REMINDER: ISDA 2007 Regional Conference and Press Briefing.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association will hold its 2007 Regional Member Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Accredited journalists are invited to attend the full day's events and morning press briefing.

WHAT:  2007 ISDA REGIONAL MEMBER CONFERENCE






				

				
				 
				


       Conference sessions will include:

          -- Continued growth of and innovations in the credit
             derivatives business, new product developments and key
             ISDA initiatives
          -- Recent developments in the subprime mortgage market and
             their impact on the CDO and CDS markets
          -- Efforts to further improve processing and settling of
             derivatives transactions
          -- Credit derivatives legal and documentation issues,
             including the LCDX Index and Tranche Trading and an
             examination of Successor issues in credit derivative
             transactions
          -- Public policy and regulatory matters as they relate to
             energy markets, subprime loans, and hedge funds and
             private equity

       PRESS BRIEFING, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
       ISDA Executive Director and CEO Robert Pickel and other senior
       ISDA representatives will be available to answer questions and
       discuss market developments and Association initiatives.

WHO:   The agenda features leading credit derivatives industry
       executives, legal and operational experts. The Honorable
       Anthony W. Ryan, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of
       Financial Markets, U.S. Department of Treasury, will provide
       the keynote address at 9:15 a.m.

WHEN:  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th 2007, 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM

WHERE: THE NEW YORK HELMSLEY HOTEL
       212 EAST 42ND STREET
       NEW YORK, NY 10017

A full agenda is available on ISDA's website: www.isda.org

ISDA, which represents participants in the privately negotiated derivatives industry, is among the world's largest global financial trade associations as measured by number of member firms. ISDA was chartered in 1985, and today has approximately 820 member institutions from 55 countries on six continents. These members include most of the world's major institutions that deal in privately negotiated derivatives, as well as many of the businesses, governmental entities and other end users that rely on over-the-counter derivatives to manage efficiently the financial market risks inherent in their core economic activities. Information about ISDA and its activities is available on the Association's web site: www.isda.org.

Members of the media planning on attending this invitation-only event, please RSVP to: Lauren Dobbs, Kennedy & Company, 914/961-2436, ext. 15 or lauren@kennedycom.com.

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