Symposium on Financial Risk Management - February, 2000 - Trinidad and Tobago

By SDS/IFM (02/00, En) See also Infrastructure and Financial Markets

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

February 21, 2000

Introduction and Welcome
Hon. Brian Kuei Tung,
Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago

Sustainable Financial Sector Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development Goals
K. Burke Dillon, Executive Vice-President
Inter-American Development Bank

Risk Management in the Caribbean: Needs and Experiences
Sir Neville Nicholls, President
Caribbean Development Bank

Session I: Risk Management Policies and Practices
Session Chair: Ciro de Falco, Manager
Inter-American Development Bank

Understanding Financial Risk
Allan Malz, Partner, RiskMetrics
(presentation)

The Role of Risk Management in Emerging Markets
Juan Andres Yanes, Market Risk Manager Director, Grupo BSCH
(presentation)

Risk Management Policies and Practices in Regional Financial Institutions
Raoul Hosein, General Manager
Risk Management, Republic Bank

Evaluating Risk Management Policies and Practices: A Supervisor's Perspective
Roger Hernandez, Senior Examiner
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Lunch hosted by K. Burke Dillon, Executive Vice-President Inter-American Development Bank and Sir Neville Nichols, President Caribbean Development Bank

Keynote Address: "The Emerging Financial Architecture: Implications for Financial Sector Development in the English-speaking Caribbean"
Winston Dookeran, Governor
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
(speech)

Session II: Risk Management Techniques
Panel: Guidelines for Risk Management by Financial Intermediaries: Regulatory and Market Perspectives

Chair: Desmond Brunton, Director, Projects Department, Caribbean Development Bank

Overview of Risk Models : A Conceptual Framework for Managing Risk
Hunt Howell, Senior Financial Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
(presentation)

Sources and Uses of Financial Information in developing risk management models
Jim Vinci, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

The importance of risk management in rating financial agencies
Phillip J. Guarco
Vice-President, Moodys
(presentation)

The role and the techniques used by regulators in evaluating risk management models of financial institutions
Roland Raskoff, Basel Committee Risk Management Group Secretariat

Review of Main Issues in Financial Risk Management

Kim Staking, Principal Economist, Inter-American Development Bank

Feb. 22, 2000

Session III: Related Issues for the Region. Session Chair: Jaime Fernandez, Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank

Money Laundering and Risk Management Practices
Calvin Wilson, Lead Expert, Caribbean Regional Task Force on Money Laundering

Incorporating Commodity Risk Management into Financial Risk Management
Christopher Andrews, Vice-President, Citibank Derivatives Group
(presentation)

Lessons from the Jamaican Experience
Colin Bullock, Deputy-Governor, Central Bank of Jamaica
(presentation)

Session IV: Implementing Risk Management Models. Developing a Framework for Financial Risk Management in the English Speaking Caribbean
Session Chair: Pietro Masci, Division Chief, Inter-American Development Bank
(presentation)

Practical Problems: Risk Management in Emerging Markets
Paulina Beato, Principal Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
(presentation)

Issues in Developing Risk Management Models in the English-speaking Caribbean
Winston Cox, Consultant
(presentation)

Implementation of a Model Risk Management Systems in Peru
Pedro Grados, Market Risk Manager, BCSH, Peru
(presentation)

Workshops

Summary and Recommendations
Kenroy Dowers, Financial Specialist, IADB

Closing Remarks
Pietro Masci/Desmond Brunton

Regulatory Workshop

Welcome and Seminar Objective
Jaime Fernandez, Division Chief,
Inter-American Development Bank

Panel: The Relationship between Financial Risk Management and the Regulatory/Supervisory Function
Chair: Pietro Masci, Division Chief, Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division, IADB

Roland Raskoff, Basel Committee Risk Management Group Secretariat

Mignon Wade, Director of Bank Supervision, ECCB

Mario Zambrano, Superintendent of Banks of Peru

Leeto Tlou, Senior Financial Analyst, U.S. Fed. Reserve Board of Governors

Financial Institutions Workshop

Welcome and Seminar Objective
Desmond Brunton, Director, Projects Department, Caribbean Development Bank

Panel: Institutional and Organizational Issues in the Implementation of Risk Management Programs: The Caribbean Experience
Chair: Anthony Maughn, Chief Project Officer, Financial Intermediaries Unit, Caribbean Development Bank

Case: Royal Bank Experience
Suresh Sookoo, General Manager-Risk Management, Royal Bank

Case of the National Bank of Montserrat Ltd.
Mr. Gregory de Gannes, Manager, Bank of Montserrat Ltd.

Implementing Risk Management Systems
Pedro Grados, Market Risk Manager, BCSH, Peru

Challenges and Strategies for Successful Risk Management
Christopher Andrews, Vice-President
Citibank Derivatives Group

Developing a Prototype Framework for the Region
Kenroy Dowers, Financial Specialist
Inter-American Development Bank

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