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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether.

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Member business lending: How to leverage MBL for credit union growth

Abrigo

Perform satisfactory appraisal reviews with appropriate assumptions, methodology, and market comparisons. Geographic risks: If loans outside the credit union's market area aren't restricted, draft policies outlining criteria for granting them. However, with opportunities come inherent risks.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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. Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

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. Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise.

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How Federal Debt May Impact Banking

South State Correspondent

Because secular changes occur over decades, many management teams miss the telltale signs of significant secular disruptions—think of a frog boiling slowly in a pot, not appreciating the changes in the water temperature over a longer period. As risk management becomes more prominent, technology and data mining become an indispensable tool.

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How to Practice Loan Pricing Discipline

South State Correspondent

Treating all credit facilities equally by setting minimum credit spreads regardless of size, term, cross-sell opportunities, lifetime value, and credit quality leads to misallocation of capital and substandard return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). Many banks target profitable commercial clients. Cost-plus pricing.

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Fair Value Accounting for Loans

South State Correspondent

Fair value accounting measures assets and liabilities at current market value instead of historical or amortized value. First Republic’s fair value adjustment (decrease) for all loans at year-end was $22B, greater than the bank’s total Tier 1 capital of $17.5B. in Tier 1 capital.