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Discussing the experiences of delivering third party risk management in a highly regulated environment
Paul Huggett, Head of Third Party Risk Profile & Governance, Bank of Ireland Group
What a difference a year makes – Looking at the liquidity and repo markets going forward
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Oskar Rogg, Head of Treasury, Credit […]
The ARRC’s progress to date and priorities going forward in the transition
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Tom Wipf, Vice Chairman of Institutional […]
Establishing a mature client experience practice as part of the digital transformation strategy
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Martin Lange, Director, Client Experience Strategy, […]
Developing business continuity and incident response plans for damage limitation in a loss event
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Alpa Inamdar, Head of Third Party […]
Communication and understanding of impacts of IFRS17 on company accounts to internal and external stakeholders
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Oscar Kitasoboka, Chief Actuary, UAE Insurance […]
Announcing CeFPro’s Virtual Risk Americas 2020 Convention
The Center for Financial Professionals are pleased to announce that the 9th Annual Risk Americas Convention has moved to a virtual platform for 2020! Taking place […]
Announcing CeFPro’s Virtual Risk EMEA 2020 Summit
The Center for Financial Professionals are pleased to announce that this year’s 9th Annual Risk EMEA Summit has gone virtual. For the first time in the […]
CeFPro Webinar – IFRS 17 – A frank discussion on what to know, do and avoid
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar – IFRS 17 – A frank discussion on what to know, do and avoid'. Led by: James […]
Sophisticated digital framework for cash & liquidity proves its value under stressed conditions
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro.
Assessing the impacts and consequences of LIBOR transition including timelines, reference rates and the path forward
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Leveraging global intelligence concepts to share information across the industry for mitigation of financial crime
By Lester Joseph, Head, Global Financial Crimes Intelligence Group, Wells Fargo & Company
Fraud & Financial Crime: Just Another Brick In The Wall…
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Corey A. Reason, Head of Compliance, […]
Has regulation gone too far or is there still more to be done?
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Bill Coen, Former Secretary General, Basel […]
Looking through the crystal ball: Covid 19, economic and risk management
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By Brandon Davies, Non Executive Director, Obillex […]
Remote work as an effective tool to manage an organization
Tomasz Grabowski, Product Manager, Comarch In the face of the pandemic, many employers experienced a shock, having to introduce remote work on a massive scale. But […]
Understanding how technology is changing approaches to credit risk
By Michael Baker, Managing Director, Scope Risk Solutions GmbH, part of the Scope Group What for you are the benefits of attending a conference like ‘Risk EMEA’ and […]
CeFPro Webinar – Managing risk through volatile markets and uncertain times
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar – Managing risk through volatile markets and uncertain times'. Led by: Mario Dell’Era, Senior Group Manager, […]
Securing Third-Party Risk During COVID-19
A company’s ecosystem of suppliers, vendors, partners and clients is instrumental to its success. How do you ensure these complex relationships do not become your organization’s […]
Panel Discussion | Non-Financial Risk Survey Results
At the Center for Financial Professionals 6th Annual New Generation Operational Risk Summit 2020, a panel discussion on CeFPro's Non-Financial Risk Report took place. This discussion […]
CeFPro Webinar: Practitioners guide to IBOR transition
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar: Practitioners guide to IBOR transition Led by: Richard Robinson, Principal Sales Engineer, Apttus Tess Virmani, Associate […]
Building strategies for quick change management amongst global political uncertainty
By Charles Forde, Group Head of Operational Risk, AIB
Minimising concentration risk with increased resilience on outsourced activity
By Sucharita Banerjee Lodha, Head of Operational Risk, International GI, Enterprise Risk Management, AIG
Broadening the scope to identify risks across portfolios for a holistic view of non-financial risks
By Dr. Jenny J Birdi, Head of Operational Risk & Risk Strategy UK, HSBC
Managing COVID-19 risk
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted not only global business and the economy, but our entire world as we know it. But who better to lead […]
Third Party Risk in the 21st Century, A Risk Mitigation Strategy
By Philip S. Renaud II, MSc, CPCU, Executive Director, The Risk Institute
The future of operational risk frameworks and management
By Tom Garrubba, Vice President & CISO, SFG/Shared Assessments
Using technology and innovative opportunities to enhance KYC practices
By Carole Avis, CRO, LGI, Legal & General
Reviewing the evolution and changing nature of the payments landscape and future expectations
By Jim Maimone, SVP, Senior Enterprise Payments Platform Product Manager, Citizens Bank
Model Inventory: Tools and techniques for an accurate inventory
By Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank
CeFPro Webinar: AML – Is it time to move to real-time inbound monitoring?
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar: AML – Is it time to move to real-time inbound monitoring?'. Led by: Kathy Griffin, Chief […]
Reviewing the global regulatory environment and managing jurisdictional deviations
By Andrew Barnett, Head of Fraud Management, Nordea
Silence the voice of the fraudster, enable the voice of the customer
By Dr Nikolay D Gaubitch, Head of EMEA Research, Pindrop
Measurement and quantification of model risk: Aggregating model risk for a holistic view
By Apurva Anand, Director – Model Risk Management, Barclays
Risk identification and risk reporting as a value added process to drive decision making
By Julia Lo, Director, Internal Audit, Prudential
Identifying internal weaknesses and vetting controls to detect internal fraud
By Vinaya Parvate, Global Head, Fraud Risk Oversight for Institutional Client Group and Citi Commercial Bank, Citi What, for you, are the benefits of attending a […]
ESMA-ESEF Reporting: an opportunity rather than a mere obligation
Author: Lise Chorques, IFRS & XBRL Advisor, Ginini Antipode Ginini Antipode – https://www.ginini-antipode.com/ixbrl-et-reporting-esef/ UBPartner – https://www.ubpartner.com/eurofiling/#fndtn-esma
Brexit war games: Reviewing potential outcomes of Brexit and impact on institutions and compliance
By Riley Peterson, EMEA Head of Strategy and Governance, MUFG
Building resilience principles into operational risk to maintain critical services
By Melissa Mellen, Officer and Department Head of Policy, Analytics and Vendor Strategy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Positioning and evolving privacy programs to account for different programs across jurisdictions
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. By James Bone, Lecturer in Discipline, ERM, […]
Best practices for validating machine learning models
By Roderick A Powell, SVP, Head of Model Risk Management, Ameris Bank
Incorporating model risk management principles across lines of business and risk
By Heather Russell, Director Model Risk Management, Bank of America
Has regulation gone too far or is there still more to be done?
