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Media Partner 3rd annual OPEX in Financial SErvicES - aFrica 19 – 20 August 2014 | Hyatt Regency, Johannesburg, South Africa This forum will pool the greatest minds from the banking sector to brainstorm and strategize uncharted avenues in attaining optimum capacity in operations, technology, business processes and people management. ATTEND AND LEARN SPEak and SharE PartnEr and PrOmOtE Supporting Association View Conference agenda finance.fleminggulf.com/OPEX-africa Official Airline Partner MOHOR MUKHERJEE T: + 971 4609 1570 | F: + 971 4609 1589 | E: [email protected] Online Bank Management Contest (OBMC) An Annual International Contest for Banking Professionals – 24 to 26 June 2014 The Online Bank Management Contest 2014, designed and conducted by SimArch NV from Belgium, is open to young banking professionals from commercial banks, financial institutions and consulting companies operating in Africa. After the three days, SimArch and its team of experts will assess the performance of all teams. The winning team is announced one week after the end of the competition. Setup of the Online Bank Management Contest The OBMC is conducted via webinar and an online simulation called FirstB@nk is used. The contest is scheduled to take place over three action-packed days, from 24 to 26 June 2014. During the three days, participants are exposed to webinars by banking executives and they are challenged as a team to manage a full-services bank for four financial quarters (one year). Teams have to decide on their strategy for the bank and make decisions with regard to risk management, portfolio mix, funding sources, marketing, branch network, etc. The OBMC has a customised economic and banking environment, offering a realistic view of the banking environment in Africa. Full details about the profile of who can participate in the contest as well as how to register a team, can be found at http://www.simarch.com/obmc. page44.indd 1 2014/04/04 2:04 PM