Financial Statistics/Marketing Seminar

Sponsored by SORA - the Southern Ontario Chapter of the American Statistical Association and the Southern Ontario Regional Association of the Statistical Society of Canada. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Bank of Nova Scotia, the Royal Bank and SAS and is the ninth in a series.

Everyone is welcome to attend. There is no fee for these seminars, but space is limited so pre-registration is essential.

Speaker:

Naeem Siddiqi
Business Solution Specialist - Risk, SAS Canada

Topic:

Smoke, Mirrors and Reject Inference

Date:

Thursday September 27, 2001

Time:

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Location:

SAS Canada Executive Briefing Centre
BCE Place - Bay-Wellington Tower, 22nd Floor
181 Bay Street
Toronto

Union Station Subway.

For those who drive, please don't park on any main streets (King, Yonge, Bay or Adelaide); cars will be towed away from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Topic

Smoke, Mirrors and Reject Inference

The success of scorecard development projects depends on in depth understanding of the various components of the entire process. Reject Inference - the assigning of performance classification to rejected (declined) cases - is a key component of Application scorecard development. This session will introduce the concept of reject inference and discuss some of the methodologies available.

About the Speaker

Naeem Siddiqi

Business Solution Specialist - Risk, SAS Canada

Naeem currently supports SAS Risk Management initiatives including Credit Scoring, Fraud Detection and Enterprise Risk Management. He has over 9 years experience in credit risk management, both as a consultant as well as in risk management positions in Canadian financial institutions. Naeem has a BEng from Imperial College of London and an MBA from York University.

Program

Welcome
- Ivan Hon, Chair, SORA Committee for Financial Statistics & Marketing
Opening Remarks & Introduction of Speaker
Smoke, Mirrors and Reject Inference
- Naeem Siddiqi
Questions/Answers
Introduction of the next topic and speaker
- Ivan Hon, Chair, SORA Committee for Financial Statistics & Marketing

Please RSVP

If you plan to attend this seminar, please RSVP to Ivan Hon, Retail Marketing, The Bank of Nova Scotia, 602-100 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1, telephone (416) 933-1493.

Please contact Ivan Hon if you want more information about the SORA Financial Statistics/Marketing Seminars.