The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets -CISDM- Selects RiskMetrics Group as Exclusive Risk Management Solution for Post-graduate Curriculum.Business Editors AMHERST, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2003 RiskMetrics Group's Gordon Yeager Joins the Advisory Board of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst “CAIA” redirects here. For other uses, see Caia. Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) is a professional designation offered by the CAIA Association to investment professionals who complete two examinations in succession. Association Tom Schneeweis, Director of the Center for International Securities 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. (CISDM CISDM Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets ) at the University of Massachusetts' Isenberg School of Management The Isenberg School of Management is a highly competitive business school located at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. , today announced the selection of RiskMetrics Group as exclusive risk management solutions provider for the school's post-graduate curriculum. In conjunction with the agreement, RiskMetrics Group's Gordon Yeager has agreed to join the Advisory Board of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association to help provide oversight to the development of a standard professional credential in the field of alternative investments. "CISDM considers itself a leader in developing educational courses in traditional and alternative investments, both of which require a better understanding of the risk management process," said Schneeweis. "The application at the core of this development will be RiskMetrics Group's RiskManager solution. The RiskManager solution, currently used around the world by hedge funds hedge fund, in finance, a highly speculative, largely unregulated investment device. Originating in the 1950s, the funds "hedge" by offsetting "short" positions (borrowing a security and then selling it at a higher price before repaying the lender) against "long" , asset managers and banks, will be the centerpiece of the educational process used for both internal risk management courses as well as research projects associated with CISDM." "The principles of sound risk management practice have become the most critical component to understanding contemporary financial markets," said RiskMetrics Group's Gordon Yeager. "We're enthusiastic at the prospect of bringing our accumulated expertise into the classroom, where tomorrow's Wall Street leadership will benefit from a truly comprehensive curriculum." About RiskMetrics Group: RiskMetrics Group is the industry leading financial risk management and technology firm, empowering institutions and their clients around the world to make better investment decisions. RiskMetrics Group's risk management and wealth management systems, services, and data are used by hundreds of leading financial institutions, multinational corporations
Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z . The company has seven offices around the world, including 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 , London, Tokyo, and Singapore. About CISDM (Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets): A non-profit academic research center at the Isenberg School, CISDM focuses on security and investment fund performance in both U.S. and international asset markets. CISDM's goals are to facilitate research in both traditional and alternative investment markets, to promote interactions between the academic and business communities, and to make available educational material on international financial markets to financial and non-financial firms. CISDM is generally regarded as the premier academic non-profit research center dedicated to furthering understanding of the asset markets, especially alternative investments. About CAIA CAIA Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst CAIA Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance CAIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Applications CAIA China Automotive Industry Association (Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst): The CAIA Association is a non-profit educational association, which focuses on alternative investment education and is the sponsoring organization for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation. The CAIA Association is sponsored by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA AIMA Alternative Investment Management Association AIMA All India Management Association AIMA Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (textbook) AIMA Associazione Italiana Malattia di Alzheimer ) and the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) - two organizations providing global leadership for alternative investment professionals by setting the highest standards in alternative investment education, professional conduct and advocacy programs. The CAIA Program is designed to promote and maintain professional standards for those employed or engaged in the alternative investments industry, facilitating both personal and professional development through education and certification. |
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