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To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Ken McGuffin, Manager, Media Relations, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, +1-416-946-3818, mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca

TORONTO and LONDON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With world financial markets still in turmoil, a leading expert in risk management and derivates will speak on the credit crunch in London, UK on October 23.

Prof. John Hull, whose books are widely hailed by both practitioners on the trading floor and academics, will discuss The Credit Crunch: What Went Wrong? Why? What Can Be Learned? in a lecture at the Andaz London Hotel.

Date: October 23, 5:30 sharp-6:45pm lecture and Q&A; 6:45-8:00pm cocktails

Lecturer: John Hull, Maple Financial Group Chair in Derivatives and Risk Management, Professor of Finance and Co-Director, Master of Finance Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Author, Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (7th edition, May 2008, Prentice Hall)

Topic: The Credit Crunch: What Went Wrong? Why? What Can Be Learned?

Location: Great Eastern Room (ground floor), Andaz London Hotel (formerly The Great Eastern Hotel), 40 Liverpool Street, London (beside Liverpool Station)

Registration: Members of the public should register online at www.rotman.utoronto.ca/events.

Media: Please contact Ken McGuffin at mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca to arrange for a media pass.

John Hull is the Maple Financial Group Chair of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is an internationally recognized authority on derivatives and risk management and has many publications in those areas. Recently his research has been concerned with credit risk, executive stock options, volatility surfaces, market risk, and interest rate derivatives. He was, with Rotman Prof. Alan White, one of the winners of the Nikko-LOR research competition for his work on the Hull-White interest rate model. He has acted as consultant to many North American, Japanese, and European financial institutions.

He has written three books, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 2006; Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 7th Edition, 2008; and Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets, 6th Edition, 2007. The books have been translated into many languages and are widely used in trading rooms throughout the world. He has won many teaching awards, including University of Toronto's prestigious Northrop Frye award, and was voted Financial Engineer of the Year in 1999 by the International Association of Financial Engineers. In addition to the University of Toronto, Dr. Hull has taught at York University, University of British Columbia, New York University, Cranfield University, and London Business School. Earlier in his career he worked as a corporate planning analyst with British Shoe Corporation. He is an Associate Editor of eight academic journals.

The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the worlds most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca.

For more information:

Ken McGuffin

Manager, Media Relations

Rotman School of Management

University of Toronto

Voice 416.946.3818

E-mail mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca

SOURCE Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

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