NASDAQ OMX's BWise to Present at OpRisk North America 2014

NEW YORK, March 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BWise, a subsidiary of NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and the leading provider of enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (eGRC) software, is a Co-Sponsor of the 16th Annual OpRisk North America conference in New York City. During the two-day conference, BWise will feature a presentation on March 27th, titled "Benefits and Practical Approach of Integrated GRC."

BWise is proud to be a Co-Sponsor of the 16th Annual OpRisk North America, March 26-27th in New York. The theme of this year's conference is to bring the operational risk forward and will feature presentation streams on regulatory expectations and capital calculation, new approaches to operational risk management and emerging risks.

On Wednesday, March 26th, BWise's Rob van Straten will give a presentation on integrated GRC that will focus on:

• Integrating OpRisk, compliance, internal control and audit
• Organizational effects and efficiencies across the enterprise
• Total cost of ownership of an integrated approach
• eGRC journey use cases           

"As the GRC market continues to mature, more and more companies are looking for a platform that they can implement across multiple GRC domains in the organization. This presentation will give senior risk professionals a chance to learn more about the benefits of Integrated GRC and how Risk Management initiatives are carried out with this converged process," stated Rob van Straten, Senior Vice President at BWise.

The conference will also feature an exhibit hall where attendees can visit the BWise booth and get a demo of the Risk solution as well as speak to BWise representatives.

To register for the conference, please visit the OpRisk North America website.

To learn more about how risk professionals can benefit from the integrated approach to Governance, Risk and Compliance, watch the "Risk Management: A Day in the Life of Gerard Parker" webinar.

About BWise

BWise, a NASDAQ OMX company, is a global leader in Enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) software. Based on a strong heritage in business process management, the BWise® GRC Platform provides companies with highly-rated, proven software solutions for Risk Management, Internal Control, Internal Audit, Compliance & Policy Management, IT GRC and Sustainability Performance Management.

BWise's end-to-end solutions support an organization's ability to understand, track, measure, and manage key organizational risks. BWise helps companies truly be in control by balancing performance with their financial and reputational risks, improving corporate accountability, increasing financial, strategic and operating efficiencies. Using BWise, organizations are able to efficiently comply with anti-corruption regulations like FCPA and the UK Bribery Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, European Corporate Governance Codes, ISAE3402/SAS-70, PCI-DSS, Solvency II, Basel II and III, Dodd-Frank, ISO-standards, and many more.

BWise sales, service and support offices around the globe provide for the GRC needs of hundreds of clients, including: adidas, AEGON, AG2R La Mondiale, Ahold, AngloGold Ashanti, Carnegie, Health Alliance Plan (HAP) of Michigan, Liebherr, Marathon Oil, Southern Company, Swiss Life, and Transcontinental. For more information, visit www.bwise.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

CONTACT: BWise, a NASDAQ OMX company
         Melissa MacEwen
         Marketing Manager, North America
         +1 212-312-1391
         [email protected]
         www.bwise.com

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