1. Toronto
Newsletter
January 2013 Edition
News and Update
Event Updates:
Advanced stress testing and the evolving regulatory
environment
This event will feature Peter Christoffersen, Professor of Finance
at the Rotman School of Management, who currently serves on
the Model Validation Council at the Federal Reserve Board.
The event will be moderated by Greg Frank, VP, Capital Markets
Risk Analytics at CIBC.
Panellists:
•Virginie Traclet, Assistant Chief Financial Institutions Division,
Financial Stability Department, Bank of Canada
•Corina Deaconu, Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management,
Scotia Bank
•Scott Bredall, Partner, Oliver Wyman
Governance and Risk Management
Panel discussion on important corporate governance
considerations for adequate risk oversight at financial
institutions.
Discussion will be moderated by PRMIA representative Vuk
Magdelinic, Global Banking and Capital Markets,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Panelists:
•Rani Turna, Partner, Global Banking and Capital Markets,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
•Clare Gaudet, Vice President, Enterprise Risk Governance, TD
Bank Group
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2. Upcoming Events
Advanced stress testing in the evolving regulatory
environment
January 29, 2013, 5:15 PM, First Canadian Place, Art Gallery,
100 King St. West.
Governance and Risk Management
January 31, 2013, 5:30 PM, PwC Tower, 18 York Street, 26th
Floor, Suite 2600.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Impact of CVA, Basel III,
Funding and Central Clearing
February 7-8, 2013
PRM Training
March 2013 - May 2013, RiskLab, University of Toronto
Call for Speakers
PRMIA Toronto is looking for risk professionals and subject
matter experts who are interested in speaking at our events. If
you would like to be added to our speaker list, please fill out this
form and submit it to toronto@prmia.org.
Careers in Risk Management
PRMIA Toronto is organizing a workshop on careers in risk
management. To have your suggested career path incorporated,
please let us know at toronto@prmia.org.
Articles
The Risk of the Single Metric by Bill Sharon
Over the past several decades the number of metrics used to measure a company’s worth have
narrowed to one: profit. The formula is simple
Profit = Excellence
You can find this simple construct in everything from the bombastic pronouncements of Donald Trump
to the harangues of Jim Cramer. While these people may not represent the more thoughtful among us,
make no mistake; their views on what constitutes excellence are widely accepted. The problem is that
the formula makes no sense from a factual perspective and creates tremendous problems in assessing
risk.
Click here to read the paper.
Education
Professional Risk Manager (PRM)
The PRM certification program is the global standard for the world's top financial risk professionals.
Endorsed by leading businesses and leading graduate programs, it counts candidates from more
countries than any other program for risk managers. For more details or to sign up, click here.
Associate Professional Risk Manager (Associate PRM)
3. The Associate PRM is a new PRMIA certificate program intended for staff entering the risk
management profession, or those who interface with risk management disciplines on a regular basis.
For more details or to sign up, click here.
Toronto Job Postings
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speakers, so fill out this form
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Recent Events
Past presentations can be downloaded from PRMIA Toronto
website.
Women in Risk Mangement
November 21, 2012, Ivey Leadership Centre, 130 King W.,
Toronto
A Practical Approach to Operational Risk Management
October 11-12, 2012, Toronto
Risk Management Case Competition
June 23/28, 2012, Toronto Board of Trade, West Ballroom, 77
Adelaide Street West, M5X 1C1.
OIS Discounting and Related Challenges - CVA, DVA, FVA
June 26, 2012, 5:30 PM, Ontario Bar Association Conference
Centre, 20 Toronto Street.
11th Annual Canada Cup of Investment Management
May 31-June 1, 2012, 9:00 AM, InterContinental Toronto Centre,
225 Front Street West.
Risk Management in Hedge Funds
May 3, 2012, 5:30 PM, Ivey ING Center, 130 King St. West,
Ground Floor.
Commodity and Energy markets: Current Risks and trends
April 24, 2012, 5:15 PM, First Canadian Place, Art Gallery, 100
King St. West.
8th Buy Side Risk Managers Roundtable: Implications of
Dodd- Frank for financial Institutions
April 18, 2012, 5:30 PM, KPMG Offices, 333 Bay Street, Bay-
Regional Directors
Graham Pugh, OMERS
Mihaela Capra, TD Bank
Steering Committee
Adrian Weiss, Raymond James
Andrea Yu, Accenture
Dan Rosen, R² Financial
Technologies
Dean Bouridis, Canada Business
Plans
Eric Yao, AGF Trust Company
Greg Frank, CIBC Capital
Markets
Hasan Abedi, IPmax
Communications
Hovik Tumasyan, PwC
Justin Lau, TD Bank
Karl Kriese, PFG Canada Inc.
Kruno Perkovic, Synchronycs
Luis Seco, University of Toronto
and Sigma Analysis and
Management
Monisha Sharma, RBC
Nam. A. Nguyen, PwC
Ram Iyer, Magnum Opus
Talal Alam-Eddine, Scotia
Vuk Magdelinic, PwC
Yannick Lefang, TD Bank
