Blog & Resources
Will Proposed Tax Reform Impact the Housing Market?
Both the House and Senate have put forth tax reform plans that appear likely to succeed. At this writing, the Senate plan has passed, with several last-minute amendments made to win over key holdouts on the GOP side. Tax...
Inaugural GRC Leadership Institute Wrap-up
The inaugural CUNA Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) Leadership Institute wrapped up in Denver last Wednesday. The sellout institute provided attendees access to industry and non-industry leaders and ample...
Updated ERM Framework Integrates Risk with Strategy and Performance
COSO recently released an update to the 2004 Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework, which has served as a valuable resource for many organizations in implementing and running their enterprise risk management...
CUNA’s Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Leadership Institute Speakers Announced
Overland Park, KS – Wednesday, September 6, 2017 – The Inaugural GRC Leadership Institute hosted by CUNA in Denver has released the speaker list. Created in partnership with Rochdale Paragon Group, this event not only...
Rochdale Paragon to Present at AICPA Conference on Credit Unions
Join Tony Ferris, CEO of Rochdale Paragon Group, at the AICPA Conference on Credit Unions in New Orleans. Tony will lead a breakout session on October 24th focused on “Re-thinking Third-Party Risk Management.” During this...
Chairman McWatters Headlines 2018 Volunteer Leadership Institute
NCUA Board Chairmain Mark McWatters will be making his first trip to VLI. He will be co-presenting with Lucy Ito, President/CEO of NASCUS. Their presentation: "What's Trending With the Regulators" will update attendees on...
Einstein, Musk and Bezos on Strategic Planning
Even in topics beyond physics, Einstein was brilliant. Among his many observations was the absurdity (Einstein called it insanity) of doing the same thing again and again, yet expecting different results. As we begin to...
2017 Second Quarter Economic Analysis and Outlook
Executive Summary The U.S. economy remains on solid footing, with overall strong labor and housing markets, two key drivers of economic performance. Output growth was weak in the first quarter, but due to anomalous factors,...
Ransom Demand and Held Hostage – Netflix’ Third-Party Risk Management Failure
When I think of a robbery and hostage situation, “Dog Day Afternoon” with Al Pacino comes to mind. But the reality in 2017 is there is likely a greater danger of an organization’s data being held hostage through a...