By Bill Coen, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision & Chair, IFRS Advisory Council
Aligning fraud and cyber teams to increase cyber resiliency and minimize risk
By Rob Byars, Vice President, Information & Cyber Security, Wells Fargo
New techniques for developing sound compliance practices for anti-bribery and corruption laws across jurisdictions
By Sabeena Liconte, Head of Legal & CCO, Bank of China International
Definition and classification of a model under the global guidelines and treatments across the institution
By Daniel Hoyt, Head of Model Validation, Euroclear
Changing culture to incentivize and promote good conduct
By Nison Nagdimov, Senior Operational Risk Manager, Citi
Creating an integrated approach and control procedure to embed technologies into the business
By Colin Last, Director of Risk and Control, Nationwide
Cybersecurity & fraud prevention – Two sides of the same coin?
By Tim Ayling, Vice President EMEA, Buguroo
Next generation of fraud and financial crime prevention: Using AI and machine learning to revolutionise compliance
By Maarten Ligthart, Head of KYC CoE / Monitoring & Screening, ING
Policing fraud – challenges and opportunities
By Alex Rothwell, Detective Superintendent, City of London Police
Behind the scenes of cybercrime and fraud on mobile – Understand the factors driving growth of fraud to fight it
By Gaetan van Diemen, General Manager, ThreatFabric
FinTech Leaders 2020 Released Today – SAS, Oracle, Bloomberg, FIS, Amazon, and IBM ranked in the Top 50 Leaders!
News provided by Center for Financial Professionals on Monday 27th Jan 2020.
Presentation | Payment in the new: Balancing experience and new frontiers
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the 2nd Annual Payments Europe Forum in London during February 2019. At the event a presentation took place, which provided […]
Post-panel discussion: Ensuring system resilience to adapt to the evolution of the new payment landscape
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader and not those of CeFPro. At the Payments Europe Forum that took […]
Risk Americas – How can risk managers be more efficient?
At the the 8th Annual Risk Americas 2019 Congress, we interviewed Matthew Macia, EVP, Chief Risk Officer, Bank of the Sierra. This interview provides us with insight […]
Complexities of operational risk: Flexible change, regulatory environment and technology risk
At the the New Generation Operational Risk Europe Summit in 2019, we interviewed Beate Born, Executive Director, Risk Management, UBS. This interview provides us with insight […]
Discussing the experiences of delivering third party risk management in a highly regulated environment
By Paul Huggett, Head of Third Party Risk Profile & Governance, Bank of Ireland Group
CeFPro Webinar – Global collaborative efforts for mitigating financial crime – Identifying key challenges and developing comprehensive solutions
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar – Global collaborative efforts for mitigating financial crime – Identifying key challenges and developing comprehensive solutions'. […]
CeFPro Webinar – Exploring the role and scope of operational resilience including frameworks, responsibility and implementation
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar – Exploring the role and scope of operational resilience including frameworks, responsibility and implementation'. Led by: […]
Research survey: Basel IV Readiness – How prepared is your firm?
Wolters Kluwer are currently undertaking a new research project on Basel IV readiness and how prepared firms are for this. The Basel Committee has recently published […]
Mitigating financial crime through leveraging global intelligence concepts to share information across the industry
By Corey A. Reason, Head of Compliance, Clarien Bank Limited
Leveraging global intelligence concepts to share information across the industry for mitigation of financial crime
By Lester Joseph, Head, Global Financial Crimes Intelligence Group, Wells Fargo & Company
Transaction monitoring for suspicious activity and reducing false positives using technology advances
By Rebecca “Becky” Schauer Robertson, Director of AML Compliance, South State Bank
Tracking flow of funds and understanding beneficial ownership to identify fraudulent activity
By Victor Lessoff, MD, Head of Internal Investigations, TIAA
Reviewing opportunities with request to pay as a payment concept to enhance customer experience
By Francis De Roeck, Global Cash Management, Payment Regulations, BNP Paribas
Global research survey: Technology risk in financial services
In CeFPro's recent Non-Financial Risk Leaders survey, we asked our respondents what they consider to be the top non-financial risks within the industry - Technology risk was […]
Federal implications of banking Marijuana money and movement of cash across State lines
By Lester Joseph, Head, Global Financial Crimes Intelligence Group, Wells Fargo & Company
CeFPro Webinar – Implementing strong customer authentication – Customer’s journey and Merchant readiness
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar – Implementing strong customer authentication – Customer’s journey and Merchant readiness'. Led by: Alex Roy, Head […]
The cryptocurrency ecosystem – A new frontier in consumer protection
By Jake Van Der Laan, Chief Information Officer/Director, Information Technology and Regulatory, Financial and consumer Services Commission
Managing compliance to the evolving regulatory landscape amidst political uncertainty
By Caitriona Whelan, Managing Director Legal and Compliance Executive, Payen
A Perspective on Operational Risk Complexity in Financial Services
By Beate Born, Executive Director, Risk Management, UBS
Credit Portfolio Management: An evolving subject
By Catherine Keane, Head of Bank and Country risk, Bank of Ireland
Potential disruption across the industry of BigTechs entering payment infrastructure
By Aleksi Grym, Head of Digitalisation, Bank of Finland.
