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En-ROADS: A Powerful Tool for Climate Risk Capacity-Building and Scenario Analysis Development

April 24, 2025

EN-Roads is an open-source climate simulator used by risk professionals around the world for education, capacity-building, and climate risk ...

ERM: The Importance of Building a Risk Taxonomy

April 17, 2025

Chief risk officers seeking to develop an enterprise risk management program must standardize the language of risk. What are the elements of a proper ...

Trump’s Executive Orders: An Actuarial View of Risks, Opportunities, and the Role of Risk Professionals in Navigating Change

April 11, 2025

With quantitative expertise that extends beyond traditional economic forecasting, actuaries offer risk-adjusted decision-making frameworks that ...

Striving for Stability Amid a Perfect Storm: How to Align Risk, Lending and Investing

March 28, 2025

Considering the current market turmoil, it is essential to maintain a consistent outlook across all major KPIs, including capital adequacy, liquidity ...

Enterprise Risk Management: How to Build a Comprehensive Framework

March 21, 2025

Chief risk officers need to implement enterprise risk management processes that cover the entirety of a firm’s business activities. Risk objects, ...

How to Implement Early Problem Recognition in Credit Portfolios

March 7, 2025

Identifying and acting on advance warning signs can be the difference between manageable risk and catastrophic loss. Proper culture and governance, ...

How to Make Stress Tests More Constructive and Informative

February 28, 2025

The emphasis in the Fed’s 2025 CCAR exercise is on transparency, which demands a benchmarking approach free of potential bias. Exploring a broader ...

This CRO Finds Fulfillment in Ensuring That Clients ‘Retire with Certainty

February 7, 2025

“Every asset represents somebody’s dream, and every liability keeps someone up at night,” says Douglas Niemann of annuities leader Athene.

Forecasting 2025: Risk Trends and Predictions

February 7, 2025

Hear from Moody’s Analytics’ Cris deRitis about cybersecurity, AI, deglobalization, regulatory risk, global debt problems, geopolitical volatility, ...

The Ultimate Model Risk: Lawsuit Could Prompt Big Changes to the Federal Reserve’s Stress Test

January 31, 2025

Questions about the transparency and objectivity of the central bank’s annual CCAR exercise have been raised in a recent lawsuit brought by banks, ...

Cases Not Closed: Wells Fargo and Silicon Valley Bank in Legal Crosshairs

January 24, 2025

Former Wells risk and audit executives are penalized a total of $18.5 million; FDIC sues 17 ex-SVB officers and directors.

A Risk Forecast for 2025: 5 Predictions

January 17, 2025

Chief risk officers will need to augment traditional risk assessment with a new approach to radical uncertainties.

Five Pillars of Generative AI Governance in Financial Services

January 3, 2025

GenAI-specific risks must be effectively addressed to ensure that the technology is fairly, responsibly and transparently implemented.

Privacy Can Be the Compass for Banks’ AI Governance Efforts

December 20, 2024

Prior experience offers guideposts for navigating uncharted regulatory waters.

Elevating Risk Management: The Imperative of Continuous Monitoring

December 20, 2024

Non-financial risks, like operational, cybersecurity and reputational threats, are exceedingly difficult to quantify. Instead of relying on ...

TD Bank’s $3 Billion Hit: Have We Reached Peak AML?

December 13, 2024

Does the Canadian-owned bank’s severe punishment signify that anti-money laundering enforcement is working well and fit for purpose? Or is the system ...

States of Confusion: Despite Much Discussion – and Hundreds of Legislative Proposals – AI Policy Lacks Clarity

November 27, 2024

Regulatory risk and uncertainty complicate the planning and implementation of high-priority technology initiatives.

The Fallout from Political Elections for Central Banks

November 22, 2024

The global map of political leaders has been completely reshaped over the past year. Could this overhaul threaten the independence of central banks?

Lost in Space: Risk at the Next Frontier

November 15, 2024

The case of the “stranded” astronauts, and other takeaways.

Conquering Cross-Border Complexity with Effective Risk Management

November 8, 2024

In a fragmented global economy, compliance with local rules and regulations is key to managing risk when expanding across borders.

Keeping It Simple: A Quick Guide to Effective Risk Identification

November 1, 2024

Comprehensive, successful risk management requires proactive identification, assessment and mitigation of threats. What steps can financial ...

Root Cause Analysis in Internal Investigations: Getting to the Heart of the Problem

November 1, 2024

The process can be difficult, and prescriptive guidance is lacking, but the right analytical and remediation approaches can influence “tone from the ...

