A Practical Approach to The Green Book Compliance The Green Book sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies, and is a crucial safeguard over public resources. State, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as not-for-profit organizations, may adopt the new Green Book standards as a framework for an internal control system. This one-day CPE seminar provides an overview of the principles-based Green...

All financial institutions need an effective data governance strategy and are increasingly under pressure to significantly transform and improve processes in this area. To do this successfully, those responsible for data governance must be able to influence stakeholders and back-office operational decisions. Data governance is a key driver in the recent proliferation of CDO roles, and has also been highlighted by regulators through BCBS 239, w...

Clearly, cybersecurity is big problem for everyone. Financial service companies, in particular, face a tough task in adhering to compliance frameworks and managing Cybersecurity risks, while at the same time providing services at competitive prices. They need to focus on regulatory frameworks, compliance measures, and technology solutions in response to emergent regulatory and compliance requirements. Recent events have created a movement towa...

(DSB) Designing Secure Buildings: Integrating Security Technologies – This 3-day workshop is designed to familiarize students with twenty-one design principles used in preventing and detecting criminal activity and reducing the effects of acts of terrorism on the safety of personnel and damage to facilities and critical infrastructure. Specific modules include; Terrorism Ideologies, Security Basics, Philosophies and Design Strategies, Bl...

Join us for a special global trade conference in New York The United States is in the midst of unprecedented negotiations for two major trade agreements: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with nations on the Pacific Rim, and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), with the members of the European Union. The talks have the potential to reshape global commerce. The Politics of Negotiation These delicate trade negotiations...

This specialist training course has been designed to focus on the assessment of risk models in the context of concrete risk model implementation. Over the last few decades we have seen the use of quantitative risk models become a cornerstone of financial regulation. Financial institutions now have to determine capital buffers based on increasingly complex modelling techniques. In addition, the crisis has highlighted the need for rigorous and c...

This year is shaping up to be the biggest year for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program in a decade -- a third record year in a row. Observers of the program say that proposed enhancements may lead to even more exciting results. For example, Congress is likely to approve a proposal for raising the leverage ceiling to $350 million for families of SBIC funds under common management, up from the current $225 million ceiling. Congr...

Summary This October 21-24, sees Risk magazine's biggest and most renowned event: Risk USA, returning to New York for the 19th annual conference. Description Risk USA is the most authoritative conference for CROs, CIOs, regulators, traders, portfolio managers and other senior financial decision makers within the risk community. The 4 day agenda offers 6 different streams of content delivered by industry experts who will come to together to sha...

Jump start your career. Energize your Future. Acquire skills needed in a changing world. The New York Times Knowledge Network and Fairleigh Dickinson University have come together to offer online certificates in several emerging careers: Business, Technology and Communications Global Leadership Cybercrime and Computer Forensics Global Security, Safety and Terrorism Studies United States Homeland Security Studies Global Healthcare and Human Ser...

Jump start your career. Energize your Future. Acquire skills needed in a changing world. The New York Times Knowledge Network and Fairleigh Dickinson University have come together to offer online certificates in several emerging careers: Business, Technology and Communications Global Leadership Cybercrime and Computer Forensics Global Security, Safety and Terrorism Studies United States Homeland Security Studies Global Healthcare and Human Ser...