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Get your ducks in a row: HVCRE risk management

Abrigo

In a recent Sageworks webinar Robert Ashbaugh, senior risk management consultant at Sageworks, discusses High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) lending best practices. Ashbaugh goes on to demonstrate that the default rates for these loans did not peak until about 2009, and the ALLL did not increase until 2010.

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Why Diversification Fails at Banks

South State Correspondent

Bankers have been taught to diversify their loan portfolio to reduce idiosyncratic (individual borrower) risk and to stabilize earnings. The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. These costs can be particularly high for specialized relationship lending (especially for community banks).

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Why Diversification Fails at Banks

South State Correspondent

Bankers have been taught to diversify their loan portfolio to reduce idiosyncratic (individual borrower) risk and to stabilize earnings. The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. These costs can be particularly high for specialized relationship lending (especially for community banks).

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Stressing the importance of stress tests

Abrigo

The reports were positive: all 31 stressed banks “passed,” showing that they are stronger than they have been at any time since the tests began in 2009, the Fed reported. Stress testing is a critical risk management technique that deserves bolstering.

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Addressing Portfolio Risk in Economic Uncertainty: Part 2 (2022)

FICO

If we think of a lending portfolio as an exclusive night club, its underwriting policy acts as the doorperson, checking IDs and making sure anyone trying to enter meets minimum acceptance criteria. Traditional underwriting risk management strategy approach in stressed versus unstressed economy. Senior Director, Scores.

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4 challenges banks and credit unions are facing today

Abrigo

Internal challenges Top management will be familiar with many of the internal challenges. They may include: - Competing and conflicting interests: growth vs. risk - Disconnected processes, departments and technology - Little transparency into portfolio health over time - Lots of data, few actionable insights. “As

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Managing Commercial Real Estate in a COVID-Ravaged Landscape

Gonzobanker

If the institution is using this service in the AML and fraud departments, it might be wise to open these searches to loan officers managing their portfolios. Studies show that institutions that more rapidly pushed workouts in 2009-2012 came out healthier than those that chose to wait. Explore what guidance regulators might provide.