8:30
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00
Keynote Address: Assessing the Future of Credit Risk Management in an Era of Volatile Credit Conditions
With the onslaught of uncertainties brought upon by current credit market conditions, no banking organization stands immune to financial risk taking activities. Today’s leading institutions have been able to effectively monitor and tackle the many risk areas faced in credit lending as well as attempt to predict what the future might bring. In this keynote address, you will:
- Harness scenario analysis guidance to better manage potential market swings
- Gain perspective as to where today’s changing credit environment will lead the future of banking
10:00
Identifying Critical Elements of an Effective Risk Management Framework
- Define the limits, procedures, management information systems and internal controls to build a valuable risk management structure
- Acquire the skills to successfully build a credit risk management system that alignswith the goals of the organization
11:00
Break & Refreshments
11:15
Developing Cost-Effective Measures and Metrics to Assess Portfolio Vulnerability
- Explore low cost approaches to measure credit risk and better understand where risk concentrations lie
- Develop efficient ways to recognize and mitigate threats to the credit portfolio
12:00
Lunch Break
1:00
Application Session: Constructing Underwriting Standards to Mitigate Risks
- Learn underwriting tools to assist in understanding borrower financial capacities when making crucial lending decisions
- Impose underwriting accommodations by capturing both qualitative and quantitative credit risk factors
3:00
Break & Refreshments
3:15
Dialogue: Best Practices and Lessons Learned Around Credit Risk Management
This roundtable discussion will render the opinions of the industry’s leading risk
professionals regarding their past experiences in addressing credit risk in their organizations and in fi nding implemental modeling and metrics for measuring credit vulnerabilities. Join us for this expert dialogue and exchange of ideas on:
- Underwriting pitfalls
- Company-wide risk management integration
- Timely portfolio assessment
4:15
Day One Adjourns
