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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

Abrigo

Bankers should examine warning signs and shore up defenses for existing income-producing CRE loans as part of commercial property loan risk management. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits. Stay up to date with _.

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Combating inconsistency in risk management

Abrigo

When it comes to the risk management process, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. “It is as much an art as a science,” says Tim McPeak, risk management consultant at Sageworks. Other common manual errors include double counting income and debt-service and excluding necessary tax forms.

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Risk Management and Your Retirement Savings Plan

PopularBank

By investing for retirement through your employer-sponsored plan, you are helping to manage a critically important financial risk: the chance that you will outlive your money. But choosing to participate is just one step in your financial risk management strategy. Familiarize yourself with the different types of risk 1.

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Global cash flow analysis – common mistakes & helpful hints

Abrigo

Not analyzing (or requesting) all of the necessary tax forms Tax returns and their supporting schedules are vital to performing a GCF analysis correctly. For example, the K-1 forms are crucial for obtaining the distributions and contributions applicable to the individual, which provide an actual cash flow amount.

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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

Banks that are looking to enhance their risk management practices should consider incorporating the concept of the velocity of risk into their enterprise-wide risk management practices. Some risks occur slowly; others strike quickly and hard. Optimizing Risk. Consider the risk above.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Examples of "except"-ional problems I have seen cases where something is an exception even though there is a policy or guidance specifically allowing instances for what is being cited as an exception. For example, the lack of a loan agreement on a term loan is a common credit exception. and property tax payments.

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3 Traits of a Strong Loan Reviewer – Video

Abrigo

As a loan reviewer, you need to be technically sound in order to do your job, which means you need to have a fundamental understanding of financial analysis, tax analysis, and all of the regulatory laws that surround the credits that you’re going to be reviewing,” Cooley says. Credit Risk Management. Credit Risk Regulation.

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