News and Events
FRG Sponsors Great Plains Institutional Investor Forum
Financial Risk Group was a platinum sponsor for the 4th Annual Great Plains Institutional Investor Forum, held last week in Minneapolis, MN. The forum is an educational initiative designed through coordination with the region’s leading institutional investors to build...
Financial Risk Group Named SAS 2017 Canada and Latin America Regional Partner of the Year
Financial Risk Group was recognized as SAS 2017 Canada and Latin America Regional Partner of the Year at an awards ceremony held during SAS® Global Forum in Orlando, Florida in April. “Last year was a big one for FRG,” said Mike Forno, an FRG Partner and Senior...
FRG Joins Adopt A Spot Program
The Financial Risk Group is pleased to join the Town of Cary in its efforts to keep downtown clean and free of litter. FRG is participating in the town’s Adopt A Spot program, designed to keep Cary “clean and forever green.” The company has agreed to host quarterly...
Consultants Earn Advanced Certification
FRG congratulates the following employees who have passed the SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9 certification. Zhang Min Chow, Dao Shyan Liew, Carmen Loh, Jayden Pang, and PengKent Woon, based in FRG’s Malaysia office, and Andrew Gannon, based in Cary, have...
FRG NEET Class Earns SAS Certifications
All six participants of FRG’s current NEET (New Employee Excellence Training) class have earned certifications as programmers for SAS 9. Offered through the SAS Global Certification program, the designations represent experience and knowledge in programming and data...
FRG opens Malaysia office
The Financial Risk Group Inc. (FRG) is pleased to announce the incorporation of its first office in the Asia Pacific region. FRG has chosen Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as the site of its new wholly-owned subsidiary. The move to incorporate and establish operations...
New NEET Consulting Trainees for FRG
The Financial Risk Group welcomes its Summer 2016 class of New Employee Excellence Training (NEET) consulting trainees. Jared Carter, Vahid Behrouzi, Jeffrey Winkle, and Kevin Glover have begun studying under the mentorship and supervision of experienced FRG...
FRG Consultants Earn Advanced SAS Certification
The majority of the consultants for the Financial Risk Group have now earned coveted certifications for their abilities in programming with SAS software. Since the end of 2014, seven additional risk consultants have passed rigorous exams designating them either SAS...
The Fed Plans to Test Banks’ Response to Negative Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve has announced its plans to test the ability of the country’s largest banks to weather a prolonged period of negative interest rates. As reported in Bloomberg Business, the Fed wants reassurance from this year’s stress test that these banks can...
Survey of Chief Risk Officers Reveals Top Concerns
A new survey conducted by American Banker Research provides insight into the responsibilities of risk managers from banks with assets of less than $100 million to more than $10 billion. They answered questions about the tasks that require the biggest chunk of their...