Central Bank of Oman selects FRSGlobal to implement its Banking Oversight and Research Solutions (BORS) project

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Brussels, Belgium - 1st September, 2010: FRSGlobal, the industry-recognised leader in content-rich solutions for unified global regulatory reporting and risk management, today announced that the Central Bank of OmanCentral Bank of Oman (CBOCBO) has selected FRSGlobal to implement the new Banking Oversight and Research Solutions (BORS) project, in order to streamline and automate supervision and analysis of authorised financial institutions in the Sultanate.

His Excellency Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali, Executive President of the CBO stated that "The 21^st century will be a knowledge-dominated century, whereby traditional banking will give way to more electronic banking. While this provides tremendous business opportunities for the banking sector, it also raises new challenges for both banks and regulators."

Roy Barnes, Head of Operations for FRSGlobal in the Middle East stressed that "FRSGlobal will assist the CBOCBO in its BORS project as part of its continued pursuance in achieving the global best practices in banking regulation and supervision in the region. The CBOCBO has a reputation as one of the strongest regulators in the region, a claim echoed by major global financial analyst houses, so we are delighted to be selected after a rigorous process, to support the CBOCBO's plans for maintaining the Sultanate's vibrant banking industry."

The implementation of this project will be completed over 2010-2011, and will result in a full set of country regulatory reports as submitted by banks to the CBOCBO.

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About the Central BankCentral Bank of Oman

The Central Bank of OmanCentral Bank of Oman is responsible for maintaining the internal and external value of the national currency. It is also the single integrated regulator of Oman's financial services industry. It is committed to excellence in providing monetary and financial stability and fostering sound and progressive financial sector to achieve sustained economic growth for the benefit of the nation.

About FRSGlobal
FRSGlobal is the industry-recognised leader in unified global regulatory reporting and risk management solutions. These solutions, which are enriched with content including pre-defined regulatory reports and stress testing libraries, are employed daily across the globe by firms to meet increasingly complex external (regulatory) and internal (management) reporting obligations.

FRSGlobal solutions are a combination of in-depth content and modules from RegPro and RiskPro, sharing a single DataFoundation and CalculationEngine on a unified platform:

• RegPro enables financial institutions to address major regulatory and compliance requirements locally and globally - at branch and head office level

• RiskPro provides profitability analysis across the following risk types: Asset Liability Management (ALM), Liquidity, Market, Credit, Basel II, IFRS, Solvency II, Funds Transfer Pricing and Economic Capital.

• Subscribing clients benefit from the FRSGlobal Regulatory Update Service Guarantee, which ensures the regulatory reports are maintained in line with the regulators' requirements.

• FRSGlobal Centre of Risk & Regulatory Excellence monitors risk and regulatory activities around the world.

FRSGlobal has 21 years of industry expertise and its high level of business content is used in over 1,500 financial organisations globally. FRSGlobal is owned by the Carlyle Group and Kennet Partners.

FRSGlobal is headquartered in Brussels with a further 19 other offices in North America (Boston, New York and Toronto), Europe (Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Zurich, Lausanne, Warsaw and Cluj-Napoca (Romania)), Dubai and Asia Pacific and Japan (Hong Kong, Pune and Singapore).

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