Dubai, 8th December 2015: 2nd Risk Management in Banking Services commenced yesterday at The Address – Dubai Marina, Dubai – UAE. This 2 day conference aims to gather industry experts from the leading banks in the region to discuss, evaluate and exchange ideas on the latest trends and techniques in managing the risk in the GCC region.

The conference started off with with an inaugural roundtable on why risk governance is still a prime concern, which was joined by experts from Emirates NBD, Bank Al Jazira and Doha Bank. This was followed by an intriguing presentation on staying ahead of the regulatory curve by Horst Simon, Director - Trainer at Moody’s Analytics.

Moody's Analytics is participating in the conference as the Gold Sponsor. Other sponsors for the conference include Experian (Silver Sponsor), CRIF – Dun & Bradstreet (Analytic Partner), Kamakura Corporation (Bronze Sponsor), Loxon Solutions (Associate Sponsor) and Finesse as the Supporting Sponsor.

The New Global Framework for Liquidity Regulations, was explained by Mohamad El-Khalil,, Associate Director Banking at Dubai Financial Services Authority and Anders Nielsen, Analytics Director at Experian elaborated on strategic data governance for Basel analytics & decisioning.

In an exclusive presentation, Deepa Chandrasekhar, Senior Vice President Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO – United Gulf
focused on the integrated approach to managing compliance requirements while a MasterClass and CaseStudy on “Developing
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process(ICAAP) - How to make it Effective”, was conducted by Venkatesh Kallur, Vice President - Head of ERM,Enterprise Risk Strategy & Architecture at Bank Al Jazira

The concluding session of the day was by Tamas Emi, Managing Partner at Loxon Solutions , where he engaged the audience with a presentation titled “The New Wave of Risk Requirements”, which was followed by the networking reception.

Today, the second day of the conference will witness presentations, Case Studies, Roundtable Discussions, Panel Discussions and many more speaker presentations. Participants will witness industry leaders from HSBC Middle East, Noor Bank, National Bank of Fujairah, Doha Bank and Commercial Bank of Qatar among other companies.

This conference has been organized by Fleming.. Fleming Group recently re-branded it's existing brands under a single name – Fleming.. The new brand is an integration of Fleming Gulf, Fleming Europe, American Leaders and Kakushin. With the re-branding, the company aims to integrate it's effort to connect businesses worldwide with the best of knowledge, connections and opportunities, characterized by a new tagline - Critical Business Connections.

The conference covers all the major risk management challenges, issues and trends for the region's organizations and provides a platform for the delegates to interact and learn from industry experts.