Released on: November 6, 2007, 10:45 pm

Press Release Author: PIC Solutions

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: Cape Town, 6 November 2007 - PIC Solutions, the leading
specialist credit risk management consultancy in the Africa Middle East region, will
chair the African Credit Risk Management Conference 2007.

Press Release Body: Nick Geimer, PIC Solutions Head of Consulting and Analytics and
Chairman at the conference, comments, "Naturally I am honoured to have been invited
to chair this conference. This event cannot be overlooked by any serious credit
grantors in Africa, as it presents the ideal opportunity to gain access to current
thought leaders' new ideas and solutions on dealing successfully with the challenges
that the region brings."

Stephen J. Leonard, Managing Director at PIC Solutions added, "This strategic event
provides insight into international best practices, managing risk exposure and
capitalising in an ever-changing market on new opportunities in Africa. We have
worked extensively in the emerging markets and together with our specialised credit
risk products can provide the African banking industry with unique solutions."

Held at the Park Hyatt Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, this conference will take
place on 8-9 November 2007. Aimed at top decision makers, this event will focus on
key industry issues including:

 Exploring the new implications of the updated National Credit Act and its
impact on credit lending
 Understanding the global perspective of Credit Risk in Africa
 Mastering ways of diversifying portfolios to better manage risks
 Discovering ways in acquiring strategic portfolio growth through retail credit
 Assessing the suitability of strategies of wholesale lending in
international markets versus Africa
 Evaluating the final phase of the implementation of Basel II and inspecting
the challenges in going live
 Reviewing processes to establish Credit Risk Management efficiency in
emerging markets
 Examining the challenges of macro-economic and financial market backdrop to
credit risk

For further details on the African Credit Risk Management Conference 2007, visit:
http://www.marcusevans.com/html/eventdetail.asp?eventID=13182&SectorID=2&divisionID=


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organisations. We are experts in the fields of credit, risk and software and have an
established track record of success powered by solutions.


Our ongoing commitment is to enable clients to optimise the credit life cycle.


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