Experts Discuss Strategies for Market Survival With Emphasis on Risk, Data and Loss Mitigation

MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/09/08 -- BearingPoint, one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms, has responded to the economic crisis with a four-part podcast series titled "Financial Markets 2.0: Strategies for Market Survival" that is now available on the Web. The podcasts serve to educate listeners on the current financial crisis and equip them with forward-thinking, efficient and preventative strategies and solutions for risk, data and loss mitigation. All BearingPoint podcasts are free and immediately available for download on the BearingPoint page of Podtech.net.

-- The first podcast in the series, "Surviving the Credit Crunch: Tactics and Strategies for Risk, Data and Loss Mitigation," features BearingPoint senior vice president of Global Capital Markets Peter Horowitz. Peter discusses what led to the current economic turmoil and provides recommendations for reorganizing, revamping and streamlining financial organizations for a successful future.

-- Sandeep Vishnu, a managing director in BearingPoint's Global Risk, Compliance and Security practice presents "Risk Strategies for Market Survival." Sandeep discusses today's fundamental need for greater risk transparency and governance, and the necessity of making structural changes to establish a balanced, risk-based culture.

-- The next podcast features Brian Hart, a managing director in BearingPoint's Finance, Risk and Compliance practice and is titled "Surviving the Credit Crisis: Best Practices for IM and Data." In this podcast, Brian discusses the data management issues financial organizations must tackle, including the need for more robust and integrated views into risk and performance, and he looks past the current crisis to offer projections regarding changes to expect from regulators going forward.

-- The final podcast in the series, "Surviving the Credit Crunch: Tactics and Strategies for Loss Mitigation," features Lowell Alcorn, a managing director in BearingPoint's Lending and Leasing practice.