In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Rob Edwards, Chief Risk Officer, United Community Bank, discusses risks facing community banks and lessons learned during the pandemic, interest rates, PPP, and changes to policies and practices.

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Credit Challenges: An Interview with United Community Bank Chief Risk Officer Rob Edwards

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Heartland Financial Chief Risk Officer Tamina O'Neill discusses how her institution had used KRIs/KPIs to monitor its risks and the internal and external environment as it was evolving with the pandemic unfolding.

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Perspectives from RMA's Mid-Tier Bank Council: An Interview with Chief Risk Officer Tamina O'Neill

In this installment of the monthly podcast series on credit risk and model risk management, Fran Garritt, Director of Global Markets Risk and Securities Lending at RMA, and Kevin Oden, Founder and Managing Partner of Kevin D. Oden & Associates and Managing Director of RMA’s Model Validation Consortium, discuss the importance of the Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM), its impact on financial institutions, the complexities of SIMM and how it performed during the pandemic, and model validation issues associated with SIMM.

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The Challenges of Model Risk Management: Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM)

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Investors Bank Chief Risk Officer Paul Kalamaras discusses how his bank has used KRIs/KPIs to continue to meet the needs of its customers.

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Perspectives from RMA's Mid-Tier Council: An Interview with Chief Risk Officer Paul Kalamaras

Linda Tuck Chapman, CEO of Third-Party Risk Institute, discusses four areas of third-party due diligence, including procurement due diligence, third-party vetting, risk-related due diligence, and supply chain due diligence.

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Taking Third-Party Due Diligence to the Next Level

In an interview with RMA Relationship Manager Elena Noverola, Huntington National Bank Credit Review Director Ann-Margaret Sumnar discusses sacrifices and struggles she had to endure throughout her career and challenges and opportunities for women in banking, in general.

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Voices in Risk Management: An Interview with Credit Review Director Ann-Margaret Sumnar

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Vertical IQ CEO and Co-Founder Bobby Martin discusses the partnership between RMA and Vertical IQ and challenges and opportunities for banks lending to restaurants. 

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Restaurant Industry Credit Risks: An Interview with Vertical IQ CEO and Co-Founder Bobby Martin

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Atlantic Union Bank Operational Risk Manager Elisabeth Wilson discusses her career, mentoring, gender diversity issues, and ESG. 

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Voices in Risk Management: An Interview with Operational Risk Manager Elisabeth Wilson

Oliver Wyman and RMA recently conducted its first annual Chief Risk Officer survey of a select group of approximately 40 CROs at financial institutions across the U.S. and Canada to gather information on the CRO agenda which includes an external outlook on the macroeconomy, regulation, emerging risks, and digitization. 

In the first of a three-part series, RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Michael Duane, Partner, Americas Finance & Risk and Digital Practice at Oliver Wyman, and Hannah Vazquez, Engagement Manager, Americas Finance & Risk Practice at Oliver Wyman discuss the high-level findings from the survey. Episodes two and three will focus on emerging risks and digitization, respectively.

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RMA/Oliver Wyman Chief Risk Officer Survey (Part 1): High-Level Findings

Oliver Wyman and RMA recently conducted its first annual Chief Risk Officer survey of a select group of approximately 40 CROs at financial institutions across the U.S. and Canada to gather information on the CRO agenda which includes an external outlook on the macroeconomy, regulation, emerging risks, and digitization.

In the second episode of a three-part series, RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Michael Duane, Partner, Americas Finance & Risk and Digital Practice at Oliver Wyman, and Hannah Vazquez, Engagement Manager, Americas Finance & Risk Practice at Oliver Wyman discuss emerging risks affecting financial institutions. Episode three will focus on digitization.

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RMA/Oliver Wyman Chief Risk Officer Survey (Part 2): Emerging Risks

Oliver Wyman and RMA recently conducted its first annual Chief Risk Officer survey of a select group of approximately 40 CROs at financial institutions across the U.S. and Canada to gather information on the CRO agenda which includes an external outlook on the macroeconomy, regulation, emerging risks, and digitization.

In the final episode of a three-part series, RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Michael Duane, Partner, Americas Finance & Risk and Digital Practice at Oliver Wyman, and Hannah Vazquez, Engagement Manager, Americas Finance & Risk Practice at Oliver Wyman discuss digitization. 

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RMA/Oliver Wyman Chief Risk Officer Survey (Part 3): Digitization

Linda Tuck Chapman, CEO of Third-Party Risk Institute, discusses how companies can successfully modify their third-party risk management program to onboard innovative third-parties in record time.

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Managing Innovation Risk at the Speed of Business

The Voices in Risk Management podcast series celebrates the diversity of experience, background, and skill that is driving the best risk management practices of today, and which will be a must in meeting the challenges and complexities of the future. 

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Ned Sergew, Senior Director, Corporate Compliance at U.S. Bank, talks about the journey to his current role, the top challenges in the compliance space for large banks, and the achievements—and work that remains—in the area of diversity. 

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Voices in Risk Management: An Interview with Ned Sergew of U.S. Bank

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Varo Bank Chief Risk Officer Philippa Girling discusses the second edition of her book "Operational Risk Management: A Complete Guide for Banking and Fintech," where she offers guidance banks can apply to ensure they are effectively identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating operational risks.

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Operational Risk Management: An Interview with Varo Bank Chief Risk Officer Philippa Girling

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Vertical IQ CEO and Co-Founder Bobby Martin discusses the challenges facing the HVAC and plumbing industries and lenders in this space.

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Lending to the HVAC and Plumbing Industries

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Steven Martin, Head of Membership at RMA, discusses the many benefits of RMA membership.

