Will this webcast/webinar perform on Linux? Jason
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 14:08 -0700, Kendra Penrose wrote: > Connecting the Dots: US SEC, ABS Mandates, Financial Modeling and Python > > Date: Wednesday September 22, 2010python-announce-l...@python.org, > Time: 10:00am PST/1:00pm EST/ 17:00 UTC > Space is limited so register now at > https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/151429928 > > Join us for a webinar co-hosted by Ann Rutledge, R&R Consulting, and > Diane Mueller, ActiveState, focused on the recent US SEC regulation, ABS > Mandates, Financial Modeling and Python. > > Recently, the US SEC published a proposal (33-9117) covering a series of > new initiatives to address the current lack of transparency of > asset-backed securities (ABS). This new series of SEC proposed > initiatives are a way of putting "teeth" into Reg AB that would give the > SEC (and the market) enough data to police and prevent events like the > recent subprime crisis. > > In this webinar, Ann Rutledge and Diane Mueller will discuss a new key > technical requirement in the SEC proposal; the provision of a Python > computer program and the market data required to properly monitor and > analyse these complex ABS transactions. The role of the proposed program > is to enable the capture of all the complicated terms of an ABS deal in > code that can be used to analyze the cash flows in each deal and how the > returns will get split up between different parties. Currently, > investors, fund managers, and investment managers receive a complex, > textual description of this information in the prospectus, which makes > it difficult to perform or visualize a rigorous quantitative or if-then > analysis of the asset-backed securities. > > By attending this webinar you will learn: > * some historical challenges regarding regulation of the asset-backed > securities (ABS) market > * technical benefits of Python and XML for capturing essential financial > information in ABS transactions > * about opportunities for collaboration between between regulators, > accounting standards bodies, and the open source software community > > If you are in the finance industry and are affected by the new SEC > regulations, you don't want to miss this webinar! > > Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/151429928 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
