by Jeff Owen | Jul 14, 2025 | Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Operational Risk Assessment, Risk Appetite Assessment, Risk Management, Strategy
We live in a world of constant change. As such, risk is not a distant threat; rather, it’s a daily reality. For credit union leaders, the challenge is not how to avoid risk, but how to face it with clarity, discipline, and purpose. That is where Enterprise Risk...
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 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...