SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
Ratings agencies –
discover your options
The convergence
within the sector
of US GAAP Eligible for Thursday January 29 2009
Careers event
and IFRS
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Ratings agencies will change following the impact of the credit crisis,
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but the need for ratings will remain. Working at a ratings agency
provides opportunities to work with various product types to specialise
in. These include corporate fi nance, public fi nance, infrastructure,
mean for investors?
structured fi nance, and fi nancial institutions.
Paolo will answer your questions about:
Tuesday January 20 2009
• The skills and attributes required to get into rating agencies
Evening lecture
• The specialist functions available in ratings agencies
• How to stand out from the competition and get into the sector
What will the cW onvergence of accounting standards mean
• Career progression in the sector
ffoor the fi nance profession in the wake of the current
• The role that ratings agencies will play in reshaping the fi nancial
crisis?c
landscape

This seminar will givT e you an insightful glimpse into what
Speaker:
the changes will mean in the wakth e of the current crisis.
Paolo Gazzola, associate director, Fitch Ratings
Michael McMillan will discusM s cultural differences in
Details:
standard-setting approaches and the diffi culties they may
17.30 for 18.00 prompt start. Tea and coffee will be available from
cause. He will also look at prescriptiveness on rules and
17:30.
disclosure and the Financial Accounting Standards
Drinks and canapés will be served at 19:00.
Board’s role.
CFA UK members £25 Non-members £50
As questions are raised about the role that different
accounting standards had to play in the fi nancial crisis,
join us for an evening seminar on the convergence of IFRS
and US GAAP.
Dates for your diary
Speaker:
Michael G. McMillan PhD, CFA, CPA, lecturer, Friday April 24
John Hopkins University
Scottish Annual Dinner
Details:
17.30 for 18.00 prompt start.
Thursday June 18
Tea and coffee will be available from 17:30.
Annual conference –
Drinks and canapés will be served at 19:00.
theory and practice new developments
Watson Wyatt, 21 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LL
Thursday September 24
CFA UK members £25 Non-members £50
Annual Dinner
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