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WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will host two workshops August 8-9 in Cincinnati for directors, senior management, and other key executives of national community banks and federal savings associations.

The Risk Governance: Improving Effectiveness workshop on August 8 combines lectures, discussion, and exercises to provide practical information for participants to effectively identify, measure, monitor, and control risk. The workshop also focuses on the OCC’s approach to risk-based supervision and major risks in the financial industry.

The Capital Markets: Keeping Current workshop on August 9 is designed to help bank leadership better understand balance sheet management risks such as interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and risks associated with the investment portfolio. Additionally, the workshop will discuss quantifying balance sheet risk related to assets and liabilities.

The Risk Governance workshop fee is $99. Participants receive course materials, supervisory materials, and lunch. The half-day Capital Markets workshop fee is $49, which is waived for participants also attending the previous day’s workshop.

To register online and view the schedule and locations of other workshops, visit the OCC’s website. For additional questions about the workshops, please contact the OCC Bank Director Workshop Team at (202) 649-6490 or bankdirectorworkshop@occ.treas.gov.