A Swing Pricing Rule Was Highly Anticipated, but the SEC Left It Hanging

October 18, 2024

The regulator did not tip its hand on the controversial mutual fund requirement, but a re-proposal is possible next year.

The ECB’s Fresh Approach for Improving Culture and Risk Governance at European Banks

October 11, 2024

Traditionally, when providing guidance on risks related to culture and governance, regulators have emphasized positive attributes that banks should ...

Whistleblowing, and How It Pays

August 30, 2024

Regulators increase rewards for enforcement assistance; SEC reports “unprecedented” public participation.

Stress Testing: Past, Present and Future

August 15, 2024

Hear from Cristian deRitis, deputy chief economist at Moody’s analytics, about the evolution of stress testing, current trends, and the biggest ...

Don’t Be Deceived About ESG Sentiment. Companies Must Up Their Compliance Game.

August 9, 2024

Laws have differences and nuances, but all require a rethinking of risk management and compliance strategies.

Is the ‘Too Big to Fail’ Designation Too Constricting?

July 26, 2024

Business and technology interdependencies – like those exposed in the CrowdStrike-Microsoft breakdown – have financial regulators considering a more ...

Avoiding the Risk Management Growth Trap

July 19, 2024

Banks that grow too fast are prone to failure, especially when they lack proper governance and risk management frameworks. But there are steps they ...

The Art of Distinguishing Real Risks from Pretenders

July 19, 2024

Risk managers today seem to allocate a lot of time to extreme “what if” tail-risk scenarios. Geopolitical risk is now the conjectural topic du jour, ...

Crypto-Connected Silvergate Bank, Overshadowed in the 2023 Crisis, Pays Regulatory Penalties

July 12, 2024

Three agencies assess the defunct California institution $63 million. Former CEO settles SEC charges for $1 million, CRO for $250,000.

Short-Selling and Securities-Lending Rules Meet Legal Resistance

July 12, 2024

The SEC says it is fulfilling Dodd-Frank transparency mandates. Alternative fund groups allege that they are flawed and arbitrary.

AI Regulation by Geography: How Jurisdictional Differences Have Emerged

July 12, 2024

Whether the varied approaches and emphases are seen as confusing or as healthy experimentation, financial firms must take their compliance ...

Are Board Risk Committees Up to the Task of Overseeing Large, Complex Banks?

June 21, 2024

Big banks today boast board risk committees, but the members of those committees often lack the risk expertise needed to ask tough questions on ...

How to Mitigate Risk and Improve Decision-Making via Probabilistic Thinking and Rare Events Modeling

June 7, 2024

Risk managers must acknowledge the role that chance plays – particularly in extremely unlikely events – to reduce risks and to make better, more ...

Is the Three Lines of Defense Paradigm Dead?

May 24, 2024

A three-pronged approach to risk management has been widely employed by the financial services industry for the past 10 years. This model, however, ...

Navigating the Unknown: Manage Geopolitical Risk Proactively

April 26, 2024

Acknowledge complexity and uncertainty and prepare for various disruptive scenarios, a leading risk analysis and intelligence executive advises.

Corporate Treasury Power Play: Strategic Moves to Maximize M&A Success

April 19, 2024

When preparing for a merger or acquisition, the treasury team can actively shape its success, assuming a pivotal role in the due diligence, ...

Reflections on Daniel Kahneman’s Contributions to Risk Management: The Power of Human Frailties

April 12, 2024

All major risk management failures of the past 50 years have been driven at least partly by human biases and tendencies. Now is a good time to ...

The Intersection of Compliance and Resilience

April 9, 2024

Sponsored by Fusion Risk Management Operational resilience is top of mind at both global regulators and financial services firms. Whether you are a ...

In the SEC's Cyber Disclosure Rules, Timing Is a Sticking Point

March 8, 2024

Risk and operational concerns center on a four-day reporting deadline, while other principles and objectives are less contested.

The Bottom Line on Trust: Institutions Can't Count on It

March 8, 2024

The public has soured on government and politics, media and the corporate world. For banks, it will take “all hands on deck,” from “resiliency teams ...

How to Take the Stress Out of Stress Testing

March 1, 2024

All banks that are subject to this years’ annual stress test from the Federal Reserve are expected to have sufficient capital to pass, despite the ...

California Law, Following Europe, Introduces a New Privacy Rights Wrinkle

February 23, 2024

Tips to avoid the emerging risks of “dark patterns” and preserve informed consent through customer interfaces.

The Corporate Transparency Act Puts Spotlight on Beneficial Ownership Information

February 16, 2024

New AML-related compliance burdens fall on business entities and banks; “disclosing of essential information for the greater good” of corporate and ...

