Philadelphia, Pa. (March 4, 2002)
-- RMA—The Risk Management Association will hold its eleventh annual Conference on International Securities Lending on May 14-16, 2002 at the Inter-Continental Wien in Vienna, Austria. The conference is jointly sponsored by RMA and the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA).
"In addition to a comprehensive business program, we also two have excellent keynote speakers," said Curtis Knight, RMA's director of Securities Lending. "Rt. Hon. Lord Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and current chairman of the Central Europe Trust, will address the Conference on Wednesday. Jeremy Rifkin, founder and president, Foundation on Economic Trends, will address the Conference on Thursday."
ISLA represents the common interests of securities lenders in the UK and continental Europe and acts as a liaison with regulators and other market participants to assist in the secure and competitive development of the stock lending markets. RMA, a nonprofit professional association of more than 3,000 financial institutions worldwide, supports the activities of its members engaged in securities lending through conferences, round tables, training programs, newsletters, and surveys.
More information about the conference is available on this Web site or by contacting Kim Gordon at 215-446-4021. RMA is the only financial services association that specializes in promoting effective credit risk management practices across the entire financial services industry. Its membership consists of more than 3,000 financial service providers. These institutions are represented in the association by more than 16,000 commercial loan, credit, and risk management professionals in 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and numerous foreign cities, including Hong Kong, Singapore and London.