James Rohr, chairman and CEO of The PNC Financial Services Group, Randall Kroszner, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and Mark Zandi, chief economist and cofounder of Moody’s Economy.com to speak at the conference in Baltimore, Maryland, October 18–21, 2008.
Philadelphia, Pa. (October 7, 2008)— The Risk Management Association’s Annual Risk Management Conference will be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, October 18–21, 2008. The stress in the financial system has proven to be far greater than anyone would have predicted just one year ago. Indeed, the operating environment today could be characterized as severe, and it is unlikely to improve anytime soon.
“We are gathering some industry leaders to talk about the extreme challenges we are facing,” said RMA president and CEO Kevin M. Blakely. Speakers include: James Rohr, chairman and CEO of The PNC Financial Services Group, Randall Kroszner, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Mark Zandi, chief economist and cofounder of Moody’s Economy.com and Charlie Cook, political analyst and publisher.
“The conference offers a unique opportunity for risk management professionals to learn from one another as the financial crisis continues to unfold,” said Blakely.
The Annual Risk Management Conference includes 13 breakout sessions, including discussions about commercial real estate risk management, capital markets, and problem loan workouts. Other sessions will address capital management under Basel Pillar 2, market-driven appraisal issues, and effective enterprise risk management at community banks.
A panel from the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC will lead a discussion on critical regulatory issues and offer insights into ongoing challenges.
RMA’s Annual Risk Management Conference is designed to help risk management professionals manage risks across the entire enterprise. It assists them in their efforts to successfully identify, assess, and manage credit risk, operational risk, and market risk.
For more information or to register for the Annual Risk Management Conference call Customer Care at 800-677-7621.
About RMAs Going Green Initiative
RMA has implemented several initiatives to make the Annual Conference more environmentally-friendly. The change that will have the biggest environmental impact is the elimination of a conference binder. Registrants will receive a link prior to the event, allowing them to access conference materials online. This gives attendees the option to download only the materials they choose. By not printing a conference binder or having extra paper-based information, we are saving almost 150,000 sheets of paper, 500 binders (made from petroleum-based plastics), and reducing the carbon emissions that would be released into the atmosphere by shipping additional freight.
About RMA
Founded in 1914, The Risk Management Association is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RMA has 3,000 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions. They are represented in the association by more than 20,000 risk management professionals who are chapter members in financial centers throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Visit RMA on the Web at www.rmahq.org.
Contact:
Meg McBride
RMA Public Relations Manager
215-446-4110