Coming Up Short: Risk Management Deficiencies of the UN's Interim Report on AI Governance

February 16, 2024

The United Nations' proposed governance of artificial intelligence is welcome, but it lacks risk management necessities, and a more structured and ...

Forecasting 2024: Risk Trends and Predictions

February 5, 2024

Hear from Moody’s Analytics’ Cris deRitis about geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, political unease, supply-chain threats, and other key issues that ...

Risk Management Forecast for 2024: Defining Trends and Ways to Prepare

January 26, 2024

Amid continuing economic and market uncertainties, conduct regular risk assessments, understand models and their limitations, and be ready to respond ...

Artificial Intelligence Poses Difficult Questions for Corporate Boards. It Can Also Improve How They Work.

January 19, 2024

As with any technological breakthrough, AI carries risks along with payoffs. Both sides of that ledger can benefit from AI-driven governance, ...

Government-Owned, Consumer-Centered Banks Gain Limited Traction, but the Idea Is Alive

January 5, 2024

Although only one U.S. state has opened a public bank, advocates believe the model can benefit localities financially while reaching customers not ...

Financial Firms Pay Steep Price for WhatsApp and Other 'Off-Channel' Messaging

December 15, 2023

Will upwards of $2 billion in regulatory penalties deter further violations of communication-retention rules? Solutions may require attention to ...

Redefining Financial Stability: Pros and Cons of New Regulatory Proposals

November 22, 2023

The Basel III Endgame and the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book are among the upcoming regulations that have unique limitations and advantages.

How to Reduce Bank Failures: A Novel Approach

October 13, 2023

Poor risk governance, culture and infrastructure have been responsible for many financial meltdowns, including this year’s SVB and Signature Bank ...

SVB and Signature Bank Fallout: Why We Need a Different Approach to Regional Bank Regulation and Risk Management

September 8, 2023

Regulators seem to once again be focused on increasing capital and liquidity requirements for banks of a certain size in response to recent fiascoes ...

Insurance Regulation Could Stymie Financing for Risky Companies

August 18, 2023

Opponents say a higher capital charge will affect availability and returns on collateralized loan obligations

Is Honesty Really the Best Policy in Risk Management?

August 18, 2023

The truth, contrary to the Bible, does not always set you free – particularly if you are a risk manager who does not want to block innovation. What ...

Building a Healthy Risk Culture: A Q&A With Clifford Rossi

August 18, 2023

Banks with effective risk cultures are less prone to errors and more equipped to handle shocks. But what specific steps do they need to take to ...

A CRO on a Mission to Help Build a Resilient Culture

August 11, 2023

For BNY Mellon’s Senthil Kumar, “intelligent risk-taking” is at the heart of holistic risk management

How Risk Managers Should Define a Crisis, and Why It Matters: A Q&A With Dr. René Stulz

August 4, 2023

The global financial services landscape has been significantly altered by unpredictable – and sometimes unprecedented – events over the past 15 ...

In a Highly Connected World, Disease Is Not Isolated from Other Risks

June 30, 2023

Filling the gaps in hygiene research is critical to risk management and business resilience

After the Reports and Recriminations, What Is Left to Learn About the 2023 Bank Failures?

June 16, 2023

Lawmakers, academics and others have unanswered questions. A Federal Reserve governor, for one, calls for further inquiries.

The Fed’s Report on Silicon Valley Bank: Key Risk Takeaways

June 9, 2023

There was plenty of blame to go around for the demise of SVB, but regulatory findings show that banks require more proactive boards and need to ...

The Three Rs of Regulatory Response to Recent Bank Failures

June 2, 2023

Assumptions about financial stability and customer behavior must be reassessed, and technology infrastructure modernized

Measuring Corporate Culture: It’s Complicated

May 19, 2023

From surveys and questionnaires – the “workhorses of culture research” – to “the explosion of digital trace data” and faster and cheaper ...

First Republic Fallout: A Call for More Effective Bank Board Risk Committees

May 2, 2023

The collapse and eventual sale of First Republic was a stark reminder that greater scrutiny of interest rate, liquidity and credit risks is needed to ...

What Bank Board Risk Committees Should Be Asking Management Teams

May 2, 2023

Greater scrutiny of interest rate, liquidity and credit risks is needed to stem the tide of bank failures. Cliff Rossi explains why risk committees ...

Different, but the Same: What Bank Failures Can Teach

April 28, 2023

Although every crisis is different, financial firms can spot the warning signs – and even predict various risks – if they learn from the past

Bank Failures and the Need for Better Risk Leadership

April 21, 2023

To prevent future fiascoes, financial institutions must improve their culture and their risk training. It all starts at the top, where the CRO must ...

