Join us for a Crystal Ball Financial Public Seminar in London.. This half-day event is geared towards users in the financial sector and aims to introduce attendees to Crystal Ball software, teaching you best practises and applications, using example models and customer case study demonstrations.

Date: 30 April 2008

Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Location: Oracle London City Office 1 South Place, London EC2M 2RB (Near Moorgate Tube station)

Refreshments and lunch will be provided

To register, contact Patrick Bolger patrick.bolger@oracle.com., +44 207 816 7665

This seminar will feature a Crystal Ball solution specialist and a number of speakers from the financial sector. Topics and examples covered will range from basic financial applications of Crystal Ball to the more advanced uses in Asset Portfolio Planning and Project Finance Analysis.

Dave Hammal, Solutions Specialist with Oracle's Crystal Ball Global Businss Unit will give an overview of Crystal Ball, showing you how to enhance your spreadsheet models and how to use Monte Carlo simulation for predictive management, forecasting and optimisation.

John Von Wentzel, Director, Asset Financing and Leasing, Deutsche Bank AG will show attendees how Crystal Ball was used in modelling a portfolio of assets.  In particular he will look at the benefits of validating the model by backward testing against historical performance. John will also discuss a method to handle correlations when there are also seasonal or cyclical patterns in the data. 

Dr. Lars D. Wellejus, Financial Products Advisory, KfW IPEX –Bank GmbH will discuss Stochastic Project Finance Analysis: Rating by Monte Carlo Simulation with Crystal Ball.  Dr. Wellejus will look at how deterministic and ratio analysis of a project finance deal relates to it’s probability of default and the derivation of it's rating using Crystal Ball.

To register please contact Patrick Bolger patrick.bolger@oracle.com. + 44 207 816 7665