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The Risk Management Institute (RMI) was established in 2006 as a research institute at National University of Singapore dedicated to the area of financial risk management, with the aim to be a world-class center in risk management through education, training and research. The establishment of RMI was supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under its program on Risk Management and Financial Innovation.

Research
In July 2009, RMI launched the Credit Research Initiative (CRI). CRI's primary objective is to advance scientifically sound credit analytics methodologies, and disseminate credit quality assessments of the exchange‐listed firms around the globe on a timely basis and free of charge, premised upon the concept of credit ratings as a public good.

Education
RMI runs a Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) program, which is a multi-disciplinary program that takes a practical stance to teaching finance, mathematics and computing to solve problems in finance. It was launched in 1999 by the Centre for Financial Engineering at NUS, the predecessor to RMI. The MFE program intake occurs in July every year. In 2012, there are 40 full time and 60 part time students.

Training and Executive Education
RMI has a series of certification and customized programs to provide professional training and executive education, both in-house and to the public.

The Financial Industry Competency Standards (FICS) is a comprehensive quality assurance framework administered by the Institute of Finance and Banking. FICS includes a certification and accreditation system that aims at raising the quality of the financial workforce and training providers. Since 2005, RMI has been appointed as the Lead Provider for the Risk Management segment of the FICS-accredited programs.

Annual Conferences
RMI runs an annual risk management conference in July, with conference tracks for policy forum and scientific program held on separate days.