Dear Colleague, We are very pleased to announce the forthcoming 5th Annual CARISMA conference. 5th Annual CARISMA Conference 2010: The Interface of Behavioural Finance and Quantitative Finance, 2 - 3 February 2010, London Pre-conference workshop: News Analytics Applied to Trading, Fund Management and Risk Control, 1 February 2010, London http://www.optirisk-systems.com/events/carisma2010.asp In particular, we would like to bring to your attention to [1] The pre-conference workshop on News Analytics Applied to Trading, Fund Management and Risk Control on 1 February 2010 http://www.optirisk-systems.com/events/carisma2010.asp [2] The Evening Executive Briefing - Behavioural Finance and News Analytics, 18:00-20:00, 2 February 2010, London http://www.optirisk-systems.com/events/carisma2010eveningbriefing.asp ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WORKSHOP PROGRAMME ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Introduction Gautam Mitra, OptiRisk Systems/CARISMA Session 1: Overview If you had everything computationally, where would you put it, financially? David Leinweber, UC Berkeley Session 2: Technology and Applications (I) Incorporating News Analytics into Quantitative Investment and Trading Strategies Richard Brown, Thomson Reuters The Role of News in Financial Markets Peter Hafez, Ravenpack Practical use of news in equity trading strategies Mark Vreijling, Sem Lab Session 3: Technology and Applications (II) Short Term Risk from Long Term Models Dan Di Bartolomeo, Northfield Information Services Equity portfolio risk estimation using market information and sentiment Leela Mitra, OptiRisk systems Exploiting News-flow Signals Andy Moniz, Macquarie US Markets: Earnings News Release - An Inside Look Media Sentiment Marian Munz, Media Sentiment We hope you will find the programme and content interesting; should you decide to attend please register via our web site: http://www.optirisk-systems.com/events/carisma2010.asp Your sincerely, Michael ........................................................................ ................... Michael(Xiaochen) Sun, PhD, MSc. Quantitative Analyst &. VP Techno Marketing OptiRisk Systems OptiRisk R&D House One Oxford Road Uxbridge UB9 4DA ( Middlesex ) United Kingdom Tel: +44 1895 819483 Fax: +44 1895 813095 www.optirisk-systems.com <http://exchange.livemail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.optir isk-systems.com/> ........................................................................ ..................