The New Year often brings with it new resolutions. On January 19, learn how to ensure that these resolutions do not fall on the wayside. Create your entrepreneurial journey towards success by attending this free webinar. After all, you are the CEO of a very important enterprise. You! You are the CEO of Me, Inc. Smith professor Rajshree Agarwal will lead us through a session revisiting our purpose in life and the steps we can take to ensure we are heading in the right direction to achieve it.

The disconnect between the stock market and the underlying economy has been hard to overlook. An equity portfolio that fails to reflect the economy will contain un-compensated risks and offer a lower Sharpe ratio than the true market portfolio.

The COVID-19 crisis highlighted weaknesses in the financial data that banks, regulators, and the public depend on to evaluate financial risks. But efforts to modernize financial data face resistance and collective-action problems. Chief data officers at financial institutions and their regulators need to meet their internal data challenges while cooperating on improving standards and adopting new technologies.

Join us for a free online information session about our new AI Leadership for Healthcare course on December 10 at 6:30 p.m.

This info session is a great way to learn more about this unique program and get your questions answered.

Please join Tania Babina, Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia University, and Russ Wermers, Dean’s Chair in Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business & Director, Center for Financial Policy as they discuss the positive effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on firms.

In lieu of our traditional annual Mortgage Risk Summit, please join us for the second of three digital events. Our second event focuses on the economic outlook for 2021 featuring:

• Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist and SVP of Research and Industry Technology – Mortgage Bankers Association
• Doug Duncan, SVP, Chief Economist – Fannie Mae
• Sam Khater, VP, Chief Economist – Freddie Mac

In this webinar, we’ll discuss selecting the social media outlets that resonate with your target audience. As the number of social media platforms expands, it becomes more confusing for the business owner to decide where to invest their time and resources in the social arena. We will look at established and emerging social media platforms to better understand who is using them and how businesses can make the most of their social media efforts on each SM platform.

Oct. 19–Nov. 6, 2020

This comprehensive set of learning modules led by senior risk leaders at mortgage-specializing institutions. Topics include elements of risk governance, mortgage credit risk management, operational risk management for mortgage lending, secondary marketing risk management and mortgage risk analytics, among other key risk topics. 

How risk managers are adapting.

The pandemic has How have risk managers adapted to this new world where public safety issues drive economic and financial outcomes?

Sridhar "Subra" Subramanian, Head of US Consumer Risk, BMO Harris Bank will discuss with Professor Cliff Rossi the challenges associated with developing reasonable scenarios for stress testing bank portfolios during unprecedented times, data issues and key assumptions that go into building robust scenario analysis.

As the general population has gravitated towards e-commerce, industrial buyers have come to expect more from B2B sites. We’ll look at how you can make your B2B site more engaging and informative for procurement officers. With millennials entering the supply chain field, we’ll also explore what content and platforms they are seeking to guarantee a smart B2B purchase.