Strong risk-management policies tended to result in more conservative decision making and that helped some large California credit unions avoid the losses that have plague others

After acquiring failed Cal State 9 Credit Union in May 2008, and failed Sterlent Credit Union the following month, how is the $3.8 billion Patelco Credit Union doing?

Nine of the highest-asset California credit unions reported positive ROA as of Sept. 30. Aside from reversing most of last December's corporate assessment, what did the leaders of these institutions do differently from their struggling peers?

In a members-only Webcast the morning of Nov. 20, Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union announced a $150 million net loss for October 2009.

The anonymous credit union blogger who writes under the pseudonym Will Magnus announced on Nov. 16 that he will be discontinuing his "Unrealized Losses" blog (www. unrealizedlosses.blogspot.com)

Southeast Corporate Federal Credit Union released its 2008 annual audit Nov. 18, which revealed nothing new except the impairment adjustments other corporates have made,

Balance Sheet Solutions has exceeded $5 billion in investment transactions for credit unions completed so far this year, on pace for record growth.

The NCUA's proposed corporate regulations, released Nov. 19, didn't contain many surprises, as board members and staff had already discussed many of the amendments with industry leaders and in public arenas beforehand.