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The Future is Now
This is the third in a series of articles from GSBC’s Peer Group Projects. The projects are the work of our first-year class from July 2021. This article was compiled from the work of two groups which looked at the future of community banking post-pandemic.
Jefferson, Buffett & Bubbles
This is the second in a series of articles from GSBC’s Peer Group Projects. The projects are the work of our first-year class from July 2021. One group, comprised of nine community bankers, chose to explore the actions banks can take to mitigate the risk of asset bubbles.
Peeking Around the Inflation Corner
In 2021, GSBC launched its first-ever peer group initiative where new students of the Annual School Session were assigned to groups of up to 10 of their peers. The purpose of the peer groups was to ignite relationship building by facilitating connections virtually prior to the start of the session. We know relationship building is a tremendous value to banking schools in general and in our opinion, the sooner we get that started the better.
GSBC Partners With UMass Amherst to Help Community Bankers Evolve
As the community banking landscape continues to change, the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) continues to equip and empower community bankers to grow and evolve by forging strategic partnerships with higher education institutions.
Relationship Banking & Digital Transformation
The pace of change on the technology front is both exciting and frightening. Consumers engage with multiple platforms fueled by data and artificial intelligence. Each experience helps to create an expectation for the service they want to see from the next platform they use.
What Does a Wildly Successful GSBC Look Like in 10 Years?
Envisioning what a wildly successful GSBC looks like in 10 years is really when everything came together. By understanding our vulnerability and appreciating the amount of change being implemented around us, it really opened our minds to possibilities.
GSBC, Leeds School of Business Partner to Offer Executive Leadership Certificate in 2022
The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) has announced its new Certificate in Executive Leadership, developed in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business.
New Educational Product Empowers Community Banks to Make Strategic Investment Decisions
The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) has announced the launch of its newest educational products, GSBC + Invest, designed to equip community banks with reliable and impartial information to enhance investment-portfolio performance.
Q&A: Meet Michael Stevens, GSBC’s President-Elect
The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) Board of Trustees in November 2020 announced the school’s incoming president, Michael Stevens. In January 2021, Stevens began collaborating with the school’s board, staff and faculty to design its 70th Annual School Session.
The Continued Evolution of Community Banks
This month I began “Phase 3” of my career as I prepare to become the president of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC). This transition will be complete when my friend, Tim Koch, retires on July 31. As I closed out my career with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors a few weeks ago…
Liquidity Strategies for Illiquid Community Bank Stocks
If your community bank has adopted a strategy of long-term independence and your stock does not enjoy market liquidity, the following should be considered to provide for liquidity in the common stock.
First Quarter Fixed Income Strategy: Looking Back to Plan Ahead
As we close the books on 2020, we have the perfect opportunity to take stock of what bank balance sheets look like, assess what has worked (and what has not) and back test risk management methodologies.