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G A R P p r o v i d e s i t s F R M p r o g r a m f o r t h e te s ti n g , a na l ys is and e v a lu a ti o n o f t h e s ki l ls , q u a li f i ca t i o ns , e d u c a ti on a n d c o m p e t e n cie s o f o t h e r s i n t h e f i e ld o f f in an c ia l r isk ma na g e m en t .

T h e F R M C er t i f i ca t e h as b ee n ad o p t e d b y c o m p a n ies as a b e n c h ma rk to e ns u re t he i r r i sk ma na ge m e n t e m p lo y e es a r e we l l v e rs ed in t h e l a te s t f i n an c ia l ri sk c o n cep t s . T h e C e r t i f ica t e i d e n ti f ie s ris k p r o fe ss i on a ls t ha t a r e q ua li f ied t o p r o v id e c o m p e te n t a d vi c e B as ed on g lob a l ly ac c ep ted i nd us try s ta nd a rds a nd w h o are committed to p e rs onal p ro f e s s i o n a l d e v e l op me n t.

Date

6 Sep 27 Sep 4 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct

Saturday (9am – 5pm) Tutorial Sessions Quantitative methods

Market risk 1

Market risk 2 Market risk 3

Credit risk 1

Credit risk 2 Regulations/Basel II

Risk & investment management

25 Oct

Operational & integrated risk management

1 Nov

Mock exam/practice questions/revision day

Tuesday (6pm – 9pm) Optional Discussion Sessions

9 Sep 30 Sep 7 Oct 14 Oct

FRM PRIMER

21 Oct

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FRM 2008 Exam Preparation & Tutorial sessions

28 Oct CLINIC

Early Bird Price (Until 31 August) All Saturday Modules + Clinic = £ 1250 + VAT All Saturday Modules + Clinic + Evenings = £ 1800 + VAT Full Price (After 1 September) All Saturday Modules + Clinic = £ 1500 + VAT All Saturday Modules + Clinic + Evenings = £ 2000 + VAT Only Saturday Clinic on 1 November = £ 500 + VAT Exam Date: 15 November 2008 OptiRisk Systems UNICOM R&D House, One Oxford Road, Uxbridge, UB9 4DA, Middlesex, UK. http://www.optirisk-systems.com/frm Tel: +44 (0)1895 256 484

London ™Weekend and evening revision sessions ™Exam preparation materials www.optirisk-systems.com/frm

BACKGROUND

PRESENTER

UNICOM Seminars Ltd & OptiRisk Systems are one of the very few UK training providers offering staged and weekend FRM revision sessions in the London area. It is the only course led by a trainer who has himself passed the FRM examination and has worked with GARP setting some of the examination questions.

The Course is presented by leading risk practitioners and headed by Gary van Vuuren, who has worked in investment

The course offered comprises the FRM Primer (a series of lectures and discussion sessions) and the FRM Clinic, a full-day revision clinic. The Primer is split into 6, full-day tutorial modules, each covering a different topic of the exam. These tutorials follow a flexible – but well-defined – syllabus covering most of the FRM curriculum. The modules take place on Saturdays from 09:00 – 17:00 in Uxbridge, West London, near Brunel University.

banking and now works at one of the “big three” credit rating firms. He is himself FRM accredited.

In addition, there are optional discussion sessions held on Tuesday evenings from 18:00 - 21:00, which may be used for practicing examination questions and, if necessary, further coverage of topics covered on the Saturday sessions. These sessions will be held in the City – close to Moorgate tube station. There is also a full-day FRM Clinic held on a Saturday, 2 weeks before the FRM examination. This allows delegates to undertake a relatively realistic “mock” FRM examination some time before the real one and thus avoid the pre-exam stress.

www.optirisksystems.com Tel: 01895 256 484 Fax: 01895 813 095 Email: [email protected]

Delegates receive an extensive reading list and pre-course material. They also complete a pre-course “diagnostic” to ensure they get the most out of the course.

Saturday (9am – 5pm) Tutorial Sessions

Date 6 Sep

Quantitative methods

27 Sep 4 Oct

Market risk 2 Market risk 3

11 Oct 18 Oct

Market risk 1

Credit risk 1

Risk & investment mgt

25 Oct

Operational & integrated risk management

1 Nov

Mock exam/practice questions/revision day

Exam: 15 November 2008

FRM

9 Sep 30 Sep

Credit risk 2 Regulations/Basel II

Tuesday

(6pm – 9pm) Optional Discussion Sessions

7 Oct 14 Oct 21 Oct 28 Oct CLINIC

PRIMER

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Building on experience gleaned from five years of providing FRM training, we have restructured several aspects of the course to deliver the maximum benefit to delegates. Remember, we want to give delegates every chance to achieve success in the FRM examination! The course will now embrace a flexible – but well-defined – syllabus covering most of the FRM curriculum. (Topics that will not be covered are those which require dedicated, rote learning – such as the Legal, Accounting and Ethics sections.) Initially, delegates will be asked to complete a short (25 questions), precourse, multiple-choice, self-diagnostic test and send the results back to us. From these we will be able to assess areas of weakness or confusion and will adapt the course such that we concentrate more of our efforts and resources on those specific topics. The lectures take place over 6 Saturdays. If there is sufficient interest – additional, short (3 hour), evening sessions (on 6 Tuesdays) will be arranged – during which examination questions will be practised and any more in-depth questions, not covered in sufficient detail in the Saturday sessions, may be addressed. Before the course begins, we will provide suggested readings from the prescribed Jorion textbook, as well as popular study guides such as Schweser and Bionic Turtle. Delegates are strongly advised to read these thoroughly and work through them before the topics are presented as it is impossible to cover all of risk management in a short course. Finally, the 8-hour Saturday FRM Clinic will now be held two weeks before the FRM examination rather than the traditional one week prior. This will allow delegates to undertake a relatively realistic “mock” FRM examination some time before the real one and thus avoid the pre-exam stress experienced in previous years.