Association of British Insurers’ Solvency II Seminar Four: Outsourcing
October 3rd 2012 | 14:00 | London

With insurers’ focus now invariably switching from influencing policy-making to implementing the near-final Solvency II rules within their businesses, the ABI is continuing its series of implementation seminars with a half-day event, hosted at the ABI. This seminar assessed the key Solvency II implementation challenges in relation to insurers’ outsourced activities and the Solvency II requirements.

The session provided delegates with practical advice for enshrining the relevant Solvency II requirements within their business and featured expert speakers, a panel session and small group work to facilitate discussion & understanding of the main issues and the identification of potential solutions.

Managing Bond and Loan Pricing
28^th September 2012 | 8:30 – 17:30 | London

Ioannis Akkizidis, Global Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ FRSGlobal, was guest speaker at the ‘Managing Bond and Loan Pricing’ Incisive Training Risk event in September where he presented on, ‘Data and pricing: challenges and opportunities’. The one day event discussed the dynamics of bond and loan markets and discussed the challenges in the bond issuance market. In addition, an examination of credit ratings and the changing macro-economic environment on bond and loan issuance market was also covered.

Banking & Insurance Summit 2012
26^th September 2012 | Frankfurt

On September 26th 2012 more than 100 business decision makers (C-level, Directors, VP’s, Head of Finance, etc.) from the FSI market met in order to get up to speed with all the latest developments in Reporting, Compliance Management, Risk Management, and exchange knowledge. The summit included plenary sessions and pre-arranged 1:1 meetings with significant participants in our own FRSGlobal Executive Lounge.

Basel 2.5 - The Market Risk Framework
12^th September 2012 | Webinar

Ioannis Akkizidis, Global Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ FRSGlobal, as discussed the proposed elements of Market Risk Framework & Basel 2.5.

5th Annual China Banking Risk Management International Summit 2012
14^th and 15^thAugust 2012 | China

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ FRSGlobal sponsored the 5th Annual China Banking Risk Management International Summit 2012 in Beijing, China, which addressed risks, opportunities, internal and external troubles. Are you ready for all the challenges?

Around the World in 60 Minutes
Quarterly update on the regulatory challenges facing the financial industry
26^th July 2012 | Webinar

Selwyn Blair-Ford, Head of Regulatory Policy - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal provided a concentrated review of recent regulatory changes and looked forward to what changes will impact the global financial industry in the coming months.

India Basel III – Are you ready for 2013?
19^th July 2012 | Webex

Our Head of Global Regulatory Policy, Selwyn Blair-Ford, conducted a run through of the most recent developments and impacts Basel III have on firms in India. He also talked about the things you should be looking at and the Basel III roadmap.

Stress Testing the Risk of Sovereign Debt
12^th July 2012 | Webinar

Ioannis Akkizidis, Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal hosted a webinar on June 27th 2012 to explore the elements of stress testing sovereign risk aligned to the current financial crisis.

3rd Gulf Research Meeting
11^th - 14^th July 2012 | University of Cambridge

Dr. Sunil Kumar, Head of Risk Management Middle East and Africa, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal presented a joint paper at the 2012 Gulf Research Meeting on "The performance of Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study of Conservative, Liberal and Moderate Institutions"