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Understanding Your Relationship to Risk
Would You Bet Your Life On it? The award-winning biographical film, Free Solo, released in September 2018, documents one man’s attempt to climb El Capitan. Alex Honnold, an elite climber from Sacramento, CA, had a lifelong...
‘Twas the Night Before New Year’s
‘Twas the night before New Year’s, two thousand nineteen, And my, what a wild ride the past year had been! The markets, they soared; the markets, they tumbled, Investors, they cheered, and then later, they grumbled. Inside...
What is Enterprise Risk Management and How Can It Help?
Enterprise risk management, or ERM, is a term that’s frequently heard these days in many industries. As the business world becomes more sophisticated in technology, processes, and scope, businesses are starting to realize...
Manage Risk as if Your Life Depends on It
Brian Hague, CFA Commander Dana De Coster is a member of the elite Navy SEALs. He has completed multiple combat tours in Iraq and the Pacific Command, has provided support to the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, and served...
Top 5 Benefits of Vendor Risk Management to Your Business
Pressure to perform well in today’s financial services industry is at an all-time high. With new competitors emerging at every turn, credit unions find themselves under pressure from upper management and the Board of...
Proactive Operational Risk Assessment Leads to Better Business Results
Today’s regulatory environment has become much more stringent when it comes to the safety and efficacy of day-to-day operational practices and procedures in the credit union industry. In years past, reporting and regulatory...
Your ERM Program: Time for a Tune-Up?
You’ve implemented an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program at your credit union, and it’s been in place for about a year or more. You re-assess your risks periodically, you’ve developed reporting, and you’ve created a...
2018 CUNA Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Institute Announced
To improve on your governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) processes, it is vital to stop thinking of them as three unique initiatives and integrate them. This improves performance and will better meet long term...
Is Your Organization Planning for Last Year?
Ford Motor Company and Apple Computer no longer exist. Well, that is, they don’t exist with those names. In the past two years, Ford dropped “Motor” from its name, and Apple dropped “Computer” from its name. Ford is now all...