MRV Associates, Inc. has completed projects successfully in the financial, oil, electricity, internet, and the telecommunications sectors. MRV Associates has had projects in Argentina, Armenia, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kosova, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tajikistan,
the UK, the US and Uzbekistan.

Since 1998, some of MRV Associates' major clients have been or are in the following sectors:

  Finance

• The New York Institute of Finance
  • Regularly conducts courses on: Basel II, credit derivatives, fundamentals of equity, interest rate, and foreign exchange, derivatives (forwards, swaps, futures, and options), and credit portfolio risk management
  • Has trained for NYIF in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, UK and the US
    
    
• GFMI
  • Frequently, trains on macroeconomics, Basel II, and derivatives
    
    
• CIFT Financial Training Solutions
  • Periodically trains market participants on credit risk management and financial derivatives
    
    
• CME Group
  • Delivered workshops to legislators, regulators, and other market participants on derivatives
    
    
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
  • Delivers workshops and presentations on collateralized debt obligations and securitized products
    
    
• Gerson Lerhman
  • Mayra Rodríguez Valladares is a Council Member and periodically informs clients about key topics such as Basel II, credit derivatives, and petrodollar flows
    
    
• Bearing Point
  
  • Consulted Central Bank of the Philippines on market risk, derivatives, and risk based supervision(FIRST Initiative)
  • Consulted Central Bank of Armenia on risk based supervision and credit risk modeling (USAID)
    
  • Created a market risk management course for Egyptian central bankers and upgraded the Central Bank of Egypt’s off-site bank supervisor manual (FIRST INITIATIVE)
    
  • Taught Bulgarian National Bank’s central bankers foreign exchange and interest rate risk courses (USAID)
    
  • Trained Uzbek central bankers in Tashkent on foreign exchange fundamentals through a USAID project
    
  • Trained Indonesian central bankers in Jakarta on market risks and financial instruments that mitigate risks
    
  • Taught Tajik central bankers in Dushanbe on the basics of foreign exchange, fixed income, and equity markets through a USAID project
    
    
• Jeremiah Associates
  
  • Delivered workshops on operations risk and consulted on credit derivatives
    
    
• FTFNews
  
  • Trained participants on commodities markets
    
    
• Euromoney
  • Trained participants on oil and gas company valuation techniques
    
    

  Enterprise Development

• Segura Consulting/IP3
  • Consulted to Albanian and Serb businesses in Kosovo to help them create an advocacy mechanism to minimize business challenges
    
    
• US State Department, Civilian Research Defense Fund, and International Executive Services Corp
  • Led consulting project with a science facility in the southern Moscow Region as part of the US’s BioIndustry Initiative; training scientists in business planning and marketing in order for them to commercialize their institute

  Market and Sector Research
  Energy

• Cambridge Energy Research Associates
  • Researched and wrote Russian electricity analysis for CERA’s 1999 Russian Energy Outlook
    
    
• IFM Resources
  • Wrote a number of business plans for a Canadian oil company raising funds to invest in Kazakhstan
    
    
• John S. Herold
  • Researched US oilfield services research products as part of Herold’s new product development strategy

  Economic development

• Chatham House
  • Analyzed and wrote about Middle East and North African economies and about the feasibility of the creation of a need for a new regional development bank

  Software and Internet

• Digital Allegiance
  • Wrote business plan for this Miami-based Internet marketing company; created company's financial model
    
    
• Anthem Technologies
  • Wrote business plan for this Indian software development company

  Community Outreach and Development

• Repertorio Español
  • Conducted community outreach for this New York Spanish language theatre
    
    
• Great Books Foundation
  • Marketed this Chicago-based non-profit's work in the Latino communities across the US; also assisted in fund raising