FINCAD Announces Global Partnership With FRM® Study Course

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and DUBLIN, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FINCAD, the leading provider of financial analytics, has partnered with the FRM Study Course to provide candidates from around the world with access to its award-winning enterprise analytics platform, F3. The FRM Study Course is authored by Christian Cooper, a senior derivatives trader who launched the program three years ago.

The intent of this partnership is to combine the real world trading and risk management experience with the strength of FINCAD's analytics platform into one comprehensive learning tool. This partnership will enable FRM candidates to see the practical application of the exam curriculum.

"I have used FINCAD products over the course of my career and I am particularly impressed with the flexibility and power of F3. Giving my students access to F3 is an extraordinary opportunity for them to use real tools and develop an intuition about risk as opposed to just memorizing formulas," commented Mr. Cooper. "There will be focused instructional modules for all of the relevant exam topics such as derivatives pricing, risk management, enterprise risk management tools, and credit risk management.  These modules will be delivered in a combination of excel spreadsheets as well as a web interface."

"We're very excited that F3 will be offered globally to students enrolled in the FRM Study Course while they are preparing for the exam," said Bob Park, President & CEO, FINCAD. "Our enterprise analytics platform is highly flexible and powerful through our patent pending risk technology, allowing professionals to create complex financial products easily and obtain the comprehensive risk analysis.   This is a great opportunity for students to get hands-on experience with a technology that's being used by finance professionals in today's market."

FINCAD, FinancialCAD are registered trademarks or trademarks of FinancialCAD Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their holders. FRM® (or Certified FRM®) are trademarks owned by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

About FINCAD

Founded in 1990, FINCAD provides advanced modelling solutions built on award-winning, patent pending technology. With more than 4,000 clients in over 80 countries around the world, FINCAD is the leading provider of financial analytics technology, enabling global market participants to make informed hedging and investment decisions. FINCAD provides software and services supporting the valuation, reporting and risk management of derivatives and fixed income portfolios to banks, corporate treasuries, hedge funds, asset management firms, audit firms, and governments. FINCAD Analytics can be accessed through Excel, MATLAB, as a Software-as-a-Service or embedded into an existing system through software development kits. Now, over 70 FINCAD Alliance Partners embed FINCAD Analytics within their solutions. FINCAD provides sales and client services from Dublin, Ireland, and Vancouver, Canada.

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