RMA Roundtables

Designed for senior level officers concerned with the measurement, control, and monitoring of counterparty risk.

Spring 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For market risk officers from major institutions concerned about credit and market risk challenges as they relate to risk management as well as specific countries’ issues.

Fall 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For CRO and CCO's in the European region.

Fall 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For senior risk officers from major institutions concerned with trading activities, counterparty, and asset/liability management risk. Discussion centers on current and emerging issues.

Fall 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

The RMA Funding and Liquidity Roundtable is for first and second-line risk professionals responsible for funding and liquidity risk management. This would include how the bank funds itself as well as the market access for assets the institution takes to market as part of an overall effective liquidity risk management strategy.

Fall 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For market risk officers from major institutions concerned about credit and market risk challenges as they relate to risk management as well as specific countries’ issues.

Winter/ Spring 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

Designed for senior risk professionals at major institutions managing interest rate and asset/ liability risk.  Discussion will highlight current and emerging challenges facing the industry.

Winter 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For CRO and CCO's in the Latin American region.

Fall/Winter 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For market risk officers from major institutions concerned with trading activities, counterparty, and asset/liability management risk. Discussion centers on current and emerging issues.

Spring 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

Designed for senior risk professionals managing model development, validation, and governance. Discussion will highlight evolving challenges facing the industry.

Winter 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

The RMA Regional Banks Funding and Liquidity Roundtable is for first and second line risk professionals responsible for funding and liquidity risk management. This would include how the bank funds itself as well as the market access for assets the institution takes to market as part of an overall effective liquidity risk management strategy.

Spring 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

For senior risk professionals managing market, counterparty, and liquidity risks for institutions ranging from $50 to $200 billion in assets. Discussion will highlight evolving industry and regulatory issues.

Winter 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

The RMA Regional Banks Model Risk Roundtable is for risk professionals responsible for model risk management and validation.

Winter 2022

For more information, please contact fgarritt@rmahq.org.

RMA's Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Forum is a peer-learning event that provides BSA/AML professionals and other second-line/risk governance professionals the opportunity to discuss compliance issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws. The forum provides a valuable opportunity to discuss common challenges with your peers and to identify best practices you can leverage at your institution to enhance the value of your lending operations. 

Each RMA Roundtable event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Bringing awareness to new and enhanced BSA/AML, financial crime (FinCEN), Sanctions, and related regulations/guidance 
• Leading and best practices to detect and combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism through customer due diligence, customer identification programs (CIP), and robust risk assessments 
• Overcoming the burdens of collecting, producing, and maintaining the vast amounts of data required for BSA/AML compliance 
• Addressing ever-changing technologies in payments and transactions 
• Suspicious Activity Reporting 
• Enhancing and maturing your BSA/AML program effectiveness

For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar.  For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

This is an invitation-only meeting for the business line chief risk officers of RMA member banks whose assets are above $100 billion. During this peer sharing event, the participants discuss current risk issues, share best practices in risk management, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics included: Organizational Structure, Change Management and Risk Monitoring issues,   The agenda topics are determined by the participants.

Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

For more information, please contact Bill Loftus at bloftus@rmahq.org.

Compliance risk continues to increase as banks navigate the current environment. New interpretations of existing guidelines, proposed regulatory changes, accelerated pace of product innovation, and changes in consumer preferences create a challenging environment for compliance teams.   

Each RMA Roundtable event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Review major compliance risks and critical regulations, such as the Bank Secrecy Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and navigate other regulations 
• Implementing proactive compliance risk management programs 
• Metrics/tools for measuring program effectiveness and efficiency 
• Identifying compliance red flags and hot topics 
• Monitoring employee actions and communication  
• Use of data in criminal investigations 
• Board reporting 

This invite-only event is specific to Chief Compliance Officers, Heads or Directors of Compliance, and their delegates only. For questions about this event, or if interested in attending, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org for consideration.  

