RMA—The Risk Management Association and the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) will present the Annual Conference on Capital Management in New York, June 15-16, at the New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers
Philadelphia, Pa. (May 3, 2004)—RMA and PRMIA will present the Annual Conference on Capital Management in New York, June 15-16, 2004, at the New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers. The conference will focus on today’s pressing issues in risk and capital management. Ethiopis Tafara, director of the Office of International Affairs at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will be the keynote speaker.
The challenge of implementing the proposed Basel II Accord is a major focus of the conference, and it will be addressed through interactive panel discussions that specifically address each of the Accord’s three pillars. Other sessions address strategic bank asset management, risk mitigation through insurance, issues in credit derivatives, and data issues in balance sheet management. Operational risk best practices and case studies, as well as securitization under Basel II and credit risk, also will be addressed.
Leading business journalists and investment bankers will discuss what disclosures the markets are looking for from today’s risk managers. Speakers include leading bankers, regulators, and consultants who have done research in various fields related to capital management.
“The Annual Conference on Capital Management offers bankers the opportunity to hear new approaches to continuing challenges relating to capital management,” said Maurice H. Hartigan II, president and chief executive officer of RMA. “It also gives them the opportunity to discuss issues and solutions with colleagues from around the country.”
This is the first year that PRMIA is joining RMA in presenting the Annual Conference on Capital Management. “PRMIA is pleased to partner with RMA on this well-established event and to help establish the turning point for the risk profession in moving from debate to implementation of Basel II," said David R. Koenig, PRMIA executive director and board of directors chair.
More information about the Annual Conference on Capital Management is available on RMA's Web site, www.rmahq.org, or by contacting Customer Care at 1-800-677-7621.
About RMA
Founded in 1914, RMA—The Risk Management Association is a nonprofit, 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-wide 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 16,000 risk management professionals in North America and numerous cities overseas, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, and London. Members meet regularly through RMA’s strong chapter network, which consists of more than 125 local chapters across the globe.
About PRMIA
PRMIA is the Professional Risk Managers' International Association. Founded in 2002, PRMIA currently has 45 chapters around the world and over 13,000 members in more than 130 countries. PRMIA is a tax-exempt, nonprofit, member-led association of risk professionals dedicated to the advancement of the profession worldwide through the free exchange of ideas about risk management.
Visit PRMIA on the Web at http://www.prmia.org/