Growing Your Business with Effective Risk Strategies ,
July 11-13, 2005,
at Chicago’s InterContinental Hotel
Sponsored by the Consumer Bankers Association and
the Risk Management Association
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 14, 2005)—Using risk strategies to grow the business is the focus of the CBA/RMA conference designed for senior executives, to be held in Chicago, July 11-13, 2005, at the InterContinental Hotel. Methods to drive profitable growth by integrating the risk-reward equation into business strategies will be discussed.
Michael A. Butler, president, Key Consumer Finance, KeyCorp, Cleveland, Ohio, will deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, July 12. Anthony M. Santomero, president, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday, July 13.
Two panels of senior bankers will discuss:
- Managing through the Economic Cycle
- Reaping the Rewards in Your Retail Business
The Retail Risk Conference is planned and supported by a distinguished steering committee led by Conference Chair Helen Eggers, risk management executive, consumer risk solutions, Bank of America. Also on the committee are David Nole, chief risk officer, consumer banking, Wachovia Corporation; Daniel J. Pantelis, vice president, credit policy, HSBC, North America; Barb Godin, senior vice president, consumer credit policy, AmSouth Bank; John H. Garrison, executive vice president and manager special assets, BB&T Corporation; Hugh E. Hamilton, regional manager-Bayou region, Hibernia National Bank; Bryan W. Ridley, senior vice president and manager of operations, PNC Bank.
Six specialized breakout sessions will allow participants to choose the four sessions that best focus on their particular needs. Topics include:
- Vendor management.
- Credit underwriting standards and profitable growth.
- Risk-based pricing.
- Operational risk key risk indicators.
- Anti-money laundering.
- Execution risk.
A pre-conference session, Stress Testing Your Consumer Portfolio, will be held on July 11 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Representatives from Strategic Analytics will discuss methodologies for stress testing. A panel of bankers will join them to describe their specific approaches to stress testing.
More information about the annual Retail Risk Management Conference is available on the Web at http://www.rmahq.org/RMA/ or by contacting Customer Care at 1-800-677-7621.
About CBA
The Consumer Bankers Association is the recognized voice on retail banking issues in the nation’s capital. Member institutions are the leaders in consumer financial services, including auto finance, home equity lending, card products, education loans, small business services, community development, investments, deposits and delivery.
CBA was founded in 1919 and provides leadership, education, research and federal representation on retail banking issues such as privacy, fair lending, and consumer protection legislation/regulation. CBA members include most of the nation’s largest bank holding companies as well as regional and super community banks that collectively hold two-thirds of the industry’s total assets.
About RMA
Founded in 1914, the Risk Management Association is a nonprofit, 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 16,000 risk management professionals in North America and numerous cities overseas, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, and London. Members meet regularly through RMA's strong chapter network.
Contact:
Kathleen M. Beans
RMA Public Relations Manager
215-446-4095