Past News and Announcements

• On January 31, 2012, Larry Rosenberger, Research Fellow with Fair Isaac, shared two conceptual frameworks connected by the overall theme of searching for a deeper understanding and insight into consumer behaviour.
• On November 29, 2011, Curtis Gergley, Director of Risk Methodology, Analytics, and Reporting with BMO covered what the main lessons learned were for him, in the last economic downturn.  Curtis discussed retail banking strategies for both Canada and the US, streesing the importance of examining classical economics, monitoring capital demand, and sound credit policy.
• On September 27, 2011, the CSRSA hosted an Economic Panel moderated by Gaspar Csete, Head of Economics at Capital One with participation from Jim Stanford (Economist with the Canadian Auto Workers - CAW), Benjamin Tal (Deputy Chief Economist with CIBC World Markets Inc.), and Philippe Bergevin (Policy Analyst with the C.D. Howe Institute).  The panel shared their insights on many topics including the current and future state of the global economy, national economy, and various consumer perspectives.
• On March 29, 2011, Jim Carswell, VP of Mortgage and Personal Lending Risk Management at CIBC, led a panel of industry professionals will discuss techniques and strategies to find those hidden growth areas. Joining Jim were Paul Narciso, Senior Director, Credit Risk and Fraud, President’s Choice Financial; Hadley MacDonald, Program Director ResMor Trust – Trust to Bank Project (Ally Bank Canada); Brent Reynolds, Senior Director Customer Analytics & Modeling, Capital One.