Evolution of payments infrastructure and future outlook with increased non-bank entrants in the market
By Dougie Belmore, Head of Payments, CYBG, Clydesdale Bank
Managing compliance amidst political uncertainty and the evolving regulatory landscape
By Gianluca D’Imperio, Group CIB Compliance, UniCredit S.p.A.
Setting the scene: What is XBRL, where is it used and why are these changes so important for you?
By Mike Willis, Assistant Director, Office of Structured Disclosures, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Biometrics in Payments
By Steve Cook, Specialist Biometrics & Digital Identity Consultant, Biometrics for eCommerce
Meeting regulatory demands amidst continued innovation, disruption and evolution
By Sophie Bottazzi, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Cryptocurrency: The next main Internet payment Method?
By Anil Nayak, Blockchain Advisor, Allied Irish Bank
Understanding cybercrime – the risks posed to businesses and the best ways to mitigate cyber risks
By Mohsin Choudhury, UK Cyber Security Lead, Former Bank of Ireland
Using risk appetite as a management tool and reporting at a useable level
By Simon Cartlidge, Head of Risk, Legal & General Investment Management’s Retail Division
Risk EMEA 2019: Data, the impact of technology and increasing efficiency
At the 8th Annual Risk EMEA 2019 Summit, we interviewed Liv Watson, Sr. Director of Strategic Customer Initiatives, Workiva. The interview provides insights into key highlights […]
#ChangePays: There were more male CEOs named John than female CEOs
Author: Daniel Sandberg, PhD, CFA, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Improving third party risk management programs to optimize operations
The aim of this research is to better understand where third party risk management is positioned within an organization, and to what extent the associated risks […]
Reviewing rate options, fall back language and pace of adoption across the major currencies and the ability to work across multiple jurisdictions
By Alaistair Sharp, Head of Short Term Interest Rate Trading London, Credit Suisse
Integration of stress testing with financial planning and driving strategic decisions
By Venkat Iyer, Director of PPNR Forecasting, Santander The insights in this article are not necessarily representative of Santander
How to leverage stress testing for strategic and competitive advantage
By Ty Lambert, Chief Data Analytics Officer, BancorpSouth
Reviewing FinTech advances and new product entrants impact on the market
At the the 8th Annual Risk Americas 2019 Congress, we interviewed Alessia Falsarone, MD, Portfolio Strategy and risk, PineBridge Investments. The interview provided us with insights into […]
How leaders foster an inclusive culture
At the the 8th Annual Risk Americas 2019 Congress, we interviewed Melissa Murphy, Senior Manager of U.S. Regulatory Technology, Scotia Bank. The interview provided us with insights […]
Presentation | CECL for Municipals: PD and LGD Approach
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the 8th Annual Risk and Regulation Convention – Risk Americas in May 2019. At this Conference, we filmed a key […]
CeFPro Webinar – CECL delay opens window of opportunity for strategic risk process improvements
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'CeFPro Webinar – CECL delay opens window of opportunity for strategic risk process improvements'. Led by: Will Newcomer, […]
The evolution of operational risk including resilience, cyber and future trends
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro Over the last ten years the operational risk landscape has changed beyond recognition and included a drive towards holistic […]
Increasing interaction and integration of liquidity and capital stress tests for a unified view of impacts
By Martin Marchesi, Head of Stress Testing & Credit Projection, Intesa Sanpaolo
Exploring modelling techniques for non-financial risk and stress testing
By Alexander Von Felbert, Head of Risk Controlling, Airbus Bank
Improving capabilities internally to deliver stress tests in a more comprehensive way and increase the efficiency of stress testing
By Pradyumna Javalekar, Executive Director, Head of CVA Stress Testing, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
CeFPro Webinar – LIBOR Transition – How real is it?
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'LIBOR Transition - How real is it?'. Led by: Phil Lloyd, Head of Market Structure & Regulatory Customer […]
Presentation: Managing cyber risk in an increased technology landscape to stay ahead of threats
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the Vendor & Third Party Risk Europe 2019 in London during June 2019. The presentation provides us with insights on managing […]
Presentation: Project 27 – Creating an integrated region for domestic and cross border payments in multiple currencies in the nordics
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the Payments Forum 2019 in London during February 2019. The presentation provides us with insights on creating an integrated region for […]
Model risk management in CECL
At the the 8th Annual Risk Americas 2019 Congress, we interviewed Nav Vaidhyanathan, Group VP, Head of Model Validation and Governance, M&T Bank. The interview provides us […]
How will technology impact operational risk management?
At the New Generation Operational Risk Europe Summit in 2019, we interviewed: Sean Miles, Head of Operation Risk, Santander Services, Santander Shahid Hussain, Senior Risk Officer, […]
CECL model implementation and execution: 1st line model validation / risk management and running alongside stress tests in a cohesive framework
By Michael Jacobs, Lead Quantitative Analytics and Modeling Expert, PNC
Assessing the current ecosystem and evolution of FinTech
By Ameer Naraynen, Head of Systems Development, Bordier & Cie UK PLC
CeFPro Webinar – Model Risk: Where will innovation take us and what challenges are ahead?
