FINCAD Launches Educational Program for Corporate Treasuries

VANCOUVER, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- FINCAD, the trusted provider of derivatives analytics, has launched its online educational program aimed to help corporate treasuries better manage their financial risk.

Developed by FINCAD's global team of derivatives experts, the FINCAD Online Educational Program is a complimentary offering to inform and help treasurers across the globe mitigate their derivative risk.

The program includes an ongoing series of webinars, videos and whitepapers created by FINCAD and industry experts in the financial market on current industry trends, necessary best practices on topics including counterparty risk exposure, transparency, and the impact of pending regulatory changes (IFRS 7) and existing regulations such as FAS 157 and IAS 39.

Later this month, FINCAD will also launch its online Derivatives Transparency Scorecard that will allow financial professionals to determine the level of transparency and auditor-readiness of their derivative valuation process.

As part of this program, FINCAD is offering a complimentary webinar with Celent Research on April 22, 2010 titled Treasury Transparency: Critical Strategies for Auditor-Ready Derivative Valuations.  This one hour online session will provide seven critical steps that every company needs to know in order to set up a transparent derivatives valuation process. Register for the webinar today.

"We understand that now more than ever, having the right tools and knowledge on how to best manage financial risk is critical to the success of companies, yet training time and budgets are very limited," said Bob Park, President and CEO, FINCAD.  "We're committed to equipping corporate financial professionals with critical information and strategies for best practices in financial risk management.  The online nature of our program provides ease of access and allows treasuries to leverage our complimentary training materials at their convenience."

About FINCAD

Founded in 1990, FINCAD provides software and services supporting the valuation and risk management of cross-asset class derivatives and fixed income securities to banks, corporate treasuries, asset management firms, auditors, and governments. FINCAD is the industry standard for financial analytics used by more than 35,000 financial professionals in over 80 countries. Over 70 FINCAD Alliance Partners embed FINCAD analytics within their solutions.

SOURCE FINCAD