by Brian Hague, CFA | Apr 8, 2024 | Economics, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Lending, Risk Management, Strategy
We once again find ourselves reversing our position on the overall direction of the economy for 2024, as the resilience of consumer activity drives surprisingly strong output growth that appears to be sustainable. That outlook is dashing hopes for Fed easing anytime...
by Brian Hague, CFA | Jan 9, 2024 | Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Operational Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Strategy, Uncategorized
In the landscape of the financial services industry, credit unions serve as pillars of trust, stability and support for their members. Amidst the ever-evolving challenges and uncertainties credit unions face, risk professionals play a pivotal and critical role. While...
by Scott Hood | Mar 31, 2023 | Economics, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Risk Management, Strategy
Considering the recent events around the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and other major banks, now is a good time to revisit your assessment of liquidity and interest rate risks and, even more importantly, validate your responses for mitigating those exposures. So,...
by David Seibert | Mar 14, 2023 | Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Regulatory, Risk Management, Strategy
Much has been written about the SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) failure, the largest U.S. bank failure behind Lehman Brothers back in September of 2008. Articles have extensively covered how it happened and what the impact is to financial markets and the banking sector. But...
by Tony Ferris | Mar 3, 2021 | Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Risk Management, Strategy
Standing on the chair did the trick. My mother taught me a technique when I was a child that’s still useful today. If I couldn’t find something I had just dropped on the floor, she told me, try changing your perspective. Look at the problem in a new way. (Hence, the...
by Jeff Owen | Mar 20, 2020 | Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Operational Risk Assessment, Press, Risk Appetite Assessment, Risk Management, Strategy, Uncategorized, Vendor Management
As a follow-up to our initial communication regarding pandemic risks from a business risk perspective, Rochdale Paragon recently worked with Excite Credit Union ($514 million credit union in San Jose, CA) to facilitate a discussion regarding risks that should be...
