CSI WORLD HEADQUARTERSANNUAL INVESTIGATION, FRAUD, SYSTEMIC RISK MANAGEMENTCONFERENCE 2009

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2 6 - 2 7 MAY 2009

GOING BEYOND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

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Dear Friends,

I hope to see you in Malaysia!Sincerely,Tommy Seah, Chairperson. CSI World Headquarters

Once again, auditors, compliance officers, anti-fraud professionals from the private and publicsectorswill exchange ideasonevolving fraud issues.Join them as they explore the techniques andstrategies being employed to combat these newtwists to financial risk. The 2009 Annual CSISystemic Risk Conference will be in Kuala LumpurMalaysia on 26th May 2009.

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As the Program Chair for the 3rd CSI World Headquarters Regional Confer-ence in Kuala Lumpur, I'd like to welcome you to this conference that brings together a variety of professional finance teams from government, commercial, and academic organizations worldwide to foster coopera-tion and coordination in financial risk prevention, to prompt rapid reaction to financial crisis and incidents, and to promote information sharing among members and the financial community at large. As always, we also extend a warm welcome to all our colleagues in other industry who share our interest in improving financial information protection.

If you or your organization are interested in creating a sound financial management team or are responsible for the coordination of financial risk management whether as a system administrator, network administrator, management, law enforcement, or vendor, you should attend this confer-ence.

I also have some excellent news to share with you. In this conference, we will introduce the CSI-BLACK BELT in Credit Risk Management, Financial Analysis Masterclass which is a mandatory requirement for all new CSIs.

This conference program is an exciting combination of technology as well as management sessions. Our key note speakers include Mr. Tony Reyes, the HTCIA Chairperson from New York and Mr. Phill Russo, the Australian, CIA solution provider on Digital Forensics. Both of them have indicated that they will be conducting their respective Masterclass immediately after the Confer-ence.

You are encouraged to sign up for any of the Masterclass and enjoy all the benefits as a Confer-ence delegate.

MAKE PLANS TODAY TO ATTEND THIS “CAN’T MISS”CONFERENCE. THE CSI WORLD HEADQUARTERSANNUAL INVESTIGATION, FRAUD, SYSTEMICRISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WAS SPE-CIALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE CSI BY RECOGNIZEDCERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS, INTERNAL AUDIT AND ITPROFESSIONALS.

With “ everyone a CSI” approach, this conference will provide you with tools and techniques toassist you in understanding your organization’s systemic risk challenges whether you are delvinginto audit, IT or Fraud examination for the first time or are already savvy in Fraud Examination andsystem appraisal.

The CSI World Headquarters Annual Investigation, Fraud, Systemic Risk Management Conferencewill feature four unique tracks that cater to all experience levels so you get the most out of yourlearning experience. Stay ahead of the technology curve and register today!

THIS TWO-DAY CONFERENCE WILL FEATURE ACOMBINATION OF HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY SESSIONS ANDEXTENDED CASE-STUDY SESSIONS LED BY SENIOR-LEVELFRAUD PRACTITIONERS & RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

The Number 1 FraudBuster in Asia Pacific

Only Regent Emeritus from this part of the world

latest secrets, tactics and developments on Risk Assessment, Fraud Prevention,

leading international and domestic practitionersTake advantage of a programme that has researched and developed with the

CSI World Headquarters 2009 Conference Objectives

BE A CSI and STOP the ROT20

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In order for Financial Institutions to hide as much in liabilities as they wanted, all these firms had to do was to create various types of special purpose entities (SPEs) in which they did not have a controlling interest. In other words, if Bradley-Bingly and Lehman Brothers create a company in which they each take a 50% interest, neither company, technically, has a controlling interest.

Since the mortgage-backed securities that these companies created or bought were sold to investors, in many instances these SPEs were extremely lax in their underwriting standards. Subprime, Alt-A, interest-only and adjustable mortgages with very low teaser rates were given to unqualified home buyers, then packaged and sold to unwary investors. Let the buyer beware. Meanwhile, these SPEs were sending profits up to their joint owners, and executives at these companies were making big bonuses based on spectacular reported earnings.

But as the orgy of lending got so out of hand that buyers of securitized mortgages began to balk, the plans went awry. The execs in big banks couldn't stand to let the orgy end; so, they started guaranteeing the securities in order to get them sold. These guarantees eliminated their protection from the blowback of securities gone bad. Now the liabilities could end up on their balance sheets. Not surprisingly, many did.

That's how we got here. That's why investors will take hits in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and why taxpayers will pay in higher taxes or higher inflation or both. A few top executives will get fired, but they’re not giving back their bonus money, even though all the profits the bonuses were based on have evaporated along with billions of dollars of market capitalization.

YOU can stop this from happening again. Be a CSI.

The Financial Crisis towards the end of 2008 is a plain and simple case poor regulatory supervisison, failure in compliance and internal audit and mis-management of the banks.

> Why Become a CSI ?

> What is CSI (Certified System Investigator)?In most cases, a CSI is someone who has completed a programme of study and practicaltrainings in the CSI, passed the Uniform CSI Examinations and obtained high standard ofprofessional work experience in the field. Due to the high standard of this certifying programme,it is becoming a much sought after benchmark in the financial market. This is an industrialrecognition that CPAs, CFEs, CFAs, etc. seek to be certified.

Enthusiastic internal and external auditors - and IT auditors - are using the knowledge from thiscertification programme to bring value-added services to their clients and corporations.Financialand IT institutions operate within global markets, where change and competitive pressures areconstant. One key corporate strategy is to build up internal business competencies. Havingpeople with the right competencies (the right knowledge, skills and attitude to perform specificjob functions) who understand the markets and the operations, and can navigate through theintricacies of the market place is fundamental for financial institutions to ensure their long-termgrowth and success.

Our objective is to increase the existing pool of competent industrial practitioners who canperform to international standards through a series of structured software trainingprogrammes.

three critical body ok knowledge.Namely,

Black Belt in Financial AnalysisBlack Belt in SEATABlack Belt in Data Analytics and Digital Forensics

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