The Institute of Certified Bankers (ICB), USA has approved KESDEE's e-Learning course libraries for Continuing Education (CE) credits and has been added to the ICB Continuing Education database as a resource for members of ICB.

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Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF) and Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) launched an e-Learning module powered by KESDEE on October 26, 2005. This e-Coach provides online tutorial to the students for the Diploma Course in Treasury, Investment and Risk Management offered jointly by IIBF and FIMMDA.

Shri K.Cherian Varghese, President, IIBF and Chairman Managing Director, Union Bank of India, While launching the e-Coach, indicated that the on line tutorial will enhance the practical utility of the programme. The Diploma will be jointly awarded by IIBF and FIMMDA.and the 'e-Coach' has eight courses that include:

• Financial Mathematics (Library of 7 Courses)
• Futures & Forwards (Library of 7 Courses)
• Swaps (Library of 7 Courses)
• Options (Library of 10 Courses)
• Money Markets (Library of 9 Courses)
• Fixed Income Markets (Library of 17 Courses)
• Foreign Exchange Markets (Library of 9 Courses)
• Treasury Analytics (Library of 5 Courses)

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has awarded a five-year contract to KESDEE Inc. OCC is using KESDEE's e-Learning and Reference Solutions on Capital Markets and Risk Management. These solutions are customized to suit the requirements of OCC. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks.

Long-standing relationship with the U.S. Department of the Treasury:
During the past decade, Dr. S.L. (Sam) Srinivasulu, President - KESDEE had presented 35 in house training programs on Risk Management, Capital Markets and Derivatives to 700 delegates of the U.S. Department of the Treasury/ The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
Recently he was invited to make keynote presentations to 500 delegates at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury on

• Global Best Practices - development of "Finance Savvy" Employees
• Leveraging Technology to promote cost effective training solutions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury project is separate from the five-year project presented by Dr. S.L. (Sam) Srinivasulu to Federal Reserve Board. In the five-year project at Federal Reserve Board Two, one-week programs were presented 25 times to the supervision and regulation staff of the Federal Reserve Board on all aspects of Asset Liability Management / Risk Management / Derivatives.

S.L. (Sam) Srinivasulu, Ph.D., President, KESDEE Inc., conducted a half day session on "Global Best Practices in Risk & Treasury Management" organized by IBA in association with Canara Bank on September 26, 2005 at Hotel Taj President, Mumbai. Mr. G. Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Vice President-IBA welcomed the participants from various banks in India and Shri H. N. Sinor, Chief Executive, IBA inaugurated the session.

KESDEE Inc., www.kesdee.com

KESDEE provides end-to-end e-Learning solutions covering all facets - Technology, Content and Services for Knowledge Management & Continuing Professional Education (CPE) initiatives.

KESDEE's focus is on providing Turnkey Knowledge Management Solutions to the financial services industry. This includes:

• Off-the-shelf Solutions
• KESDEE-Learning Management System (K-LMS)
• Course Builder Tool
• Custom Content Development
• Consultancy Services and
• Blended Learning

KESDEE independently manages the Development, Installation and Technical Support to provide end-to-end Solutions with seamless integration. Everyone involved in the global financial services industry (as a provider, user or regulator) would benefit from KESDEE's innovative solutions.

KESDEE's off-the-shelf product portfolio consists of 500 courses spanning about 1500 hours of e-learning. The products serve both as a ready reference material and as an education tool and can be tailored to meet the organizations' needs in terms of look-and-feel, content and technology.

With the depth and breadth of unmatched learning resources, KESDEE provides solutions that evolve with you and for you.

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GFTT is a division of KESDEE Inc. GFTT is committed to providing innovative, blended training solutions for finance professionals worldwide. Across 40 countries, we have conducted both in-house and public enrollment programs on Balance Sheet Management, Corporate Treasury Management, Capital Markets and Risk Management for executives from the corporate and financial industry.

The forthcoming public seminars are: