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INTERNATIONAL SWAPS AND DERIVATIVES ASSOCIATION

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

For Immediate Release Friday, April 16, 2004

 

ISDA: DEMYSTIFYING CREDIT DERIVATIVES SEMINAR FOR JOURNALISTS

 

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association invites journalists to attend its free seminar, Demystifying Credit Derivatives, in London on Tuesday, April 27, 2004. Offered exclusively to members of the media, the seminar will explore basic and intermediate-level topics related to the role of credit derivatives in financial risk management.

 

The seminar will include a roundtable Q&A session with leading market practitioners, including ISDA board members. Please note that all the day’s events are off the record.

 

WHAT:           DEMYSTIFYING CREDIT DERIVATIVES SEMINAR FOR JOURNALISTS

The seminar will feature the following discussion topics:

                                               

w              Credit Derivatives Products and Their Applications: A review of credit fundamentals, as well as a discussion of various credit products, including credit default swaps, total return swaps, synthetic securitization and more.

 

w              Perspectives on the Global Credit Risk Transfer Market: An overview of current innovations and the leading areas of growth. 

 

WHO:             Dr. David Mengle, Head of Research, ISDA, and Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, Adjunct Faculty, Fordham University Graduate School of Business, will lead the course.

 

                        Leading market practitioners, including ISDA Board members, will participate in an informal Q&A session following the lecture.

 

WHEN:           Tuesday, April 27, 2004

                        Breakfast: 8:30 AM

                        Seminar: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

                        Q&A: 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

                        Luncheon: 12:45 PM

 

WHERE:         The Allen & Overy Offices

One New Change

                        London EC4M 9QQ

 

Members of the media planning on attending this invitation-only event, please RSVP to: Jennifer Iannibelli, Kennedy & Company, (1) (914) 961-2436 or jennifer@kennedycom.com.                       

 

Please note that space is limited, and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

 

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