Risk Management is not the same at all financial institutions, nor should it be. Community-sized banks (or those with less than $10 billion in managed assets) have finite resources to address a mounting list of risks. Some community banks may even lack a bona fide Chief Risk Officer position, but risk management must still be established and continue to mature. This forum is for director- or manager-level risk professionals looking to establish or further their non-financial risk management program, especially those banks who are approaching the Frank-Dodd thresholds, which brings more stringent and complicated standards. This roundtable will cover broad risk governance practices (risk culture, organization, roles and responsibilities, policies, and risk technology), as well as leading practices in the risk process (risk appetite, identifying and assessing, response/treatment, monitoring, and reporting).  

Each RMA peer-sharing event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the event’s steering committee (peer banks) and the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Introductions and Networking 
• Implementing an ERM Framework 
• Ways to measure and enhance ERM’s program maturity  
• Reporting methodologies and key metrics 
• Opportunities to invest and improve the data, analytics, and insights required to manage risk and resiliency at a community bank  
• Risk and control assessment techniques and reporting that matters 

This event is targeted at director and manager-level, risk management professionals in community banks. For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar.  For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

This forum explores the non-financial risks and risk management techniques for the environmental/climate, social, and governance factors impacting Community Banks (or those with less than $10 billion in managed assets). ESG and related practices are receiving increased focus from customers, investors, rating agencies, and regulators. As a result, ESG risk management practices are in the preliminary stages of implementation or enhancement. Navigating through new regulations and reporting requirements is challenging for smaller teams. 

This forum offers a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss these challenges with your peers and network.  A unique feature of RMA’s peer-sharing events is that each agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the attendee’s recommendations. Topics will likely include:   

• Learning the roles and responsibilities of ESG programs and teams at other institutions 
• Improving knowledge, governance, and culture for ESG-related risks 
• Risk management process techniques for ESG risks (identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and treating) 
• Creating ESG key indicators and metrics to monitor 
• Communicating, escalating, and reporting ESG intelligence 
• Discussing emerging ESG risks and regulatory interest 
• ESG disclosure standards and best practices 
• ESG elements to select and assess third parties 
• Reporting methodologies and key metrics 

This forum is targeted at professionals working or governing ESG activities and will be held virtually for your convenience. For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar.  For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

As institutions continue their journey through the pandemic and navigate other emerging risks, the emphasis on culture and conduct in banking is not slowing down. Boards and senior management focus on demonstrating effective management, measurement, and oversight of culture and conducts. Stakeholders realize that poor culture (e.g., misconduct) may lead to financial and reputational consequences. To properly monitor culture, senior executives focus to identify meaningful metrics that link back to the overall strategy and risk appetite.  

This forum offers a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss these challenges with your peers and identify best practices you can leverage at your institution to enhance the value of your framework for managing culture, conduct violations, and ties to reputation risk. A unique feature of RMA’s peer-sharing events is that each agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the attendee’s recommendations. However, topics will likely include:   

• Awareness of culture and conduct regulatory expectations and trends 
• Leading practices in communicating desired culture and behaviors 
• Data aggregation and analytics techniques 
• Risk training curriculum 
• Reputational risk components 
• Managing incidents like improper sales practices or use of non-bank approved communications 
• Governance risk and compliance tools 

For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar.  For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

Regulators have identified three critical operational risks that are interconnected: cyber-security, the ongoing digitization of banking services, and the use of third parties to deliver critical services.  

Operational risk leaders focus on covering the risk of loss from information system failures and business disruptions, human error and fraud, business process and product design defects, and legal challenges.  This peer-sharing forum is a great opportunity to share best practices, technologies, emerging threats, and solutions for this complex area of banking.  

Each RMA peer-sharing event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the event’s steering committee (peer banks) and the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Identification of Major Operational Risks  
• Roles & Responsibilities: Credible Challenge 
• Governance responsibilities: board oversight and reporting 
• Operational Resilience 
• Change Management 
• Mitigation of Risks Associated with New Emerging Threats 
• Operational Risk Management 
• Operational Risk Measurement 
• Interconnectivity of Risks 
• Risk Acceptance 

Some of these topics are part of the Operational Risk Discussion Group and other peer-sharing agendas. The dialog at this roundtable will focus on the perspective from the second line of defense, specifically from the point of view of the Head/Director of ORM.  

