International GIPS seminar in Tbilisy, Georgia hold by the Chairman of UAIB-UTFA GIPS Working Group Dr. L. Zhurakhovska and Dr. S. Zhurakhovskiy, the Chairman of UAIB-UTFA GIPS Working Group member

International GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) seminar was hold by Dr. Liudmyla Zhurakhovska, Ukrainian RIPS EMEA Representative, the Chairman of UAIB-UTFA GIPS Working Group, Pro-rector of KIMI, and Dr. Stanislav Zhurakhovskyi, the Working Group member, Professor of KIMI on 9 October 2009 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

More than 30 Georgian Financial Market participants, including Georgian Parliament Financial Committee members, regulators, Georgian Stock Exchange directors (www.gse.ge), BG Capital  (www.bgcapital.ge) and Constanta (www.constanta) chairmen, Central Securities Depository  of Georgia director, Mass Media and USAID representatives, met five-hours seminar with great interest and attention and initiated active discussion.

IBSU (International Black Sea University - http://www.ibsu.edu.ge/) hosts the seminar, organized by the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS), USAID founded project, implemented by the East West management Institute, NY (EWMI), coordinated by Piotr Korynski.

The GIPS seminar includes such issues as:

1. GIPS Introduction. What For and What Is
2. GIPS. Basics of Performance Measurement
3. GIPS Country Sponsor. Ukrainian Experience of UAIB and USFA

Conductors of the seminar really appreciated to rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cetin Can and IBSU administration, and they express special grateful thanks to Prof. Ketevan Lapachi for brilliant coordination of the seminar and her extremely hospitality.

The UAIB- Ukrainian Association of Investment Business  (http://www.uaib.com.ua/) is official GIPS Country Sponsor in Ukraine of 2006. USFA - Ukrainian Society of Financial Analysts (http://www.uaib.com.ua/) was the Country Sponsor in 2000 – 2006.

Liudmyla  and Stanislav Zhurakhovskiy  are the authors  of official translations of GIPS into Ukrainian and Russian,  endorsed by the CFA Institute.