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Risk Waters conference

September 12th, 2001, 6:38 pm

Risk Waters was hosting a conference in the WTC yesterday morning. There is not much information yet concerning the whereabouts of the attendees, but Risk Waters have made the following announcement:"On the morning of Tuesday September 11th Risk Waters was hosting its Financial Technology Congress on the 106th floor of the World Trade Center in New York. All attempts by Risk Waters staff in New York and London to establish the whereabouts of those attending the conference have so far yielded no information. If you are family of an attendee or have information about attendees please call +44 (0) 20 7484 9700 and ask for the Emergency Co-ordinator."Useful numbersCredit SuisseU.S.-only (toll-free) 1-877-335-CSFB (2732)U.K. (world-wide) + 44 207-883-5555Icap+1 201 557 5000, or +44 207 638 7592Standard Chartered44 207 280 7854Fuji Bank44 207 008 0000Morgan StanleyAn employee safety hotline has been set up in the US:888 883 4391and a client number for investment banking enquiries:800 761 8950 x17037
 
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September 13th, 2001, 11:07 am

News update from Risk Waters Group Ltd.RE: Risk Waters Group's Financial Technology Congress 'Windows on the World', 106th Floor, North Tower, World Trade Center Tuesday 11th - Wednesday 12th September 2001 London: 13th September 2001: On the morning of Tuesday 11th September UK-based Risk Waters Group was hosting a Financial Technology Congress at 'Windows on the World' on the 106th floor of the North Tower at the World Trade Center in New York. The conference opened at 8.30 a.m.To date the company has been unable to contact anyone who attended the congress. We have 221 people on our list of registered delegates, speakers & sponsors. In addition, 16 Risk Waters Group employees were due at the event, making a total planned attendance of 237.Based on advance registration lists & research conducted by the company since the tragedy we have reason to believe that:47 delegates and all 16 of our staff attended the Congress. They are currently unaccounted for. 100 delegates have been confirmed by their companies as not having arrived at the time of the tragedy and are safe. For the remaining 74 delegates we are still seeking further information. As this was a New York event, the vast majority of our delegates were based in the USA but we cannot determine their nationality. There were a few registered delegates from the UK & Japan.Risk Waters Group staff members attended from both our London & New York offices. 10 are British, 5 are American and 1 is Australian.Peter Field, Chief Executive of the Risk Waters Group said today"We continue to make round the clock efforts to contact staff, delegates, speakers and sponsors who were scheduled to attend this congress. In spite of this we have heard nothing from anyone who was in 'Windows on the World' at the time of the attack.Given the level of uncertainty on the ground about the situation we have not given up hope of finding our friends and colleagues safe & well. We would again urge anyone who is either concerned, or has information about someone who might have been attending the Congress, to contact our emergency help line number in the UK (manned 24 hrs. a day)."Emergency help line telephone number: 020 7484 9700Any press enquiries should be addressed to:Rory Brown, Marketing Director, Risk Waters Group Ltd.Tel: 020 7484 9765E-mail: [email protected]
 
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September 14th, 2001, 8:06 am

News Update from Risk Waters Group Thursday evening:RE: Risk Waters Group's Financial Technology Congress 'Windows on the World', 106th Floor, North Tower, World Trade Center Tuesday 11th - Wednesday 12th September 2001London: 8 p.m. 13th September 2001:The company continues to work round the clock to establish the whereabouts of all delegates, speakers, sponsors and staff at our conference. We have still heard no word from anyone we believe was in 'Windows on the World' at the time the planes hit the Tower.We have been in contact with a few companies who believe they had delegates at our congress but who had not registered in advance. We have also clarified that many people on our original lists weren't in the venue at the time of the crash.An update of the numbers quoted in this morning's press statement means we are now concentrating our efforts on the 114 people from whom we have no word.Based on the current information we have: 53 (47 this morning) delegates and 16 (16) of our staff attended the Congress. They all remain unaccounted for. 137 (100) delegates have been confirmed by their companies as not having arrived at the time of the tragedy and are safe. For the remaining 45 (74) delegates we are still seeking further information. We have no update to make about the nationalities of people involved and will not be releasing names or company details for anyone on our lists until we are 100% certain that the information we hold is correct. We do not anticipate being able to do this in the near future.We are still manning a 24-hour help line in our London headquarters for anyone who has, or is seeking information about people who may have been at the congress.Emergency help line telephone number: 020 7484 9700Any press enquiries should be addressed to:Rory Brown, Marketing Director, Risk Waters Group Ltd.Tel: 020 7484 9765E-mail: [email protected]
 
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September 17th, 2001, 4:56 pm

Risk Waters Group's Financial Technology Congress'Windows on the World', 106th Floor, North Tower, World Trade CenterTuesday 11th - Wednesday 12th September 2001 London: Midnight 14th September 2001: As of midnight this evening - some 80 hours after the attack - Risk Waters Group has had no contact with anyone who was attending our conference in 'Windows on the World' when the plane struck and who has then escaped from the building. The company continues to work round the clock to verify the whereabouts of all delegates, sponsors, speakers & staff and to ascertain precise details about exactly who was there at the time. The latest numbers we are working with for attendees at the conference are:67 delegates and 16 of our staff attended the congress. They all remain unaccounted for. 147 delegates have been confirmed by their companies as not having arrived at the time of the tragedy and are safe. For the remaining 27 delegates we are still seeking further information. We are currently making an appeal for representatives of the following companies to contact us on our emergency help line number in London 020 7484 9700:Caplin Systems Inc. Jordan & Jordan Torrenzano Group Tradeweb Umevoice Inc Again the company would like to reiterate that we have a policy of not releasing any information about any delegates, sponsors, speakers or staff until we are 100% confident that every single fact is correct. We still anticipate this taking quite some time.Any press enquiries should be addressed to:(We will only speak to the press to clarify facts contained in this statement) Rory Brown, Risk Waters Group Ltd.Tel: 020 7484 9765 or 020 7484 9725E-mail: [email protected]
 
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September 18th, 2001, 7:08 am

Risk Waters Group's Financial Technology Congress'Windows on the World', 106th Floor, North Tower, World Trade CenterTuesday 11th - Wednesday 12th September 2001 London: 8pm 17th September 2001: The company continues to work tirelessly to establish who was present in 'Windows on the World' at the time of the attack last Tuesday. We are still to hear from anyone who was at our conference & who has subsequently been in contact. The latest numbers we are working with for attendees at the event are:65 delegates and 16 of our staff we are almost certain were in attendance or in the building on their way to the conference. All are missing. 161 delegates have been confirmed by their companies as not having arrived at the time of the tragedy and are safe. There are 13 potential delegates who, after trying to speak to their companies, we are still not able to confirm whether they were planning to attend or not. In addition to the above figures we have now been informed by the companies concerned that 2 bodies have been positively identified of delegates who were due to have been at our event. We understand that all relatives have been informed & tributes to these people have been placed on their respective company's web sites. It is impossible to say whether they were at our conference or somewhere else in the building but they were due to attend.The company's help line remains open for anyone who is concerned, or who has information about people who may have been at our conference.The number is in London: 020 7484 9700NB. Our policy to control the spread of any disinformation remains - we will not release specific names or company details until we are 100% certain of the facts.Any press enquiries should be addressed to:(We will only speak to the press to clarify facts contained in this statement) Rory Brown, Risk Waters Group Ltd.Tel: 020 7484 9765E-mail: [email protected]