Applications for the 2008 exam up 35% over last year
NEW YORK, LONDON and BEIJING, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at 9 am local time in each of 78 cities around the world, a record-breaking total 13,681 financial professionals are registered to take the annual Financial Risk Manager (FRM(R)) certification exam offered by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP, www.garp.org). From New York to Hong Kong, the 6-hour exams are being taken at testing centers located in major cities across six continents including Mumbai, Beijing, Jakarta, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Bangkok, London, Paris, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Dublin, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Melbourne, Sydney, Johannesburg, Montreal, Toronto, Dallas, Seattle, Honolulu and many others.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081115/NY46110 )
For a photo of the candidates taking the GARP FRM Exam in New York please see the link above.
For a list of all exam cities please click on the following link: http://www.garp.com/frmexam/FRM_ExamSites.aspx
"There are 500 candidates registered to take the exam in New York, 1,700 in Hong Kong and 1,100 in Mumbai, reflecting the significant and growing global attention to the practice of financial risk management," said Richard Apostolik, GARP President and CEO. "FRM certification has become the gold standard for financial risk managers to objectively demonstrate real world competence in their profession, and the FRM certification program is helping to expand industry-wide understanding of financial risk management best practices, concepts and theories," he added.
About GARP
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit independent association of close to 100,000 risk management practitioners and researchers representing banks, investment management firms, government agencies, academic institutions, and corporations from more than 167 countries worldwide. It also administers the Financial Risk Manager (FRM), the certification recognized by financial risk professionals worldwide. GARP's mission is to be the leading professional association for risk managers, managed by and for its members dedicated to the advancement of the risk profession through education, training and the promotion of best practices globally. For additional information please visit: www.garp.org.
Contacts:
Carl Hymans
G.S. Schwartz & Co.
212-725-4500, ext 304
Mobile: 917-868-0378
carlh@schwartz.com
Danielle Robitaille
G.S. Schwartz & Co
212-725-4500 ext. 338
drobitaille@schwartz.com
SOURCE Global Association of Risk Professionals
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