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RMA Enhances Membership Value Through Peer-Sharing, Training, and Products and Services

Linda Tuck Chapman, CEO of Third-Party Risk Institute, discusses ways to manage third-party and ESG risk.

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Managing Third-Party ESG Risk

In an interview with RMA Academic Market Director John Sullivan, young banking professionals from the Ivey Business School at Western University in Canada reflect on their win from a past case competition, which was co-sponsored by the Sobey School of Business and RMA. They share their thoughts on what they remember from that competition, what they've learned, and how it's impacted their careers.

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Where Are They Now? Young Banking Professionals Share Thoughts on Winning RMA's Case Competition

The Voices in Risk Management podcast series celebrates the diversity of experience, background, and skill that is driving the best risk management practices of today, and which will be a must in meeting the challenges and complexities of the future.

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Shelly Liposky, Managing Director and Head of Business Risk and Solutions, BMO Capital Markets, discusses how she began her journey in banking, top challenges to managing technology risk, and her part in developing BMO’s artificial intelligence-powered platform.

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Voices in Risk Management: An Interview with Shelly Liposky of BMO Capital Markets

Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics, discusses the current and future states of the economy including credit and lending, inflation, labor, oil and gas, and the housing market.

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The State of the Economy: Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi

The Voices in Risk Management podcast series celebrates the diversity of experience, background, and skill that is driving the best risk management practices of today, and which will be a must in meeting the challenges and complexities of the future. 

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Liming Brotcke, Senior Director, Model Validation Risk at Ally Financial, discusses how she began her journey in banking, top challenges in model risk management, and the opportunities and risks presented with the use of artificial intelligence in models.

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Voices in Risk Management: An Interview with Liming Brotcke of Ally Financial

The Voices in Risk Management podcast series celebrates the diversity of experience, background, and skill that is driving the best risk management practices of today, and which will be a must in meeting the challenges and complexities of the future. 

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Kathy Swift, Nonprofit Development Officer at Heritage Bank, discusses how she began her career journey in banking, top challenges and opportunities of lending to nonprofits, and the impact of nonprofits on communities.

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Voices in Risk Management: An Interview with Kathy Swift of Heritage Bank

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Bobby Martin, CEO and Co-Founder of Vertical IQ, discusses challenges, risks, and underwriting considerations for the nursing home industry.

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State of the Nursing Home Industry

M&A is especially challenging when working with firms, like fintechs, that may lack a robust risk management program, or are unfamiliar with the scrutiny that comes with financial regulations. In a session at RMA’s recent Governance, Compliance, and Operational Resiliency conference, Monica Bowe, Chief Risk Officer at Busey Bank and Christopher Nestore, Head of Enterprise and Operational Risk Management at TD Bank, offer lessons learned in due diligence, managing the risk culture of both firms, common pitfalls and ways to avoid them, and other risk challenges associated with M&A activity.

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The Role of Risk Management in M&A Transactions

The events related to COVID-19 challenged institutions, but also highlighted the value of effective risk management programs and practices. In a session at RMA’s Governance, Compliance, and Operational Resiliency conference, Caitlin Barre, Senior Vice President and Head of Non-Financial Risk Strategy and Programs at Regions Bank, offers lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and leveraging operational risk management practices in stress scenarios. She also discusses what’s next and the importance of resilient risk management frameworks to successfully manage any transformative event.

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Lessons Learned: Planning for the Next Pandemic

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, Jason Alpert, a Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampa, discusses early warning signs of potential bank loan performance problems and how to recognize deviations in a borrower's behavior patterns and business operations. An article on this topic will be published in the September edition of The RMA Journal.

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Early Warning Signs: Harbingers of Loan Distress and Default

From geopolitical tensions to labor shortages, central bank policy tightening, and increasing inflation, every new headline reveals just how much of a hindrance the U.S. economy is facing. Institutions that are more resilient translate that into a competitive advantage by taking a more comprehensive approach to lending risks.

In an interview with RMA Communications Manager Stephen Krasowski, John Uhlmann, Senior Strategist at CoStar Risk Analytics, who specializes in commercial real estate debt, and works with clients across the country, including lenders of all sizes and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities investors, discusses the current risks he is seeing in the CRE market.

Disclaimer: Some information discussed today may by its nature be the personal or subjective opinion of the speaker and not necessarily reflect the views of CoStar Group. Any forward-looking statements are believed to be based on reasonable assumptions but are subject to change and not necessarily comprehensive given the format. Most importantly, nothing said during this podcast should be construed as investment, tax, accounting, or legal advice or as a promotion or the advisability of any particular investment.

Understanding the Top Risks in Commercial Real Estate

Joseph Iraci, head of financial risk management at TD Ameritrade, discusses establishing an overall risk appetite framework that aligns with business strategy.

Risk Appetite Framework and Its Effect on Business Strategy

Fran Garritt, Director of Global Markets Risk and Securities Lending at RMA, and RMA Board Member Kevin Oden, Managing Member of Kevin D. Oden & Associates, discuss model validation with regard to best practices, regulatory expectations, artificial intelligence and machine learning, talent, and LIBOR replacement.

Model Validation

In an interview with Stephen Krasowski, Communications Manager at RMA, Branan Cooper, a financial services industry expert with over 30 years experience with banks like MBNA America, Western Alliance Bancorp, The Bancorp Bank, and a RegTech company, discusses the impact of regulation on third party risk management, challenges of third party risk, and how third party risk fits into an organization’s overall ERM framework.

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Third Party Risk Management, Regulation, and Your Overall ERM Framework

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