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, "Model Risk: Where will innovation take us and what challenges are ahead?" Topics addressed: Evolution of model risk […]
CeFPro Webinar – Business Value: Risk culture, lines of defense and emerging risks
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, 'Business Value: Risk culture, lines of defense and emerging risks'. Led by: Ryan Spelman, Senior Manager, CyberClarity360 Jacob […]
Understanding how firms can develop internal transition plans, systems and modelling to ensure they are operationally ready
By Sandeep Bhorkar, Director, IBOR Transition, Société Générale Disclaimer: All of the views, opinions and interpretations presented herein are solely those of the speaker and should […]
CECL implementation for FBOs: Leveraging IFRS 9 for CECL
By Kuo-Chang Lu, Head of Strategic Planning and Business Engagement, RBC
Operational risk: Impact of innovation and using risk appetite beyond regulatory compliance
At the the New Generation Operational Risk Europe Summit in 2019, we interviewed Simon Cartlidge, Head of Risk (LGIM Retail & DC), Legal & General. This […]
Payments innovation, customer satisfaction and open banking
At the Payments Forum in 2019, we interviewed Dougie Belmore, Head of Payments Industry Engagement at Clydesdale Bank. This interview provides us with insight into what […]
IFRS 17 Explained
IFRS 17 is complex and many insurance firms feel there is a lack of understanding and training of this new accounting standard across their organisations. This […]
Integration of AI and machine learning to apply a broader spectrum of appropriate shocks to individual portfolios
By Assad Bouayoun, Senior XVA Quantitative Expert, former HSBC
Investigating the pace of adoption and characteristics of risk-free rates and how the industry is being impacted by the transformation
By Sebastien Cross, UK Rates Strategist, Bank of America
Making fairness an intrinsic part of AI for financial services
By Sray Agarwal, Specialist – Data Science & AI, Publicis Sapient
Bringing technology to traditional components of risk management
By Raj Dave, Director Compliance, Barclays
Understanding the changing behaviours of consumers and meeting evolving expectations
By Chris Crespo, Head of Digital Direction, Group Digital, Nordea
Reviewing the evolving landscape of non-financial companies offering financial products
Rinse Jacobs, Head of Strategic Partnerships, solarisBank
Validation and Governance of the use of AI and machine learning models to increase efficiency
By Paul O’Donovan, Director, US Model Governance, BMO Financial
Developing risk sensitive model risk management practices tailored to individual model requirements
By Chris Smigielski, Director, Model Risk Management, Arvest Bank
Next generation of Stress Testing: Using as a tool and BAU integration
By Liang-Khoon Koh, Director Stress Testing, Silicon Valley Bank
Discussing international variations in timelines, approaches, model adoption and the potential for harmonisation
By Brandon Davies, Non-Executive Director, Obillex Limited
Top 3 investment priorities according to FinTech Leaders 2019 Report
In October 2018, CeFPro embarked on a global research initiative to gather market data on FinTech trends, priorities and challenges – FinTech Leaders 2019. The data-gathering […]
Reviewing the latest trends and challenges surrounding LIBOR transition and the adoption of alternative reference rates
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Integrating conduct requirements and maturing risk culture of a firm
By Benoît Saint-Jevin, Head of OPC & TAC Coordination, Global Markets Americas, BNP Paribas
Linking risk appetites to decision making
By Jacob Rosengarten, Principal, Wolf/Rosengarten Group
Exploring the uses of AI and machine learning technology in operational risk
By Saqib Jamshed, Head of Model Risk Governance, The Options Clearing Corporation
Biometrics: Increasing security and accessibility to increase customer experience
By Steve Cook, Specialist Biometrics and Fintech Consultant, Biometrics for eCommerce
Director of Operational Risk at Mizuho Americas discusses universal language, taxonomies and data sharing
At Operational Risk Management USA 2018, we interviewed Dominique Benz, Director, Operational Risk Management at Mizuho Americas LLC. This interview provides us with insight into what […]
Emerging trends and utilising Stress Testing as a tool for driving strategic business decisions
By Sophie Bottazzi, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Increasing accountability in the first line and minimizing duplication of efforts for risk assessments
By Hugo Ramirez, SVP, Director of Corporate Assurance, BBVA
FRTB: Challenges ahead, uncertainty surrounding timelines and technology capabilities
At the FRTB Forum in 2018, we interviewed Ozgur Ozel, Executive Director, EMEA Head, Prudential Regulatory Relations at Morgan Stanley. This interview provides us with insight […]
Exploring techniques and methodologies around implementing the IFRS 17 standard
By Rahul Verma, Methodology Lead, Just Group. What, for you, are the benefits of attending a conference like the ‘IFRS 17 Forum’ and what have attendees learnt from […]
Liquidity assumptions: Qualitative approaches
By Joe Peedikayil, SVP, Liquidity/Credit/Capital-Qualitative Model Validation, Wells Fargo
IFRS 17- What does the new standard tell us about the business?
By Nick Dexter, Senior Advisor, Bank of England.
The Research for CeFPro’s FinTech Leaders 2020 Report has been launched
CeFPro’s Global Research Survey has been launched for the next edition of FinTech Leaders! FinTech Leaders is the most comprehensive independent study of the global FinTech […]
Interest rates: How firms can sufficiently plan and prepare for multiple outcomes
By Yuhong Liu, Director, BNP Paribas
Liquidity risk: Maintaining balance sheet stability and risk appetite
By Armel R. Kouassi, Head of Balance Sheet Modeling, Northern Trust
FinTech and emerging technology in financial services
By Alice Kelly, Head of Research and Production, CeFPro
Managing regulatory expectations in an evolving landscape and satisfying requirements across jurisdictions
By Rebecca Schauer Robertson, CAMS-Audit, CAFP, CFE EVP Director of AML Compliance, South State Bank
Expanding capabilities in data analytics across audit teams to develop an enterprise level picture
By Amit Srivastav, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley and Dhaval Sheth, Head of Corporate Investigations and Analytics, CIT
Reviewing the evolution of model risk management and managing innovation with management and oversight
By Sophie Bottazzi, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Liquidity Risk: Regulatory landscape and current industry trends
By Andres Oranges, Chief Operating Officer, Treasury, Société Générale
Reviewing the latest IFRS 17 trends including finalising plans, timelines and implementation