This event is held twice a year. The target audience includes heads of, directors, and management-level professionals working in operational risk management, their delegates, or ORM oversight, in financial institutions with $30+ billion in assets.  If interested in attending, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org for consideration.  

Incentive compensation programs are important tools for financial institutions. These arrangements serve several objectives including attracting and retaining skilled labor, promoting better performance, and allowing an organization to better control costs while increasing profit.  

If not designed properly, however, compensation arrangements can provide executives and employees with incentives to take imprudent risks that may not be consistent with the long-term health of the organization. Poorly designed incentive programs can inadvertently reward employees, contractors, and service providers for unethical behavior or other unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices. 

This roundtable offers a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss these challenges with your peers and identify best practices you can leverage at your institution to enhance the value of your incentive compensation/reward programs. A unique feature of RMA’s Roundtables is that each event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by a steering committee with your peers and with the attendee’s recommendations. However, topics will likely include:   

• sound practice in incentive compensation management  
• incentive compensation regulatory expectations and trends 
• incentive plan governance  
• employee performance assessment tools & processes (e.g., scorecard improvements) 
• improving talent-related challenges like attraction and retention of employees 

This event is held twice a year. The target audience includes management-level professionals working in human resources and experts creating or overseeing the bank’s compensations and reward program.  For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar.  For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

This is an invitation-only meeting for the chief risk officers of RMA member banks whose assets exceed $175 billion. During this peer sharing event, the participants discuss current risk issues, share best practices in risk management, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics included: Operational Resiliency, Concentrations and Portfolio Management, Risk Appetite, Sector Risk, Regulatory Risk, Climate Risk, ESG, and Talent Management/Succession. The agenda topics are determined by the participants.

Spring 2023

For more information, please contact Bill Loftus at bloftus@rmahq.org.

Despite the increased focus on Enterprise Risk Management, many in the financial services industry struggle to precisely define it. This roundtable will cover broad risk governance practices (risk culture, organization, roles and responsibilities, policies, and risk technology) as well as leading practices in the risk process (risk appetite, identifying and assessing, response/treatment, monitoring, and reporting). ERM directors or managers should join to better enrich their second-line programs by learning and sharing practices with other national and multi-national financial institutions (or those with more than $70billion in managed assets).  

Each RMA peer-sharing event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the event’s steering committee (peer banks) and the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Introductions and Networking 
• Enhancing the overall ERM Framework, better coordinating with other risk disciplines (i.e., Compliance and Audit) 
• Ways to measure and enhance ERM’s program maturity  
• Reporting methodologies and key metrics 
• Opportunities to invest and improve the data, analytics, and insights required to manage risk and resiliency at a community bank  
• Risk and control assessment techniques and reporting that matters 
• Discussing emerging risks and managing existing risks (i.e., strategy, reputation, operational risk) 

This invite-only event is for director and management-level professionals working in ERM or similar roles in mid-tier banks. For any questions about this event or to request consideration to join, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

Despite the increased focus on Enterprise Risk Management, many in the financial services industry struggle to precisely define it. This roundtable will cover broad risk governance practices (risk culture, organization, roles and responsibilities, policies, and risk technology) as well as leading practices in the risk process (risk appetite, identifying and assessing, response/treatment, monitoring, and reporting). ERM Directors or Managers should join to better enrich their second-line programs by learning and sharing practices with other mid-tier financial institutions (or those with approximately $10 billion to $70billion in managed assets).  

Each RMA peer-sharing event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the event’s steering committee (peer banks) and the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Introductions and Networking 
• Implementing and enhancing the overall ERM Framework, better coordinating with other risk disciplines (i.e., Compliance and Audit) 
• Ways to measure and enhance ERM’s program maturity  
• Reporting methodologies and key metrics 
• Opportunities to invest and improve the data, analytics, and insights required to manage risk and resiliency at a community bank  
• Risk and control assessment techniques and reporting that matters 
• Discussing emerging risks and managing existing risks (i.e., strategy, reputation, operational risk) 

This invite-only event is for director and management-level professionals working in ERM or similar roles in mid-tier banks. For any questions about this event or to request consideration to join, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org. 

Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) is a process by which management and staff of all levels collectively identify and evaluate risks and associated controls. There isn’t a person in your organization that has not heard of RCSA, since each RCSA entity must identify the operational risks arising from its products and activities. Nowadays, many financial institutions consider RCSA to be purely a compliance exercise and do not see benefits that can be derived by successfully implementing an effective RCSA process. As a reason, one of the top priorities for many banks is to re-focus their RCSA approaches.  

Each RMA event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, in general, attendees will have an opportunity to compare their RCSA practices and exchange ideas to improve efficiency for obtaining more comprehensive and relevant. Additional topics will likely include:   

• Strategy Discussions: RCSA & Operational Excellence 
• Tactical Implementation - Key Steps, Successes, and Pitfalls 
• Regulatory Expectations and Feedback 
• Convergence, Data, Analytics & Reporting - Current Efforts and Path Forward 
• Current Emerging Risks 
• Making it Sustainable 
• Control Testing 
• Automation 

The target audience includes management-level professionals working in risk and control assessments. For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar.  For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

This is an invitation-only meeting for the chief risk officers of RMA member banks whose assets are between $60 and $175 billion. During this peer sharing event, the participants discuss current risk issues, share best practices in risk management, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics included: Operational Resiliency, Concentrations and Portfolio Management, Risk Appetite, Sector Risk, Regulatory Risk, Climate Risk, ESG, and Talent Management/Succession. The agenda topics are determined by the participants.

Spring 2023

For more information, please contact Bill Loftus at bloftus@rmahq.org.

Third-party risk management continues to be an area of heightened supervisory focus.   Increasing dependence on third-party relationships exposes financial institutions to new and serious risk and compliance issues, so minimizing exposure to financial, legal, regulatory, operational, and reputational risk is more critical than ever.  

Financial institutions need to keep in mind that by hiring third parties, they do not outsource the risk. It is important to have proper due diligence and oversight processes in place as third parties are subject to the same cyber and many other risks banks face. Since 2014, RMA hosts peer-sharing sessions to help SMEs find ways to mitigate risks associated with third-party risk management.  

This peer-sharing event is designed for the financial services Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and third-party risk management directors. It provides an opportunity to share best practices, technologies, challenges, and solutions for vendors and non-vendors. 

Each RMA peer-sharing event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by the event’s steering committee (peer banks) and the attendee’s recommendations in advance of the meeting. However, topics will likely include: 

• Current Observations and Trends 
• Evolving Practices and Challenges 
• Solutions for Workload Management 
• Assessments and Oversights of Fourth and Nth Parties 
• Emerging Risks (e.g., cyber, climate, cloud, resiliency) 
• Recent Regulatory Focus 

This event is held twice a year. The target audience includes directors and management-level professionals working in third-party (procurement or vendor management) or third-party oversight.  If interested in attending, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org for consideration.  

Technology is embedded in every business process today and protecting sensitive information is required for all banks. During this forum, participants will share leading practices and tools that other institutions and risk managers can use to help effectively and efficiently assess technology risks and threats and prepare for a technology risk event.  

This roundtable offers a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss these challenges with your peers and identify best practices you can leverage at your institution to mitigate technology risks and improve risk frameworks. A unique feature of RMA’s Roundtables is that each event agenda is a bit different, as the agenda is driven by a steering committee with your peers and with the attendee’s recommendations. However, topics will likely include:   

• Improving the clarity of roles and responsibilities between technology and risk teams 
• Learn various approaches to perform and prioritize technology-related risk assessments 
• Preparing for emerging threats or disruptions, while mounting a suitable response 
• Assessing and Strengthening the Resilience of Outsourced Technology Services 
• Enhancing Information Security Oversight 
• Improving IT Security and Identity and Access Management Control Testing 
• Mitigating Common Technology Risks (i.e. Cyber, Insider) 
• Key metrics and reporting  

This event is held twice a year. The target audience includes management-level professionals working in technology and governance/oversight. For more event details or to register for the next published event, see our Event Calendar. For questions, please email ORMERM@rmahq.org.  

