Abrigo

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Stress Testing | 7 minute read Key Takeaways Stress testing is an important component of sound risk management. Top down and bottom up analysis can inform capital assessments. Stress testing provides banks and credit unions with a unique opportunity to better manage their institution’s financial performance. .

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Abrigo

JUNE 11, 2021

Would you like other articles on asset/liability management in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Regulators stress sound risk management practices that include the ability to identify and measure interest rate risk (IRR). Takeaway 3 The most common model to measure long-term IRR is an economic value of equity (EVE) analysis.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. They help manage and shape strategy in volatile economic and industry conditions. Regulators review them to assess safety and soundness.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Blog posts to help your asset/liability management (ALM) staff strategize for the future These ALM posts were the most popular in 2022. Our top ten blogs were created by Abrigo's team, which includes former bankers, regulators, and industry experts. Read for a review of methods FIs use to measure short-term risk. Learn more.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. This capital ratio is used to assess the possible riskiness of a hedge provider.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. This capital ratio is used to assess the possible riskiness of a hedge provider.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 24, 2024

The rapidly increasing interest rates in 2023 led to publicly traded banks with more than $20 billion in assets having tangible common equity ratios (adjusted for fair value adjustments on held-to-maturity instruments such as loans) of less than 3% as of September 30, 2023, according to S&P Capital IQ. Should we panic?

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Insights on Business

MARCH 4, 2019

It seems like just yesterday when complying with regulation was the end goal in itself. The bulk of these efforts were focused on simply churning out reports to keep regulators happy. Whether financial institutions and their risk systems are ready or not, those days of simple reporting are behind us.

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

In addition, they should be familiar with pertinent laws and regulations affecting credit and lending activities. Some banks have enough critical mass to rotate junior teammates from credit analysis to workout to loan review for 6-month exposures to each of these areas before sending them on to lending assignments.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2015

Thursday also served as a preview for their shareholders of what’s to come next Wednesday, when the Fed announces whether it has approved of each bank’s plans to return some of the reserved capital to shareholders, following the positive results. Stress testing is a critical risk management technique that deserves bolstering.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In a banking landscape that is constantly changing with new regulations, increasing competition, and other new challenges, it is critical to maximize your strategic plan's effectiveness. What insights have you gained from an in-market commercial real estate analysis? Learn to identify emerging CRE credit risk red flags.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. Learn more about the Sageworks Credit Risk Management Solution. This reflects a larger industry trend.

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Abrigo

JUNE 17, 2015

And many of the risks associated with agriculture lending are out of borrowers’ control, according to the OCC: • weather • pricing • domestic and global supply and demand changes • disease • land values • government regulations • subsidy programs and • changes in consumers’ preferences.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Having dashboards or banking management reports that show the lending pipeline, pricing trends, emerging risks, workflow bottlenecks, and other factors affecting loan growth can help a bank or credit union stay on top of and adapt quickly to trends. The institution can more easily capitalize on opportunities and avoid unnecessary risk.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 30, 2022

Risk management. Keys to mitigating risk. Any financial institution looking to grow the commercial loan portfolio should keep in mind that proper credit risk management remains critical. This type of analysis (e.g. Credit Risk Management. Lending & Credit Risk. Lending Regulation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Regulators the world over are beginning to take a closer look at the alternative and marketplace lending business model. However, there is a range of other areas of noncompliance risk for these businesses. Which brought Wales to the final major challenge industry players face in the compliance realm: data management.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

ALM | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Many financial institutions view asset/liability management as a "check-the-box" regulatory exercise. An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2017

Risk management is complex territory for many businesses, especially those with complex partnerships, vast supply chains and global footprints. Putting it bluntly,” the report notes, “if you wait until a liquidity crisis hits to cobble together an analysis based on an array of spreadsheets, it is probably too late.”.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 10, 2015

In the same way, financial institutions conducting stress tests to satisfy prudential regulators’ queries on reserves and capital can generate additional benefits from this process, according to Elizabeth Williams, managing director of financial consulting firm CEIS Review Inc. Manage concentration risk.

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Abrigo

JUNE 23, 2017

The desire to avoid examiner scrutiny may tempt some financial institutions to set the bar high when it comes to credit and liquidity risk management policy limits, but regulators are discouraging this approach. It could compromise institutions’ risk management effectiveness and ultimately hurt the institution.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 11, 2022

The series, "ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management," will explore topics like capital planning , interest rate risk, and others that highlight how ALM is an ongoing, useful process for banks and credit unions rather than simply a “check the box” report required by regulators. keep me informed. Watch Webinar.