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Progressing with LIBOR transition in an uncertain environment
By Gary Levin, Director, Head of Fixed Income Market Risk for Americas, Société Générale
Presentation: The increasing risk of vendor and third parties and ensuring effective controls across lifecycle
Joshua also presentied at our Risk Americas Convention, find out more at: www.risk-americas.com The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the 8th Annual Risk Americas Convention in […]
Model risk: Model transparency & ensuring effective validation
At Risk Americas 2019, we interviewed Aruna Joshi, SVP, Model Risk Management, Bank of the West. This interview provides us with insight on the key takeaways from […]
Distributed ledger technology
By Mariana Gómez de la Villa, Head of Wholesale Banking Blockchain, ING
Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB)
By Shearin Cao, Technical Specialist, Traded Risk Management, Standard Chartered Bank
Panel discussion: Assessing how IFRS 17 interpretations can impact decision-making processes
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the 3rd Edition IFRS 17 Forum in November 2018. At this Forum, we filmed a key panel discussion, looking into […]
The evolution of Audit: The future of audit risk and regulatory expectations
By Sophie Bottazzi, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Model risk: Life-cycle, new regulations and what the future holds
At Risk Americas 2019, we interviewed Chris Smigielski, Model Risk Director, Arvest Bank This interview provides us with insight on the key takeaways from his session, […]
Climate-linked scenarios and credit risk modelling
By Giorgio Baldassarri, Global Head of Analytic Development Group, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Assessing the changing regulatory landscape and the impact of global and jurisdictional variations
At Technology & Innovation Risk 2018, we interviewed Dawd Haque, Market Initiatives, Regulatory Transformation & Strategy, Deutsche Bank This interview provides us with insight on the key […]
Building operational resilience in financial services and ensuring compliance to regulatory standards
By Sucharita Banerjee Lodha, General Insurance International (GII) Business Resiliency and Operational Governance, AIG
TPRM insights from Dov Goldman, VP, Innovation and Alliances, Opus
Third Party Risk Management insights at CeFPro's Vendor & Third Party Risk Conference from Dov Goldman, VP, Innovation and Alliances, Opus. Insight into the challenges ahead […]
Big data, small data: How to get from insights to action with data visualisation
Risk technology can shrink big data into more manageable information, so it’s not just insightful, but actionable. As businesses continue to harness the power of big […]
Challenges and opportunities of model risk reporting
By Herman Graaff, Head of Model Validation, de Volksbank
Assessing the impacts and consequences of LIBOR transition including timelines, reference rates and the path forward
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Risk Webinar: Evolving role of banks and FinTechs in the Real Time Payment space
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar, "Evolving role of banks and FinTechs in the Real Time Payment space" The webinar covers: Where we are […]
Operational risk control framework: Technology and regulatory requirements
At New Generation Operational Risk Europe 2019 interviewed Xavier Pujos, Managing Partner, Sionic Advisors This interview provides us with insight into operational risk beyond regulatory requirements, […]
Effective model risk and incorporating effective controls to guard against model errors and allow for quick response
By Paul Burnett, Global Head of Traded Risk Analytics, HSBC
Leveraging recovery and resolution as a business tool whilst ensuring compliance to regulatory demands
By Jason Penman, Head of Balance Sheet Management, NatWest Markets
Risk Webinar: Vendor & third party risk – Adapting to the evolving regulatory landscape
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar ahead of Vendor & Third Party Risk Europe 2019, "Vendor & third party risk – Adapting to the […]
Risk Webinar: A discussion on the key findings from CeFPro’s Global Conduct Risk Survey
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar , "A discussion on the key findings from CeFPro’s Global Conduct Risk Survey" The webinar covers: Treatment of […]
Vendor risk: Due diligence, scaling, analysis, and ongoing oversight
By Marc Lotti, Partner, ACA Aponix and Jeff Rowley, Principal Consultant, ACA Aponix
Implementation challenges and short comings of the most recent regulations within MRM
By Azar Khurshid, Director, Global Risk Management, Mizuho International
Reviewing current industry understanding and approach to FTP
At Liquidity Risk Management Europe 2018, we interviewed Fitz Drummond, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs This interview provides us with insight on how technology advances will impact […]
Analysing industry approaches, technology advances and ring-fencing impacts on firms
At Liquidity Risk Management Europe 2018, we interviewed Dimitrios Papathanasiou, Head of EMEA Treasury and Liquidity Risk, Credit Suisse This interview provides us with insight on […]
Challenges are here to stay – What next?
At Technology and Innovation 2018, we interviewed Julian Sawyer, Chief Operating Officer, Starling Bank This interview provides us with an an overview of his predictions for the […]
Reviewing guidance for IRRBB and impacts on the business
At Risk EMEA 2018, we interviewed Fabio Perata, Head of Section/Joint Supervisory Team Coordinator, European Central Bank This interview provides us with an an overview of the […]
Developing and testing business continuity plans for risk mitigation for supplier failure
By Tom Garrubba, Senior Director & CISO, Shared Assessments & The Santa Fe Group
CRD V: Some Pain, but Potentially a Lot of Gain
By Jeroen Van Doorsselaere, Vice President, Global Risk & Finance, Wolters Kluwer
Monitoring and mitigating insider risk and limiting insider fraud
At Operational Risk Management USA, we interviewed Sabeena Liconte, Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of China International This interview provides us with an insight into […]
Strengthening process and communication to align frameworks across the lifecycle
At Vendor & Third Party Risk Europe 2018 we interviewed Kurt Neilson, Head of Third Party Relationship Management, Aegon on upcoming challenges, key takeaways from his […]
Risk Webinar: Managing third parties, it’s more than just cyber risk
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar ahead of Vendor & Third Party Risk USA 2019, " Managing third parties, it’s more than just cyber […]
Third-party due diligence: Has your program evolved enough to keep up with changes in regulations and advancements in technology?
