DALLAS -- Experts from Southwest Corporate Investment Servicesshowed off their balance sheet risk management skills at a recentconference here.

Pat Gawenda, manager of A/LM modeling and analysis, and MarkDeBree, senior A/LM analyst, told conference attendees the analysisand reports that are now available can help credit unions betterchart their course. "More precise results are the pay-off," Gawendasaid.

Gawenda and DeBree presented at Sungard World. More than 1,200people attended the conference, including attendees from variouscountries.

Gawenda and DeBree were invited to speak based, in part, ontheir three-year experience using the BancWare ALM 5 model. Thismodel helps financial institutions to assess interest rate risk ontheir balance sheets, and to help guide critical businessdecisions, Gawenda said.

The two Southwest investment professionals have utilized theBancWare ALM 5 model for a number of credit union clients thatrange from $300 million to several billion dollars. "It was anhonor to be invited to speak at this worldwide event as a corporatecredit union provider of A/LM analysis and consulting services towell over one hundred credit unions," said Gawenda.

BancWare is a division of SunGard, a provider of software andrisk management technology for financial institutions. BancWare hasover 500 clients in 45 countries including 24 of the top 50 U.S.banks