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Abrigo

MAY 2, 2022

Confident Risk Management Begins with Sound Loan Policy A risk-based approach to loan policy can effectively improve your institution's profitability. Takeaway 1 Loan policy is the foundation of a risk-focused financial institution, and it requires regular updates and monitoring to be effective.

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Abrigo

APRIL 15, 2022

ALM 101: Introduction to Asset/Liability Management. Regulators expect that for institutions to maintain adequate levels of liquidity, banks and credit unions must be able to meet both expected and unexpected cash flow and collateral needs without adversely affecting daily operations or financial performance. Contingent liquidity.

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Insights on Business

JULY 31, 2018

We caught up with Peter Chirlian, CEO of Armanta, an IBM Company, to tell us more about Armanta’s innovative approach to aggregation and risk analytics. Let me start by asking about the risk management challenges that financial institutions face. Powerful risk analysis requires so much more than just aggregation and reporting.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Generally speaking (subject to Regulation B), business loans should be guaranteed by the principals of the borrower. a significant capital injection into the borrower, or other collateral such as liquid assets). A guarantee generally should be unlimited and continuing. The lack of a guarantee is considered an exception.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 8, 2012

This is one reason that financial institutions are getting serious about viewing risk across the entire franchise instead of in the organizational silos where they most exist. See my post on Enterprise Wide Risk Management on this subject here. But through it all, risk requires capital.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 5, 2020

Therefore, it’s essential that the credit memo captures the complete picture of the borrower to ensure proper risk management. The first area Wear recommends bolstering is credit memo content and analysis. To provide better analysis in the credit memo, financial institutions should focus on the “why.” Asset/Liability.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Learn how a core deposit analysis helped improve this institution's forecasts. But this year, only 15% described core deposit growth as a “very important” risk. The challenge with the influx of capital is that most financial institutions don’t know how much of the money at their institutions will hang around – or for how long.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. The OCC did an excellent analysis of the impact of this guidance in 2013. Risk mitigants tend to lag growth, especially fast growth.

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FICO

JUNE 26, 2020

Analysis of FICO® Resilience Index data by Tom Parrent, former chief risk officer for Genworth Financial, shows that from 2010 to 2015, nearly 600,000 additional mortgages could have been originated to consumers with FICO® Scores between 680 and 699, had the FICO® Resilience Index been available to lenders at the time.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 13, 2023

By better modelling how this relationship might raise insurers’ capital risk we can more firmly argue that insurers’ model assumptions should account for key dependencies between perils. Taking whole years, we investigated how the level of capital required to remain solvent is affected. Outputs are shown in Table A.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Portfolio stress tests can provide a number of benefits beyond compliance with regulatory expectations, Behringer said recently at the 2015 Risk Management Summit hosted by Sageworks. How would a stress event impact our aggregate loan portfolio, and, in turn, how does that impact capital?” What does all that do?

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

FDIC regulations afford QFCs certain rights and protections that will accrue to the hedge end-user (a community bank or a community bank borrower) if the hedge provider fails and the FDIC becomes the receiver. This capital ratio is used to assess the possible riskiness of a hedge provider. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

Chamber of Commerce uncovered the challenge businesses face in the wake of financial reforms and regulations, like Dodd-Frank. Its survey, the chamber said, suggests that the nation must heighten its capabilities of providing finance to its businesses, especially those struggling on account of regulation. What Regulation Does.

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Abrigo

APRIL 19, 2022

Avoid common mistakes in your global cash flow analysis Get proficient in your global cash flow analysis efforts. Global Cash Flow analysis is used by financial institutions to assess the combined cash flow of a group of people and/or entities to get a global picture of their ability to service the proposed debt.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

This enterprise environment provides a highly flexible analysis and reporting solution, designed to quickly and efficiently integrate with a bank’s existing infrastructure. By doing so, banks will be able to reap the full benefits of stress testing while satisfying the regulators that progress is being made.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 27, 2021

In doing so, repo markets support a wide range of investment and risk management activities for banks and other financial market participants such as pension funds. We use repo volumes data collected by the Prudential Regulation Authority on 17 banks in the gilt repo market and repo rates data from Bank of England’s Bankstats.

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