This is an invitation only meeting for credit officers, risk officers, and senior line executives from banks with assets greater than $10 billion and have the responsibility for their institution's agricultural or agribusiness loan portfolios. Topics discussed include: Crop farmers, dairy, cotton, livestock, climate, hedging practices, commodity markets, tariffs, supply chain, etc. All topics are submitted by the participants and represent the most current issues in Ag Lending faced by the institutions. 

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org. 

This is an invitation only meeting for those individuals at large banks who have responsibility for calculating their institution’s Allowance for Credit Loss (ACL). This meeting is generally for large, super-regional and mid-tier banks with assets greater than $25 billion. In this peer sharing event, participants will discuss current credit issues and share best practices related to reserves. Past discussion topics include but are not limited to the following: reasonable & supportable periods; reversion periods; day one; triggers & thresholds; governance/structure and reporting. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and executive leaders from financial institutions with assets greater than $10 billion with responsibility for their institution’s Business Banking, Small Business, and SME banking business. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, operating models, business development, partnering with credit, talent management, technology and efficiency, and areas for loan growth. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation only meeting for senior credit officers charged with business banking portfolio risk management and credit quality at their organizations whose asset size is generally over $10 Billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss current issues, share best practices and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics include: underwriting standards; approval authority & scoring; portfolio management and policy impacts & strategy. The round table agenda is determined based on the topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for managers of small business loan centers, handling both judgmental and scored loans at banks with assets over $10 billion. During this peer sharing event, the leaders discuss current credit issues, share best practices and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Some past discussion topics include: approval rates & KPIs; portfolio management; policy impacts; and technology impacts. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This "invitation-only" meeting is for chief appraisers primarily responsible for investment, income producing, non-owner occupied CRE in financial institutions with assets over $50 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, quality control, appraisal standards, processes and procedures, evaluations, validations, vendor and technology issues, bias in appraisals and staffing issues. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for chief appraisers primarily responsible for investment non-owner occupied CRE in financial institutions with assets between $10 billion and $50 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, QC processes and procedures, evaluations, validations, vendor and technology issues, bias in appraisals and regulatory issues. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This invitation-only meeting is for Chief Credit Policy Officers for banks with assets over $10 billion and govern over/write the banks commercial and consumer loan policies. In this peer sharing event, participants will discuss best practices and current challenges. Past discussion topics include but are not limited to credit policy development, workflow & processes, ESG, policy exceptions management, and talent management. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting is for senior and executive leaders with responsibility for their institution’s commercial and corporate banking business from financial institutions with assets greater than $50 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, partnering with credit, talent management, relationship manager productivity and leveraging technology. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for heads of loan/credit risk review with predominant emphasis on commercial exposures. Participants are generally from financial institutions with assets greater than $50 billion. In this peer sharing event, participants discuss current loan/credit issues, share best practices and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Some of the past discussion topics include: risk rating portfolios; developing the loan review plan; risk ratings; shared national credits; continuous monitoring; predictive analytics and talent management & training. The round table agenda is determined based on the topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for heads of loan/credit risk review with predominant emphasis on commercial exposures. Participants are generally from financial institutions with assets greater than $10 billion but under $50 billion. In this peer sharing event, participants discuss current loan/credit issues, share best practices and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Some of the past discussion topics include: risk rating portfolios; developing the loan review plan; risk ratings; shared national credits; continuous monitoring; predictive analytics and talent management & training. The round table agenda is determined based on the topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for heads of commercial loan services departments in banks whose asset size generally exceeds $10 Billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, structure & operating models; systems & processes; technology impacts; and talent management & training. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and executive leaders with responsibility for their institution’s commercial real estate banking business from financial institutions with assets greater than $10 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, property type discussions, underwriting standards, talent management, and appraisal issues. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for commercial real estate at financial institutions with assets greater than $10 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, CRE strategy, sector discussions, underwriting standards, appraisal issues, and talent management. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation only meeting for The Chief Real Estate Lending Officer, Chief Credit Officer – Real Estate, and Chief of Capital Markets for Real Estate for primarily the largest banks over $50 billion in assets and those member institutions that engage in large CRE lending deals that are syndicated across several banking institutions. The spirit of this program is for each member institution to send all three of the loan team designated above to discuss current market and competitive issues; credit risk issues, ability to effectively syndicate the deal through the capital markets process. Other issues discussed are regulation, underwriting standards, non bank competition, REITS, Debt Funds and talent. All the participants provide topics that create the agenda.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This invitation-only meeting is for individuals for institutions with assets over $60 billion and those institutions that have dedicated staff responsible for the design and management of PD and LGD commercial risk rating models. In the meeting these leaders will discuss current credit issues and share best practices in commercial risk grading frameworks and modeling. Peers share views on topics including but not limited to: PD and LDG model building and management for the various lines of business; impact of disrupters (pandemic); regulation, CECL, use of models within the organization, validation, loan types from micro to largest, and climate risk. It is important to note that all agenda topics are created and determined by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This invitation only meeting is for the heads of commercial portfolio manager teams and/or commercial underwriting teams that are a specific part of the first line of defense in the approval process and borrower maintenance of commercial loan borrowers. This is a new roundtable for banks with assets sizes above $30 billion or that have an organizational structure that has a team lead that manages the work flow of a group of commercial portfolio managers or underwriters. Some topics of interest to discuss include; workflow and processes, turn times, underwriting standards, policies, industry and sector, responsible growth, risk ratings, and regulation. All topics for agendas are created by and for the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for Chief Credit Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Banking Officers, Chief Lending Officers from the Central region of the United States and Canada who are responsible for Commercial Credit Risk and policy governance at banks up to $3 Billion in total assets. Central states include MI, IN, OH, KY, MO, IA, MN, ND, IL, WI, SD, NE, KS, OK. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for Chief Credit Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Banking Officers, Chief Lending Officers from the Northeast region of the United States and Canada who are responsible for Commercial Credit Risk and policy governance at banks up to $3 Billion in total assets. Northeast states include ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD and DC. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for Chief Credit Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Banking Officers, Chief Lending Officers from the Southeast region of the United States and Canada who are responsible for Commercial Credit Risk and policy governance at banks up to $3 Billion in total assets. Southeast states include WV, VA, NC, SC, TN, GA, AL, MS, LA, FL, AR, TX, OK. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for Chief Credit Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Banking Officers, Chief Lending Officers from the Western region of the United States and Canada who are responsible for Commercial Credit Risk and policy governance at banks up to $3 Billion in total assets. Western States include AK, WA, OR, ID, UT, CA, AZ, NM, MT, WY, CO, NV, HI, TX. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for heads of loan/credit risk review for consumer and retail exposures within the banks with asset sizes of over $10 billion. At this peer sharing event, topics for discussion normally include but are not limited to: emerging issues; credit policy, risk appetite; loss mitigation/collections​; FICO scores; and risk ratings. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This invitation only meeting is for the Chief Credit Officers specifically responsible for oversight of credit quality for Consumer debt products such as auto, installment, credit card, mortgages, HELOC, and Small Business loans for the banks with assets greater than $60 billion and have strong consumer exposures. Topics include: AI and ML, Underwriting Standard, Policies, Deferrals, Deferment, Collection practices, Regulation, Consumer Behavior, Industry sectors, supply chain, data analytics to name a few. The agendas are created and finalized by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This invitation only meeting is for the Consumer Chief Risk Officers responsible for the risk management of consumer debt products in the largest banks with assets above $60 billion. This meeting has peer discussions on topics including but not limited to oversight of policies, processes, transformational, reputational, regulatory, technology, and ESG risk. Agendas are created and designed by the event participants. Topics could include: Climate Risk, Cyber and Fraud risk, talent management, regulation, compliance, and technology.

