Articles
News stories where a SERC expert is quoted or other highly relevant articles. Short reads, 1–3 minutes.
- Sep 30, 2026 — American Banker – Fed finalizes stress test reforms
- Sep 29, 2026 — NMP – Rocket makes VantageScore its default
- Sep 17, 2026 — Duane Morris – Overhauled TPRM guidance
- Sep 11, 2026 — American Banker – Regulators propose new guidance on core providers
- Aug 24, 2026 — Debevoise – NAIC 2026 Summer National Meeting: private credit and insurers
- Aug 3, 2026 — Bioprocess Online – Tariffs, FDA chaos and BIOSECURE: how CDMOs should operate
- Jun 11, 2026 — Risk & Insurance – Cyber, catastrophe and AI top insurance risk concerns
- Jun 9, 2026 — National Law Review – CMMC updates for defense contractors
- Jun 2026 — Skadden – Onshoring deals to reduce Section 232 pharma tariffs
- May 1, 2026 — ABA Banking Journal – Bowman on AI
- Mar 17, 2026 — Homes.com – Trump housing orders draw mixed reaction from industry, advocates
- Mar 13, 2026 — Fox Baltimore – Banking regulators propose loosening capital requirements for banks
- Feb 23, 2026 — American Banker – Epstein files present banks with the ultimate reputational risk
- Feb 2025 — WBOC – Flood detection technology may be coming to Crisfield
- Apr 29, 2024 — CBS Austin – First collapse of 2024 not expected to bring trouble for banking industry
- Apr 11, 2024 — National Mortgage Professional – A California CRA law undercuts itself
- Mar 2024 — Business Insider – 28 regional and community banks exceed CRE concentration threshold
- Feb 2024 — CBS – Capital One-Discover merger raises concerns about effects on credit card holders
- Feb 6, 2024 — American Banker – New York Community elevates former Flagstar CEO amid continuing turmoil
- Jan 2024 — The National Desk – Banks push back against proposal to cap overdraft fees
- Dec 2023 — American Banker – Progressive groups target asset managers after their ESG support wanes
- Nov 2023 — The Mortgage Reports – Housing market predictions for the next 5 years
- Aug–Sep 2023 — Financial Times – ICE's $12bn mortgage tech deal builds heft in US home loans
- Aug 14, 2023 — Mortgage Banker – Why IMBs don't need a CRA cramdown
- Aug 2023 — CBS – Banks could have credit ratings downgraded as Fitch sees risks
- Aug 2023 — Maryland Today – Pharma facilities sit in path of tornadoes, other weather disasters
- Jul 2023 — The National Desk – In push to protect banking system, banks could have to hold more cash
- Jul 2023 — Barron's – After spring crisis, US banks face subdued profit outlook
- Jul 2023 — Technical.ly – In Q2, DC-area companies are back in the billion zone
- Jul 15, 2023 — CNBC – When El Niño exacerbates global warming
Smith News items about SERC events, student projects, index releases and recognition. 2–4 minutes.
- Aug 5, 2025 — FDA taps Smith expert in making case for drug manufacturing efficiency
- Jun 3, 2025 — Mortgage credit risk remains low, stable in new SERC report
- Feb 18, 2025 — MQF students collaborate with Google for AI-powered financial analysis
- Jan 28, 2025 — Smith expert focuses Maryland officials on climate-driven insurance crisis
- Jan 14, 2025 — Moody's Analytics economist delivers keynote at SERC Advisory Council meeting
- Jan 14, 2025 — Vigilance, resilience, flexibility as keys to countering evolving cyber threats
- Oct 31, 2024 — SERC announces new mortgage risk indexes
- Jul 10, 2024 — Tackling risk challenges in community banking
- Mar 28, 2024 — Smith MQF team excels in 'credit risk transfer' project for Freddie Mac
- Aug 24, 2023 — SEC cites Smith research in new cybersecurity disclosure rules
- Mar 17, 2023 — The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: Smith experts analyze and explain it (video)
- Jun 9, 2022 — Climate finance risk management virtual bootcamp
Signed opinion and analysis: Risk Matters, GARP CRO Outlook, op-eds and Brain Trust explainers. 5–10 minutes.
- Sept. 2026 – The Missing Lines of Defense in AI. John McMurray.
