The conference discusses the best market practices and standards in regional markets and examines issues that influence lending markets worldwide.
Philadelphia, Pa. (October 19, 2006)—The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA) and The Risk Management Association (RMA) today announced that their fourth Annual Securities Lending Conference will be held March 6-9, 2007, at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai, in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.
Planning for this jointly sponsored conference has begun, and some of the topics being considered are risk management reporting and disclosure, fixed-income market developments, and selected Asian securities lending market updates.
Developed by industry professionals, the comprehensive business program attracts representatives from all over Asia and the Pacific Rim region. This conference on securities lending discusses and defines the best market practices and standards in the regional markets, and it examines issues that influence lending markets worldwide.
Information, registration, and hotel reservations for the conference will be available soon via the RMA Web site. This is a secure site and all information provided is protected against outside intrusion.
About RMA
Founded in 1914, The Risk Management Association is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RMA has 3,000 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions. They are represented in the Association by 17,000 risk management professionals who are chapter members in financial centers throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Visit RMA on the Web.
About PASLA
The Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA), incorporated in Hong Kong in 1995, is an association of firms that are active in the business of borrowing and/or lending securities of Asian markets.
At present, PASLA has 40 member firms that include 10 lenders, 26 borrowers, two local industry bodies, and two alternative investment funds. These firms are domiciled across five continents. PASLA membership is open to both “international” firms, which are active in several markets, and “local” firms, which are active primarily in their home markets.
Contact:
Kathleen M. Beans
RMA Public Relations Manager
215-446-4095