Financial Crime and Compliance: Responsibility Is Not Just on Banks

April 21, 2023

Lawyers, accountants and other “gatekeepers” must also be accountable

SVB and Signature Bank: The Roles of Risk Modeling, Culture and Stress Testing

April 14, 2023

Hear from risk modeling expert Tony Hughes about the parts various risk management techniques played in recent bank failures, as well as the current ...

Silicon Valley Bank: The Postmortems Came Fast and Furious

April 14, 2023

Managerial failings were in plain sight. As with past crises, remedial playbooks and regulatory actions to rein in risks and avert contagion will be ...

Reimagining the Federal Home Loan Bank System

April 6, 2023

How can we reduce systemic risk and create more competition in the U.S. mortgage secondary market? A pair of GSEs currently dominate this space, but ...

Would DFAST Have Saved SVB?

March 24, 2023

There is a school of thought in the banking industry that Silicon Valley Bank would not have failed had it been subject to comprehensive stress ...

Reimagining the Federal Home Loan Bank System

March 22, 2023

How can we reduce systemic risk and create more competition in the U.S. mortgage secondary market? Clifford Rossi explains how these objectives can ...

Due Diligence Is Under Review

March 17, 2023

Litigation and reputational risks arise in the wake of breakdowns in screening processes. Are improved, perhaps more technology-assisted practices on ...

$2 Billion and Counting: The Rise of E-Communications Fines – and How They Can Be Avoided

March 10, 2023

For banks slow to react to the risks, surveillance and control solutions are in reach

Managing Compliance and Complexity: A GRC Call to Action

March 3, 2023

Seven tips to improve business value along with risk, ESG, business and technology strategy

Forecasting 2023: Predictions for Financial and Non-Financial Risks

February 17, 2023

Hear risk management prognostications from Cris deRitis, the deputy chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. Risk managers have been severely tested ...

The Risk Appetite Dilemma: How to Overcome Obstacles and Enhance Risk-Adjusted Return

February 17, 2023

Risk appetite statements can yield many benefits, but only when they adhere to established risk-tolerance levels and make use of proper metrics that ...

How to Develop Effective Risk Documentation

February 17, 2023

Financial institutions need to account for risks properly as part of enterprise risk management, but what steps can they take to manage documentation?

When Due Diligence Fails: Cautionary Current Events

February 10, 2023

Hard-won lessons from costly missteps

Bypassing Legal Reviews and Procedures: An Overlooked Source of Risk?

February 3, 2023

Like risk managers, legal professionals say they can positively impact business results

Under the Hood: Evaluating the Basel Committee’s Self-Analysis of Basel III

January 27, 2023

A new BCBS report states that Basel III reforms have yielded stronger, more resilient banks without any negative side effects. But the analysis ...

Corporate Treasury’s Seat at the Enterprise Risk Management Table

January 20, 2023

Looking past silos to contribute to a holistic view of risk

Cryptos at the Banking Gate: Too Close for Comfort?

December 16, 2022

FTX’s implosion and related fallout have ratcheted up concerns about systemic risk and contagion

Trust Is Being Tested in Uncertain Times

December 16, 2022

The business world needs to better understand and manage it, build reputational resilience “from the inside out”

FTX Fiasco: Risk Management Lessons Learned

December 16, 2022

The failure of the crypto giant has shined a spotlight on the crucial role of CEOs, who must lead the development of comprehensive, engaging risk ...

Regulators and Innovation: A Reconsideration

December 2, 2022

Financial regulation at its best adapts dynamically to changing market conditions and emerging issues. Technology is posing a crucial test.

Risk and Compliance Disruptors: Innovative Startups Specialize in Automation and Acceleration

November 4, 2022

Entrepreneur-led Themis reinvents workflows; Debbie helps with debt management; Cable combats financial crime

Asset Managers Who Prepare for Increased Transparency on DEI May See Big Returns

October 14, 2022

Getting out ahead of mandatory standards can bring organizational improvements and boost assets under management

SEC Penalizes a Chief Compliance Officer, Putting Spotlight on Personal Liability

September 16, 2022

CCOs and other executives await regulatory clarity on potential financial exposure

Crashing with Crypto: Coinbase as Case Study

August 12, 2022

Risk and reputational flaws are cautionary lesson for fintechs and other innovators

Calculating the Regulatory Surcharge for US G-SIBs

August 4, 2022

To ensure that they are fully prepared for future crises, global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) must hold extra levels of regulatory capital. ...

