The Risk Management Association (RMA) will hold its Annual Risk Management Conference at the Sheraton New Orleans, October 20-23, 2007. The first day of the conference will be a Day of Giving, in which RMA members will have the opportunity to help in rebuilding New Orleans.
Philadelphia, Pa. (August 28, 2007)—Richard D. Fairbank, founder, chairman, and CEO of Capital One Bank, Harris H. Simmons, president and CEO of Zions Bancorporation, and Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan will deliver keynote addresses at The Risk Management Association’s Annual Risk Management Conference at the Sheraton New Orleans, October 20-23, 2007.
RMA’s Annual Risk Management Conference is designed to help risk management professionals manage risks across the entire enterprise. It helps them in their efforts to successfully identify, assess, and manage credit risk, operational risk, and market risk.
“In today’s complex and challenging environment, managers must be ever vigilant about risks throughout the enterprise,” said RMA President and CEO Kevin M. Blakely. “RMA’s Annual Risk Management Conference is designed to help professionals shape new and more effective responses to meet today’s challenges.
“We are especially pleased that well-known and highly respected speakers will address our conference in New Orleans, “ said Blakely. “Financial professionals who manage risk in their portfolios will find excellent value in this conference.”
Conference highlights include addresses by RMA Chair Gerald Dent, executive vice president and chief credit officer, Zions Bancorporation, and Timothy P. Ryan, Ph.D., chancellor and professor of economics at the University of New Orleans.
The Annual Risk Management Conference includes separate breakout sessions, some designed specifically for community banks and others for banks of all sizes. Sessions include discussions about risks in the current real estate market, the direction of the consumer lending market, and compliance issues. Other sessions will address how to implement an enterprise risk management program, how to handle interest margin compression, and how to implement a dual risk-rating system in a community bank.
A panel of senior officers from large and small institutions will discuss how they’ve addressed critical issues and offer insights on ways to prepare for future challenges.
In addition to the program, RMA will coordinate a “Day of Giving” on Saturday, October 20, when RMA members, if they are so inclined, can volunteer with cleanup and rebuilding projects in and around New Orleans. Primary sponsors of the Day of Giving are Whitney Bank and Capital One. Other sponsors include Vision Software Solutions and DiCom Software Corporation.
“After watching news reports about the continuing struggles in New Orleans, many of us have wished we could do something to help,” said Blakely. “RMA’s Day of Giving provides us with this opportunity.”
For more information or to register for the Annual Risk Management Conference, visit RMA’s Web site or call Customer Care at 1-800-677-7621.
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 18,500 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:
Kathleen M. Beans
RMA Public Relations Manager
215-446-4095