By Bill Hauserman, Senior Director, Compliance Solutions, Bureau van Dijk, A Moody’s Analytics Company
Full oversight for risk reporting: Aggregating reporting across multiple systems and jurisdictions
By David Stomski, Director, Operational Risk Management, Credit Suisse
Reviewing the regulatory agenda for liquidity risk and aligning changes to implement into BAU systems
By Amit Kalyanaraman, Head of Liquidity Risk (UK), Credit Suisse
Ensuring effective controls for cloud providers to understand where data is stored and pinpoint liability
By Sean O’Brien, Managing Director, DVV Solutions
The future of LIBOR: Reviewing suggested changes and impact on portfolios
By Armel Romeo Kouassi, Head of Balance Sheet and Treasury Portfolio Modeling, Northern Trust
Aligning risk management and strategic planning
By Fabrice Fiol, MD, Deputy Head of ERM, Societe Generale
Integrating fund transfer pricing with liquidity and interest rate risk management
By Hadrien Van Der Vaeren, Senior Manager, Avantage Reply
Launching new business successfully
By Azlina Wetmore, Head of Commercial Credit Policy and Innovation, Capital One
Vendor Complaint Monitoring – Why It’s Important
By Branan Cooper, Chief Risk Officer, Venminder
Aligning third party management with wider operational resilience frameworks and risk appetite statements
By Nick Brazier, Head of Third Party Management, Close Brothers & Anna Gurney, Head of Supplier Relationship Management, Close Brothers
Boosting vendor risk reporting accuracy
By Shamial Afzal, Head of Supplier Risk Management (SRM), M&G Prudential
Regulatory landscape – Increasing global cooperation and managing the regulatory agenda
By Paul Kennedy, Chief Risk Officer, National Bank of Kuwait
Aggregating reporting across multiple systems and jurisdictions for full oversight for risk reporting
By Roxane Romulus, MBA, Director, Third Party Risk Management, Voya Financial
The role of FinTech companies in payments industry and enhancing digital capabilities of financial institutions
By Tibor Bartels, Head of Transaction Services Americas, ING Bank
Continuous monitoring of vendor and third parties for full portfolio analysis of risks
By Ken Wolckenhauer, VP, Vendor Management, Nordea Bank
Third-party impacts on financial websites: Insights and data
By Idan Cohen, CEO & Co-founder, Reflectiz
A vision of the end-state analytics architecture for your firm
By Stevan Maglic, SVP, Head of Quantitative Risk Analytics, Regions Bank
Increasing cyber resilience in an advancing threat landscape
By Philip Masqullette, SVP, CRO, Ulster Savings Bank
Effective management of model risk for end to end management
By Wei Ma, Head of Model Risk Management, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
Reviewing the impact of Brexit on liquidity risk and potential changes to business strategy to stay ahead
By Phil Headley, Managing Director, Regulatory Reporting, Mizuho
Reviewing compliance risk, technology and resiliency
By Liv Watson, Sr. Director of Strategic Customer Initiatives, Workiva
Beginners guide to navigating a regulatory inspection
By Fiachra Crean, Head of Supplier Relationship Management, AIB
Managing risks prior to onboarding through integration of procurement and vendor risk management
By Bob Koszkalda, Director, Third Party Risk Management, SVP, KeyBank
Innovation in risk & operational resilience – assessing progress made and challenges ahead
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
A discussion and exploration into cross currency basis risk
By Dimitrios Papathanasiou, Head of EMEA Treasury and Liquidity risk, Credit Suisse
Challenges and practices of effective existing model landscape maintenance
By Darius Grinvaldas, Head of Credit Risk Modelling 1 (PD Maintenance) / GRM Vilnius Site Leader, Danske Bank A/S
Expectations for internal audit: What a good control environment looks like
By Gilles Artaud, Group General Inspection – Supervisor, Crédit Agricole SA
Pool Party – Examining the potential of pool models
By Tobias Noll, Senior Relationship Manager/Deputy Head of Marketing & Sales, RSU Rating Service Unit
Tracking and limiting concentration risk across supply chain to avoid over reliance on any party
By Amit Lakhani, Head of Third Party Risk Management, CIB, BNP Paribas
Model Risk: The backbone of the asset management industry
By Abhisekh Adukia, VP, Model Risk Director, Alliance Bernstein
Uncovering unknowns: Understanding the intersection of vendor management and business continuity planning
By Michael Berman, Founder & CEO, Ncontracts
Global alignment of payment landscape and the future outlook for US regulation
By Sophie Bottazzi, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Best practice for categorising vendors to determine level of due diligence and oversight required
By Ben Joyce, Head of Sourcing – Global Commercial Services, ICBC Standard Bank Plc
NSFR Final rule outline and timelines for final implementation
By Sridhar Aiyangar, Group Head, Balance sheet and Liquidity Management, Bank ABC
Technology service providers and the road to the vendor management dashboard
By James McPherson, Director, Credit Agricole CIB
Integration of procurement and vendor risk management to manage risk prior to onboarding
By Mick Kless, President and CEO, Compliance Education Institute
IFRS 9 – Practical consequences for the credit process
By Georg Hauser, MD, Credit Risk, ING
Implementation of faster and Real Time Payments and regulatory outlook
By James Colassano, Product Development and Strategy, The Clearing House
Managing the fraud threat landscape and increased intensity of threats
By Sean O’Malley, Head of AML Risk Management, State Street Corporation
Effective identification and measurement of model risk for a full view of inventory
By Tanguy Dehapiot, Head of Valuation Risk, BNP Paribas
Exploring the scope of liquidity risk management and changes to markets, funding and regulation
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Ensuring effective controls and monitoring tools are in place to heighten cyber resilience
By Lynn Mingone, VP, Global Payment Services, Wells Fargo
A journey through the development and implementation of a robust third-party risk management program
By Chris Monk, Managing Director, Protiviti & Kathryn Hardman, Director of Centralized Third-Party Management Office, BBVA US
Increasing cyber resilience and BCM in an advancing threat landscape
By Russell Sommers, Senior Manager, Baker Tilly
Credit portfolio management – Interactions between risk, finance and business
By Catherine Keane, Head of Bank and Country risk, Bank of Ireland
UDAP vs. UDAAP – Understanding the differences, what all the hype is about and how third-party risk fits in
By Gordon Rudd, Third Party Risk Officer, Venminder
Identification and protection from the world’s top 3 cyber crime and online fraud hotspots
By Pablo de la Riva, CEO and Founder, buguroo
Post-Event Interview: Conduct risk modelling – What works and what doesn’t?
