Press Release
AFP/GARP to hold FREE Chicago Seminar on FAS 133
Sponsored by Principia Partners and Westdeutsche Landesbank
New York, October 25, 1999 – Underscoring their commitment
to bring the best of products and services to end-users of derivatives,
Principia Partners will join Westdeutsche Landesbank in co-sponsoring
a seminar on FAS 133, the Financial Accounting Standards Board's
new derivatives and hedge accounting standard. The event, presented
jointly by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP, formerly
known as TMA, the Treasury Management Association) and the Global
Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), will be held on Friday
afternoon, December 10, 1999, at the Chicago Hyatt Regency Hotel
from 1 to 6pm.
Principia Partners and Westdeutsche Landesbank will underwrite the cost of the Chicago FAS 133 event, which is free to all attendees. The companies have also worked with the AFP and GARP to identify topics of discussion for the half-day seminar and to secure an outstanding roster of expert speakers. In addition, Theresa L. Adams, a Principia principal, will serve as general moderator of the seminar, and David Kwun, a vice president at Westdeutsche Landesbank, will present the bank's perspective on implications of FAS 133 on corporate end-users of derivatives. Among other individuals scheduled to appear are:
Robert Traficanti
Project Manager
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Ira Kawaller
President, Kawaller & Company; and, member of the Derivatives
Implementation Group
Paige Grumulaitis
Director
Enron Corp.
For more information or to register for the AFP/GARP Chicago FAS 133 seminar, please contact:
Principia Partners
(201) 946-0300
www.AFP-GARP-FAS133.com
For press information contact:
Shamira Alidina
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London W1B 2BP
shamira@write-image.co.uk
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7959 5450
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7493 5499
Email: shamira@write-image.co.uk