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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Stress testing, monitoring are essential Financial institutions should challenge assumptions about CRE risk while also watching for red flags as they manage the CRE portfolio. 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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Benefits of Leveraging Technology for Document Preparation

Abrigo

Financial institutions are looking for a solution to increase efficiency, decrease risk, and provide complete, defensible documentation for loan types. Document preparation solutions, like Fusion LaserPro, help financial institutions to automate data entry, save time, and reduce errors. Learn more.

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Best practices for credit risk management in uncertain times

Abrigo

Fortify your credit risk management framework How to prepare your organization for scrutiny of its credit risk management practices during your next exam or review. . You might also like this whitepaper, "Stress Testing: Managing Capital Levels and Credit Risk." So how can banks help customers keep up in uncertain markets?

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How managed services bring flexible, scalable ‘Next-Gen efficiencies’

Accenture

Financial services (FS) firms in the Middle East face a range of well-documented challenges. Some match those facing their peers elsewhere, while others (like the floundering oil price, a troubled real estate market and VAT changes) are more relevant to this region.

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Model Risk Management: Regulatory Priorities and Best Practices

Abrigo

Meet Model Risk Management Expectations Updates to the FDIC Risk Management Manual should steer institutions toward a model that manages risk and drives growth. Takeaway 1 Aside from meeting examiner expectations, proper model risk management can protect your institution from unnecessary risk. . FDIC Update.

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Preparing your financial institution to manage loan workouts, loan modifications

Abrigo

Managing loan workouts and modifications Tips for preparing your bank or credit union to handle an increased volume of problem loans while ensuring prudent credit risk management. Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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Best practices for documenting analytical procedures

Abrigo

By Lana Richards, Contributing Writer, Sageworks Documenting audit and review procedures often feels more like administrative than value-adding work. And some procedures—like analytics, for example—require more extensive documentation due to the amount of judgment applied in their selection, design and evaluation.

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