By Dr Peter Mitic, Head of Operational Risk Methodology UK, Santander UK
Uses of distributed ledger technologies to drive efficiency programs and risk management considerations
By Mariana Gomez de la Villa, Head of Wholesale Banking Blockchain, ING
Vendor complaints – A Cause for enforcement actions
By Branan Cooper, Chief Risk Officer,Venminder
Removing operational risk through comprehensive spreadsheet governance
By Chris Burke, CEO, EUCplus
“Cyber attacks do happen” | Cyber security simulated threat exercises
Click here to view upcoming related presentations at Risk Americas: www.risk-americas.com We interviewed Nasser Fattah, Managing Director, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ on the key takeaways from […]
Using AI and machine learning to automate and increase fraud and AML detection
By David Christie, CEO, Bleckwen
Credit risk modeling: Leveraging technology advances for enhanced credit risk modelling
By Shannon Kelly, SVP, Director, Model Risk Management, Zions Bancorp
Collecting and storing quality data for CECL model requirements
By Shannon Kelly, SVP, Director, Model Risk Management, Zions Bancorp
Risk Webinar: Innovation and FinTech: Impact on the landscape
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar ahead of X-Tech 2019: Financial Services and Technology looking into Innovation and FinTech: Impact on the landscape. The […]
RCSA: Simplifying the process to maximize benefits and business uses
By Gus Ortega, Head of Technology, Innovation and Operations Risk Management, Voya Financial
Limiting exposure from cyber threats and streamlining controls
by Andrew Davies, VP, Global Market Strategy, Financial Crime Risk Management, Fiserv
Risk Webinar: Corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent tax evasion – where are we now?
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar ahead of Fraud and Financial Crime Europe 2019 looking into corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent tax […]
Risk Webinar: Defining digital payments – From old to new
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar ahead of X-Tech 2019: Financial Services and Technology looking into defining digital payments – From old to new. […]
Fraud and Financial Crime: Federal implications of banking marijuana money
by Lester Joseph, Head, Global Financial Crimes Intelligence Group, Wells Fargo & Company
Reviewing final rule for TLAC/MREL requirements and assessing implementation
By Gilles Renaudiere, Director, Capital Products, BNP Paribas
The future of operational risk management – From adolescence to adulthood
By Robert Crewdson, Managing Consultant and Rob Murray, Managing Director, BCS Consulting.
Leveraged debt financing: Is there a debt crisis in the making?
By Atanas Dimov, Head of Credit Risk, Aviva Investors
Reviewing the post crisis landscape and unanswered questions surrounding technology & innovation
By Thomas Dodd, Chief Compliance Officer, Moneta Money Bank
Driving risk culture and establishing appropriate incentives and behavior
By Craig Lane, Director, USAA & Gustavo Ortega, Head of Technology, Innovation and Operations Management, AIG
The evolution of risk management in response to Basel III/IV, IFRS-9, CECL and FinTech
By Bogie Ozdemir, CRO, Canadian Western Bank
Assessment of model risk in the aggregate: Contributions of quantification
By Liming Brotcke, Quantitative Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of’ Chicago & Ray Brastow, Senior Financial Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Conducting simulated threat exercises (STEs) to further improve cybersecurity program
By Nasser Fattah, Managing Director, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ
Reviewing FinTech advances and new product entrants impact on the market
By Ethen Yao, Head of Innovations and Intellectural Properties, BLAST
Defining and managing qualitative models
By Ximena Zambrano, Head of Qualitative Model Validation, Wells Fargo
Aligning strategic planning and risk management
By Irfan Khan, Chief Operational Risk Officer, BB&T
Model risks unique to or heightened by Machine Learning Models
By Jacob Kosoff, Head of Model Risk Management & Validation, Regions Bank
How are Machine Learning Models used in Banking?
By Jacob Kosoff, Head of Model Risk Management & Validation, Regions Bank
What are Machine Learning models and how do you test Machine Learning models
By Jacob Kosoff, Head of Model Risk Management & Validation, Regions Bank
Presentation: Identification of false documents and the rise in new technology enabling impersonations
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the Fraud and Financial Crime Europe Summit in April 2018. At this Summit, we filmed a key presentation, looking into: […]
The emergence of new high-tech crimes and prevalence of existing legacy crimes
At Fraud and Financial Crime Europe 2018 we interviewed Eric Wagner, Head of Group Financial Crime, Erste Group Bank AG on key areas of focus, forthcoming […]
What can we do as risk managers to be more efficient in the future?
At Risk EMEA 2018 we interviewed our key presenters to get their insights on how risk managers can be more efficient in the future. We speak […]
Risk Webinar: Managing IT risk in today’s evolving environment
The Center for Financial Professionals conducted a webinar ahead of X-Tech 2019: Financial Services and Technology looking into managing IT risk in today’s evolving environment. The […]
Holistic Liquidity Risk Management
By Amit Kalyanaraman, Head of Liquidity Risk, Credit Suisse
Model risk management in CECL
By Nav Vaidhyanathan, Group VP, Head of Model Validation and Governance, M&T Bank
Evolution & Future Trends in Credit Risk
By Shannon Harris, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
CECL – Managing audit requirements and expectation to minimize duplication of efforts with auditors and regulators
By Matthew Clohessy, SVP, Audit Manager, Keybank
Assessing the latest trends in third party risk management
By Guglielmo Migliori, Senior Research Executive, CeFPro
Managing the regulatory agenda and increasing global cooperation to limit disparities
By Adrian Burbanks, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Bank of China (UK) Ltd
Balancing global regulatory requirements for fraud and AML to align practices globally
by Sandeep Sharma, CAMLO, KEB Hana Bank Canada
Risk Webinar: Emerging risks driven by Innovation: The operational risk journey
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted an Operational Risk webinar, exploring: Innovation themes from 2018 into 2019 | FinTech – Including insight into AI | Digitalisation […]
Risk Webinar – CECL: Are you up to date?
