnings at risk
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Origin of VaR
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Re:Are there any Good packages for VaR
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EWMA vs Garch
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Component VaR
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Bloomberg VAR Calculation
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Forex Modeling
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career in risk management
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Risk Management Job Openings

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