Connecting the Dots: US SEC, ABS Mandates, Financial Modeling and Python
Date: Wednesday September 22, 2010
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
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