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
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