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This invitation-only meeting is for senior and executive credit officers from financial institutions with asset sizes over $30 billion that adjudicate the corporate and investment banking business for their institution. This is a specific area of the bank that manage clients with the largest, most complex organizational structures, and revenue generation in the billions. Join this meeting of your peers to share best practices across the emerging risks, technology, underwriting standards, regulatory issues, risk ratings, credits role in responsible growth, and talent management. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants. 

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This invitation-only meeting is for senior officers responsible for credit portfolio and concentration management for their institution. During this meeting leaders will discuss current credit issues and share best practices around: Limits, portfolio strategy, processes, frameworks, governance, industry, sectors, borrower concentration management to name a few. This meeting is intended for large, super-regional, regional, and midtier banks with assets greater than $10 billion, who have a portfolio and concentration management division. All agendas are created by topics selected by the participants.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for senior officers who are responsible for their institution’s credit stress testing process. This meeting is generally for large, super-regional and mid-tier banks with assets greater than $25 billion. In this peer sharing event, participants will discuss current credit issues and share best practices in credit stress testing. Past discussion topics include but are not limited to the following: data and modeling; approaches for various portfolios; climate risk stress testing; risk identification and economic trends. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for environmental risk managers in financial institutions with assets greater than $10 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, policy and process updates, regulatory and audit issues, innovation and technology solutions, vendor management, ASTM issues, and talent management. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

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This invitation-only meeting is for senior credit and lending officers with responsibility for their institution’s health care credit portfolios. In the meeting these leaders will discuss current industry and credit issues and share best practices in health care lending space. This meeting is intended for large, super-regional and mid-tier banks with assets in excess of $10 billion. Topic will include: Underwriting Standards, health care sectors, regulation both banking and healthcare, reimbursements, insurance, revenue cycles, industry consolidation, and responsible growth to name a few. All agendas for this meeting are created by the participants.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for the chief credit or risk officer of community banks between $3 and $10 billion in assets. During this peer sharing event, the leaders discuss current credit issues, share best practices in credit and risk management, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics include: underwriting standards; approval processes; tracking exceptions; portfolio management, articulating risk appetite; and talent management & training; The roundtable agenda is determined based on the topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

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This is an invitation only meeting for credit officers responsible for the middle market size credits and specialty lending credits as defined by their institutions. This is for financial institutions with assets greater than $20 billion or institutions that do middle market lending. Agenda topics of discussion include: Underwriting Standards, Regulation, Various special industry lending divisions and industry sectors, process and workflow, talent management and succession, CECL, and LIBOR transition to name a few. Agendas are created by the participants.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for the chief credit of the midsized banks between $10 and $50 billion in assets. During this peer sharing event, the leaders discuss current credit issues, share best practices in credit and risk management, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics include: Underwriting standards; policy and processes; concentrations and portfolio management, risk appetite; Sector Risk; Regulatory Risk, CECL, Climate Risk, ESG, and talent management/succession. The agenda topics are determined by the participants.

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This is an invitation-only meeting is for senior and executive leaders with responsibility for their institution’s commercial and corporate banking business from financial institutions with assets between $10 billion and $50 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, partnering with credit, talent management, relationship manager productivity and leveraging technology. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

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This invitation-only meeting is for senior officers of mid-sized banks who are responsible for their institution's commercial loan workout function. Mid-sized banks have assets sizes that generally range between $10 and $60 billion. In this peer sharing event, workout leaders will discuss current credit issues and share best practices in loan workout and resolution. Some past discussion topics include: risk ratings, deferrals, TDRs, accrual status, sectors discussions, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for commercial real estate credit (excluding owner occupied) in the Midwestern U.S. from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. The Midwest region* includes MN, WI, MI, OH, IN, IL, IA, KY, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for C&I and owner-occupied CRE transactions in the Midwestern U.S. from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. The Midwest region* includes MN, WI, MI, OH, IN, IL, IA, KY, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, underwriting standards, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for the chief credit of the midsized banks between $10 and $50 billion in assets. During this peer sharing event, the participants discuss current credit issues, share best practices in credit and risk management, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics include: Underwriting standards; policy and processes; concentrations and portfolio management, risk appetite; Sector Risk; Regulatory Risk, CECL, Climate Risk, ESG, and talent management/succession. The agenda topics are determined by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This invitation-only program is for senior lenders and senior credit /risk officers responsible for private client/wealth management exposures within the institutions with assets greater than $20 billion or have a portfolio that is specific to this sector. The meeting will have peer discussions on various topics that typically include securities based lending, other unique lending exposure that serve the affluent, underwriting standards, CRE, regulation, competitive non bank entities, unsecured and secured, and ESG. The agenda for this meeting is created by the participants.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers from banks with assets greater than $3 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants discuss current credit issues, share best practices, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Some past discussion topics include: CRE underwriting standards, appraisals, portfolio management and climate risk. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants. Northeastern region includes DC, ME, NH, VT, NY, RI, DE, NJ, CT, MD, PA, MA. *NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