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted a CECL Risk Webinar, exploring: Shifting models into production | Parallel run | CECL reserve levels and business impact | […]
The future customer experience: Robo advisors and chatbots
By Sunil Gangwani, Co-Founder, Plootus
Fraud and financial crime: Increasing intelligence and information sharing across departments
By Riley Peterson, Director, Head of Strategy and Governance, MUFG
Fraud and financial crime – Keeping up with global sanctions to ensure enforcement across institutions
By Oliver Beckmann, Vice President / Head of Business Advisory Sanctions, Group Compliance, Commerzbank
Fraud and financial crime – Updating trigger mechanism beyond cash to include wire payments
by Corey A. Reason, Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Clarien Bank Limited
Third-party risk: Chasing maturity in a dynamic landscape
CeFPro conducted a global survey with risk professionals from across the industry, the results have been collated and analysed to form an in-depth report by Aravo. […]
Fraud and Financial Crime: Understanding industry trends and uses of cryptocurrencies
by Michael Schidlow, Head of Financial Crime Risk Training and Emerging Risk Advisory, Global Internal Audit, HSBC
Vendor & third party risk – Effective measurement and reporting of risks to provide comprehensive enterprise wide analysis
By Steven Wyles, Head of Santander Services Risk & Director Third Party Risk Management, Santander UK
Recalibration of CECL models after initial validation reports and parallel runs to align results
By Elizae Dalvi, VP, Model Risk Management, Bank United
Reviewing FinTech advances and new product entrants impact on the market
By Alessia Falsarone, MD, Portfolio Strategy and Risk, PineBridge Investments.
Managing model risk governance to maintain accuracy across lifecycle
By Chris Smigielski, VP Model Risk Director, TIAA
Understanding how third party risk impacts operational resilience and aligning to regulatory requirements
By Charles Forde, Global Head of Third Party, Outsourcing & Inter-Entity Risk, UBS
Current status of CECL accounting standard including delay requests and congressional and regulatory activities
By Rick Martin, Product Manager, Financial & Risk Management Solutions, Fiserv
CECL – Applying qualitative overlays that are transparent, robust and repeatable
By Stevan Maglic, SVP, Head of Quantitative Analytics, Regions Bank
Articulating information to the board to understand the nature of the threat of vendor and third-party risk and translating into action
By Charles Forde, Global Head of Third Party, Outsourcing & Inter-entity Risk, UBS
Reviewing the shifting focus within credit risk and the impacts of new trends and regulation
By Catherine Keane, Head of Bank and Country Risk, Bank of Ireland
Using machine learning and predictive analytics to combat the increasing exposure to cyber threats
By Vikas Munshi, Senior Security Architect, CISO, ING
Project 27 – Creating an integrated region for domestic and cross border payments in multiple currencies in the Nordics
By Hendrik van der Watt, Head Payment Architecture, Danske Bank
Developing a strategy for CECL loss forecasting with varying degrees of interpretation across the industry
By Jorge Sobehart, Credit and Obligor Risk Analytics, Citi
Intelligence sharing across institutions for effective prevention
By Remy Jansen, Head of Department, De Nederlandsche Bank
Implementing AI and machine learning tools to detect and prevent application fraud
By Ido Lustig, Chief Risk Officer, BlueVine
CECL – Initial impact analysis: How to successfully action a parallel run and action on decomposing impact
By Daniel Hong, VP, CECL Wholesale Credit Implementation Lead, HSBC
CECL – Managing increased sensitivity to macros assumptions across loss forecast models
By Chris Varvares, Vice President and co-head of US Economics, Macroeconomic Advisers, IHS Markit
Reviewing the impact of PSD2/open banking on the industry and future trends on the horizon
By Laura David, Head of Operational Risk Controlling, Raiffeisen Bank
Sustainable operational risk management
By Beate Born, Executive Director, Risk Management, UBS.
Reviewing the shifting landscape of fraud risk and the role of technology / cyber risk in fraud
By Vinaya Parvate, Global Head Fraud Risk Oversight for Institutional Clients, Citi
Aligning cooperation and intelligence sharing across public and private sectors
by Mandy Ramlow, Director, VP, U.S. AML Financial Intelligence Unit, BMO Harris Bank N.A.
Increasing intelligence sharing across institutions for effective detection and prevention
By Karl-Johan Karlsson, Financial Crime Compliance Officer, Handelsbanken.
Cyber resilience: Tactics to find and fix security vulnerabilities
By Phil Renaud, Executive Director, The Risk Institute
Assessing the exposure to risk and techniques to continually identify and manage new risk
By Kevin Lindsay, Deputy Head of Financial Crime Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited.
Risk Insights from Chief Risk Officer of Hyundai Capital America
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted the Risk Americas 2018 Convention, at this event, we interviewed the Chief Risk Officer of Hyundai Capital America. Interview with: […]
Validation of CECL models: What needs to be validated?
By Jennifer Matney, SVP, Director of Operational Risk Management, UMB Financial
Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) Performance Assessment
By Xiaoling (Sean) Yu, SVP, Director of Model Validation, KeyBank
Quantifying the level of fraud being experienced in US non-cash payments
By Dave Lott, Payment Risk Expert, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Using AI and machine learning to monitor transactions
By Milos Dunjic, AVP, Enterprise Payments Technology Innovation, TD Bank
Reputational risk, risk culture and increasing overall efficiency
The Center for Financial Professionals hosted Operational Risk Management USA in October 2018, at this event, we interviewed Mike Dempsey on his insight into risk culture, […]
Bringing it all together: Aligning stress testing, capital planning and CECL
By Stephen Hsu, SVP, Head of Model Risk Management, Pacific Western Bank
