For Immediate Release
GARP Hosts 5th Annual Asia Pacific Convention November 19-21, 2008 in Hong Kong
New York, London, Beijing, July 27, 2008: The Global Association of Risk Professional’s (GARP: www.garp.org) 5th Annual Asia Pacific Convention — Asia’s premier risk management event, will be held November 19-21, 2008 in Hong Kong. This year’s annual gathering will attract financial risk professionals from across the region and will kick-off and conclude with four separate one-day workshops on November 19, 2008 and November 21, 2008.
“Featuring high-level presentations, discussions and panels, our 5th Annual Asia Pacific Convention is designed to comprehensively address topics and challenges specific to the Asian risk management community,” said GARP President and CEO Richard Apostolik. “The Convention’s offerings underscore the point that we all must be engaged in Asia’s constantly evolving financial risk management environment.”
Key highlights for the 5th Annual Asia Pacific Convention:
- Yiu-Kwan Choi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will share his view on lessons learned from the US subprime crisis and the challenges risk managers in Asia face in the aftermath.
- Latest on the credit crunch and liquidity crisis, including insights in stress testing from Asian banking representatives of UBS, Citi and Credit Suisse.
- Up-to-date GRC and operational risk developments from the head of departments of ING Investment Management, AIG and Deutsche Bank.
- ERM and effective capital allocation techniques and strategies from the Bank of Japan Fidelity, and UBS Investment Bank.
- Japanese View: Gain firsthand knowledge from Tsuyoshi Oyama, Deputy General Manager from the Bank of Japan on Enterprise-wide risk stress testing across various risk groups, and gain insight from David Nichols, Executive Director and Chief Administration Officer at Morgan Stanley Investment Management on how to keep your business focused through effective risk management.
In addition to hearing from Yiu-Kwan Choi, the Convention will feature exclusive presentations from leading industry experts, including:
- Rahul Gupta, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Shinsei Bank
- David Nichols, Executive Director, Chief Administration Officer, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Japan
- Robert Scanlon, Group Chief Credit Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
- Kate Kwan, Director, Loans & Leverage Finance, Citi
Led by top industry practitioners, 4 new risk management tracks will run simultaneously during the Convention, entailing the latest risk management strategies utilized in the Asian market. Sessions will cover credit, market and operational risk, as well as enterprise risk management.
An exhibition hall will run alongside the one-day Convention. It will feature an array of leading companies within the risk management industry, offering their products and services. Exhibitors include firms such as Moody's Analytics, Algorithmics, BPS, and QRM.
Registration for the 5th Annual Asia Pacific Convention is now open! GARP offers early registration discounts until October 17, 2008. For further information on the Convention and to register, please visit: http://www.garp.com/events/Asia2008.
About GARP
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit independent association of over 78,000 risk management practitioners and researchers representing banks, investment management firms, government agencies, academic institutions, and corporations from more than 167 countries worldwide. It also administers the Financial Risk Manager (FRM®), the certification recognized by financial risk professionals worldwide. As the leading professional association for risk managers, GARP’s mission is the advancement of the risk profession through education, training and the promotion of best practices globally. www.garp.org.
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