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This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers from banks with assets greater than $3 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants discuss current credit issues, share best practices, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Some past discussion topics include: C&I underwriting standards; appraisals; portfolio management and climate risk. Northeastern region includes DC, ME, NH, VT, NY, RI, DE, NJ, CT, MD, PA, MA. The round table agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants. *NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior credit and lending officers with responsibility for oil and gas credit portfolio in banks with assets greater than $3 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: regulatory issues, underwriting standards, borrowing bases and climate risk. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for chief appraisers responsible for residential real estate in financial institutions with assets greater than $10 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: appraisal reviews, evaluations, regulatory issues, and third party vendors. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for heads of the loan workout/special asset function of the large Canadian banks. In the meeting, the workout leaders discuss current credit issues, share best practices, and explore solutions to current industry challenges in managing distressed assets, TDR's, workflows, regulatory guidance.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for heads of the loan workout function of the large Canadian banks. In the meeting, the workout leaders discuss current credit issues, share best practices, and explore solutions to current industry challenges. All the participants select topics that are populated into the meeting agenda.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting, for senior/executive level managers with the oversight of the workout/ special asset function at financial institutions with total assets greater than $60 billion and portfolios in the US. This group governs over the institutions distressed, non performing, doubtful and loss identified loans. The topics selected by the participants and discussed are current to the date of the meeting and have included : Talent management/succession, COVID, TDR management, Risk Rating migration, processes, File Flow, Industry/Sectors; Regulations and Underwriting. All topics are selected by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation only meeting for credit and risk officers responsible for the bank’s SBA program at their organizations whose assets size generally exceed $10 Billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss current issues, share best practices and explore solutions to current industry challenges. Past discussion topics include: various lending programs; approval authority; portfolio management; and talent management & training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on the topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for C&I and owner-occupied CRE transactions in the Southeastern U.S. from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. The Southeast region* includes VA, WV, NC, TN, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TX, OK. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: underwriting standards, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for commercial real estate credit (excluding owner occupied) in the Southeastern U.S. from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. The Southeast region* includes VA, WV, NC, TN, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TX, OK. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for commercial real estate credit (excluding owner occupied) in Texas and Oklahoma * from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: underwriting standards, sector discussions, appraisal issues, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for C&I and owner-occupied CRE transactions in Texas and Oklahoma* from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: underwriting standards, talent management and training, and forward-looking portfolio indicators. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for credit officers, lending officers, portfolio managers and others responsible for warehouse lending at institutions with assets greater than $10 billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: economic and production outlook, underwriting standards, and new products/niche products in the market. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for commercial real estate credit (excluding owner occupied) in the Western U.S. from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. The Western region* includes AK, WA, OR, ID, UT, CA, AZ, NM, MT, WY, CO, NV, HI, TX. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: underwriting standards, sector discussions, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior and regional credit officers responsible for credit decisioning for C&I and owner-occupied CRE transactions in the Western U.S. from financial institutions with assets greater than $3 billion. This would also include Chief Credit Officers and Chief Lending Officers at large community banks. The Western region* includes AK, WA, OR, ID, UT, CA, AZ, NM, MT, WY, CO, NV, HI, TX. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: underwriting standards, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

*NOTE: The banks do not have to be headquartered in this region but need to have exposures within this region.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.

This is an invitation-only meeting for senior workout officers of regional banks, deputy workout officers of large banks, and heads of business banking workout in banks whose asset size generally exceeds $50 Billion. During this peer sharing event, participants will discuss various topics including, but not limited to: risk ratings, deferrals, TDRs, accrual status, sectors discussions, talent management and training. The roundtable agenda is determined based on topics of discussion chosen by the participants.

For more information, please contact creditriskevents@rmahq.org.