Coopers & Lybrand launches Multimedia Guide to Swaps.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1997-- CD-Rom training and reference tool offered in fundamental and comprehensive versions Coopers & Lybrand, one of the world's leading professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firms, today released its newly-developed Multimedia Guide to Swaps, a CD-ROM formatted training and reference tool on the swaps and derivatives markets The derivatives markets are the financial markets for derivatives. The market can be divided into two, that for exchange traded derivatives and that for over-the-counter derivatives. . The two self-paced interactive training programs were jointly developed with Finexis, an international financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. software developer. The guide comes in two versions: 1) a basic fundamentals version introducing the theory and practice of swaps; and 2) a more comprehensive version that runs more than 12 hours of instructional texts and graphics on accounting, tax and legal issues, management controls and pricing models. The comprehensive version also includes an exhaustive electronic encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books of terms and explanations of markets and jargon jargon, pejorative term applied to speech or writing that is considered meaningless, unintelligible, or ugly. In one sense the term is applied to the special language of a profession, which may be unnecessarily complicated, e.g., "medical jargon. as well as a series of exercises and tests. Donald Brooks Donald Brooks (January 9, 1928 - August 1, 2005) was an American fashion designer. Born Donald Marc Blumberg in New Haven, Connecticut, Brooks attended Syracuse University followed by the Yale School of Drama, where he first decided to become a costume and clothing designer. , national chairman of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P's capital markets group, said the program is useful to anyone who deals in the derivatives marketplace. "The swaps market has revolutionized every aspect of finance in the capital markets arena. It's imperative for everyone in international finance and risk management related functions to further develop their knowledge of these complex instruments," Brooks said. Brooks also noted that the business alliance between Coopers & Lybrand and Finexis draws on the complementary expertise of both organizations. Coopers & Lybrand's U.S. and U.K. firms contributed industry expertise and technical content related to accounting, taxation, valuation and pricing of the financial instruments. Gifford Fong Associates, in alliance with Coopers & Lybrand, contributed content on valuation and pricing models. Finexis designed and programmed the various modules based on its professionals' first-hand knowledge and experience in the capital markets. Boris Antl, a principal in Finexis, said demand for this product also springs from the current volatility of currency and interest rates. "The development of complex derivative instruments Derivative instruments Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of an underlying financial asset. , including swaps, results from a range of factors, such as the lifting of trade barriers and the opening of new financial markets, as well as increased competition for market share in emerging economies." The Coopers & Lybrand and Finexis developers of the Guide designed it to be flexible enough to satisfy a broad range of training requirements, wherever one is on the learning continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
Gifford Fong Associates, in alliance with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., develops leading global financial risk management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects and systems solutions to accurately measure, evaluate, monitor and manage risks at all levels of an organization. One of the world's leading professional services firms, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. provides services for enterprises in a wide range of industries. The firm offers its clients the expertise of more than 16,000 professionals and staff in offices located in U.S. cities and, through the global network of Coopers & Lybrand International, more than 74,000 people in 142 countries worldwide. CONTACT: Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Steven Silber, 212/259-4059 |
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