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How the 2022 Stress Test Scenarios Can Help Small Banks & Credit Unions

Abrigo

The Stress Test Scenarios for Big Banks Are Useful for Smaller Institutions' Own Tests Banking regulators recently released the 2022 scenarios for upcoming stress tests by the biggest banks. Prudent stress testing as a risk management tool helps the enterprise see where the potential pitfalls are in their plans.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Non-recourse loans While the bank historically has not experienced excessive levels of charge-offs due to loans not having one or more guarantors, there is considerable evidence to show that the options available to resolve a problem situation, as well as the costs incurred to exercise such options, are adversely affected by the lack of guarantees.

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The Risk Your Asset/Liability Management Process Might Be Missing

Abrigo

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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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. Lending Discipline: Hedging programs make loan pricing more transparent and force bankers to exercise sensible pricing methodologies. We also shared a table that summarized the two strategies.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed.

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Job Circular: Risk Analyst - Treasury Middle Office at Habib Bank Ltd.

FluentBanking

Vacancy Not specific Job Context Job Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh (subject to transfer to any other location within the country) Job Responsibilities To perform risk calculation & analysis exercise for market and liquidity risk management (i.e. so that risk can be measured at a regular interval.

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Bank Earnings Are Toast – It’s Time to Take Bold Action

Gonzobanker

They may be looking for a dance partner or hiding from a regulator. So far, bankers have taken comfort in the soundbite that “this crisis is different” because of the strong capital levels and risk management rigor that has developed since the Great Recession. 25% 140 banks will have capital levels that have fallen below 8%.

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