For Immediate Release Thursday, March
21, 2002
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MEDIA ADVISORY: ISDA’s 17TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The International Swaps and
Derivatives Association is holding its 17th
Annual General Meeting in WHAT: ISDA’s 17TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AGM 2002 will
feature discussions on a number of key derivatives and risk management
issues, including: w
Global
derivatives public policy issues w
Derivatives
industry business issues w
Implementation
of the Euro w
European
emerging markets w
w
E-trading
systems and ISDA technology initiatives Social events
include receptions at the Museum für Kommunikation, the Gemäldegalerie
and the WHO: AGM 2002 will showcase industry leaders and key
public policy makers such as: w
Professor Otmar Issing, Member
of the Executive Board, European Central Bank w
Heinrich Linz, Chief Risk Officer, Member of the Board, Dresdner
Bank AG WHEN: APRIL
16-19, 2002 WHERE: HOTEL
INTER-CONTINENTAL BUDAPESTER
STRASSE 2 10787 ISDA is the global trade association representing leading
participants in the privately negotiated derivatives industry. ISDA was chartered in 1985, and today has
more than 550 member institutions from 42
countries on six continents. These members include most of the world's
major institutions that deal in privately negotiated derivatives, as well as
many of the businesses, governmental entities and other end users that rely on
over-the-counter derivatives to manage efficiently the financial market risks
inherent in their core economic activities.
Information about ISDA, including the Annual General Meeting agenda,
is available on the Association's web site: www.isda.org. ISDA’s
Annual General Meeting is an invitation-only event that is open only to
Association members. Accredited journalists are invited to attend AGM 2002
and its social events as press guests. There is no registration fee for
journalists. Members
of the media planning on attending this invitation-only event, please RSVP
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