How to Use ERM, ML and Scenario Analysis to Advance Your Risk Career

July 1, 2022

Getting Schooled on Risk: Graduate Programs Cultivate Talent for the Times

June 24, 2022

U.S. Law and Global Challenges Reshape AML Compliance

June 3, 2022

FASB Update Facilitates Hedging of Fixed-Income Risk

May 27, 2022

New guidance is well timed for rising interest rates

Stress Testing Uncertainty: What Does It Mean for FRMs?

May 20, 2022

Banks, of course, need to ensure that they have enough capital to cover their risks – but, thanks to the pandemic and the resultant ...

Anchorage Digital Bank Found Deficient in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

May 13, 2022

Engineering a Diverse Workplace: Edward Jones’ CRO Is Determined to ‘Be the Difference’

May 6, 2022

Why Do Bank Boards Have Risk Committees?

September 16, 2021

Banks reap many benefits from well-functioning risk committees, but reduced risk is not necessarily one of them. René M. Stulz, James G. Tompkins, ...

Global Risk Management Trends, 2021 and Beyond

March 15, 2021

Over the next two years, driven in part by the economic consequences of COVID-19 and the shift toward work-from-home, financial institutions are ...

The Energy Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Risk Managers

February 10, 2021

As governments and companies commit trillions of dollars to achieve net-zero emissions by midcentury, market risks have never been higher for oil ...

Opportunities for Energy Risk Professionals Post-ERP

December 22, 2020

Edward Hancox, VP, Certification and Educational Programs and Beth Gould Creller, SVP, Certification and Educational Programs discuss the decision to ...

A Quick Message from GARP

July 27, 2020

We would like to thank our listeners for tuning in to our special subseries on COVID-19. We have had some fascinating and productive discussions and ...

Global Expansion in Uncertain Times

July 6, 2020

Companies looking to expand globally might be hesitant to tap into new markets given how the business environment has changed so dramatically as a ...

A quick message from GARP

May 25, 2020

We would like to thank our listeners for tuning in to our special subseries on COVID-19. We will be skipping this week due to the holidays, but will ...

Basel IV and the Future of Regulation

February 10, 2020

Today we speak with Luis Jesus - Global Solution Lead, Regulatory Capital Management, Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions Division, SAS and Luís ...

What's on the horizon for Stress Testing

December 6, 2019

We spoke with Rutang Thanawalla, Director, Risk Advisory, Deloitte about the ever evolving role of stress testing. For more information on this ...

How to Build a Well-Understood Risk Management Program

November 13, 2019

In this episode, GARP Executive Editor, Robert Sales, speaks with Brenda Boultwood, a former CRO and a current Risk Advisory Partner at Deloitte, ...

Climate Risk Reality: A Wake-Up Call for Risk Managers

November 1, 2019

The shift to a low-carbon economy has been set in motion, and banks are now facing clear physical and transition risks. What do these risks entail, ...

Banks Rally Behind UN Sustainability Campaign

October 1, 2019

"Principles for Responsible Banking" has 130 signatories from 49 countries; "shareholders, clients and employees increasingly want this," a CEO says

Can the Financial Industry Make Us Climate-Resilient?

September 27, 2019

Investing now is "imperative from the perspective of risk management," say the authors of a Global Commission on Adaptation report on climate-change ...

Global Warming Tops a Ranking of Extreme Risks

September 24, 2019

Non-financial threats loom larger, relative to economic or banking worries, according to the Thinking Ahead Institute

Adapting to the New Risk Landscape

July 24, 2019

Welcome back to the New Age of Risk Analytics. Troy Haines, SVP, Head of Risk Research & Quantitative Solutions at SAS talked with us about his ...

The Evolution of Climate Risk Management in Financial Services

June 28, 2019

Though climate risk management is still in its early stages, financial institutions are making progress in areas like governance and strategy. While ...

The Future of Risk: Christine Todd Whitman

October 9, 2018

Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of the State of New Jersey and former Administrator of the EPA (2001-2003), shared her perspectives about ...

An ERM Pioneer Looks Back...and Ahead

September 12, 2018

At Citibank, David X Martin (http://davidxmartin.com/) developed one of the first comprehensive enterprise risk management processes. While with ...

Future of Risk: Jeh Johnson

February 25, 2018

Jeh Johnson, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks with Jeremy Davis, VP, Media and Event Producer, GARP about the new age of risk. The ...

EY’s Mark Watson on Risk Priorities for Global Banks

December 6, 2017

Mark Watson, Executive Director in EY’s Financial Services Organization (FSO) advisory practice, joins GARP’s Jeff Kutler to discuss the 8th annual ...

How to Effectively Communicate Risk to Senior Management

October 13, 2017

John Carlin (Chair, Global Risk and Crisis Management, Morrison & Foerster; former Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s ...