GARP 12th Annual Risk Management Convention

Now in its 12th year, the Global Association of Risk Professionals Annual Risk Management Convention and Exhibition is well established as one of the most anticipated gatherings of international risk management professionals. To be held in New York on March 8-9, 2011, the Convention will convene over 600 participants - leading CROs, heads of risk management, risk management executives, government policy makers and leading academics - for two days of in-depth discussion and debate and the sharing of the latest best practices in the global risk management sector. Today's CRO faces risks that are not just growing in number, but beyond the established risk measurement matrix. How does one model for changes in government policy, and growing environmental and geopolitical threats?

As part of a special breakfast series during the conference, FactSet's Director of Portfolio Risk Research Steve Greiner will present Balanced Risk: Combining Equity and Fixed Income Jeopardy Measures. In this presentation, Steve will discuss FactSet's novel approach to risk measures in balanced mandates consisting of stock and bond portfolios. In addition, you'll understand the usefulness of variance as a risk measure when applied in appropriate ways to examine a portfolio, revealing how a portfolio may behave under differing market scenarios.