- Apr 2026 – Wall Street Journal – Washington inflates credit scores and another housing bubble
- Mar 10, 2026 – American Banker (BankThink) – The Fed wants to let a dangerous asset loose on bank balance sheets
- Feb 9, 2026 – HousingWire – Looming risk for mortgage credit and MBS investors from 'Lender Choice'
- Apr 10, 2025 – Risk Matters: It's time to merge Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Mar 26, 2025 – Risk Matters: Tariff risks and opportunities for pharma manufacturers
- Jan 24, 2025 – Risk Matters: Cyber risk and AI – the changing landscape
- Jan 15, 2025 – Risk Matters: Killer Bees, Black Swans and Gray Rhinos
- Dec 20, 2024 – GARP – Elevating risk management: the imperative of continuous monitoring
- Dec 17, 2024 – Risk Matters: The case for enterprise risk management in higher education
- Nov 25, 2024 – Small business still means big risk – listen to economists
- Nov 13, 2024 – Risk Matters: Where models and cognitive bias collide
- Oct 8, 2024 – Risk Matters: Stabilizing homeowners insurance via a private-public capital market solution
- Jul 15, 2024 – Mortgage Banker – A blueprint for solving the homeowners insurance crisis
- May 9, 2024 – Supply chain mapping, not climate prediction, is key to mitigating risk for corporate boards
- Apr 30, 2024 – American Banker – Property-level climate risk scores are unreliable and harmful
- Apr 12, 2024 – GARP – Reflections on Daniel Kahneman's contributions to risk management
- Apr 10, 2024 – New UMD Smith SERC-ABA report defines 'Basel III Endgame' flaws
- Apr 2024 – ABA Banking Journal – Rethinking operational risk in the Basel III endgame
- Mar 15, 2024 – GARP – Balancing the business model and concentration risk
- Mar 8, 2024 – GARP – The bottom line on trust: institutions can't count on it
- Feb 9, 2024 – GARP – Geopolitical risk is spreading across the risk spectrum
- Jan 12, 2024 – GARP – New Year's resolutions for risk managers in 2024
- Jan 8, 2024 – Pharma Manufacturing – How vulnerable is your pharma facility to natural disaster?
- Dec 27, 2023 – Baltimore Sun – Factoring climate risk in pension choices not so simple
- Dec 15, 2023 – GARP – The FHFA's new vision for the Federal Home Loan Banks
- Dec 11, 2023 – The case for enterprise risk management in higher education (Brain Trust)
- Nov 30, 2023 – Commercial real estate in demise?
- Nov 17, 2023 – GARP – Operational risk capital proposal: time to hit the pause button
- Oct–Nov 2023 – HousingWire – Opinion: How to avert an impending homeowners insurance crisis
- Oct 13, 2023 – GARP – How to reduce bank failures: a novel approach
- Sep 8, 2023 – GARP – SVB and Signature Bank fallout
- Aug 18, 2023 – GARP – Building a healthy risk culture: a Q&A with Clifford Rossi
- Jul 14, 2023 – GARP – The commercial real estate dilemma and its impact on bank risk management
- Mar 8, 2023 – Toxic train derailment vexing for real estate industry
- Feb 23, 2023 – How to bolster climate scenario analysis
- Dec 7, 2022 – Risk lessons from FTX
- Sep 29, 2022 – A climate change call to arms for risk modelers
- Jul 18, 2022 – Jamie Dimon blasts Fed's stress test; Smith's Clifford Rossi partially agrees
SERC-authored or SERC-affiliated studies and reports. 20+ minutes.
- Aug 2026 — Unbundling the title insurance product to lower closing costs (Bradley)
- Undated (~2025) — Regulatory opportunities for enhancing affordability: AVMs to auto-cancel PMI (Bradley, McManus, Seikel)
- Undated — Climate change and responsible AI affect the conflicts between cybersecurity and digital privacy (Brammer)
- Undated — Science and technology issues in legal and regulatory approaches to climate change (Brammer)
- Apr 2024 — ABA – An alternative to the Basel III Endgame operational risk capital requirements
- Apr 2024 — ABA – End-user impact of the Basel III Endgame operational risk capital requirements
- Apr 2024 — ABA – Methodological flaws in the Basel III Endgame operational risk capital requirements
- Apr 2024 — ABA – Over-estimation of the Basel III Endgame operational risk capital requirements
- Aug 31, 2023 — New analysis examines hurricane risk implications for LMI mortgage borrowers
- Aug 29, 2023 — Smith experts assess drug manufacturing risk from natural hazards
- Jul–Aug 2023 — ISPE – A systemwide approach to managing the risks of continuous manufacturing
- Apr 26, 2023 — Is your Maryland home at risk for damages from climate disasters? (white paper)
- Aug 17, 2022 — GARP white paper – Understanding the risks of multiple credit scores in mortgage lending
- Jun 9, 2022 — Mitigating drug shortages via a quality management rating system is viable (white paper)
- Undated (~2022) — CERSI – A comparative risk & financial analysis of batch and continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Undated — Aspects of science, technology, and law connecting cybersecurity and environmental security (Brammer)
- Undated — Improving U.S. banking regulation in an era of climate change (Brammer)