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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. Bankers should examine warning signs and shore up defenses for existing income-producing CRE loans as part of commercial property loan risk management.

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The Rise Of Currency Hedging And Risk Management

PYMNTS

In a new PYMNTS interview , Karl Schamotta, regional director of risk management solutions at Cambridge Global , which sells currency hedging and related services — tasks that have recently assumed greater importance in eCommerce and other industries because of the stronger U.S.

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3rd annual Risk Management Summit proves “valuable” and “insightful”

Abrigo

More than 140 bankers and industry experts from over 30 states gathered in Nashville, Tennessee last month for the 3rd annual Risk Management Summit hosted by Sageworks. ” The 4th annual Risk Management Summit is planned for 2015, and announcements will be made when plans are finalized. Blog Bank Credit Union'

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Bank Earnings Call Questions – Get Ready for These

South State Correspondent

To do that, we wrote a Python script to analyze a representative sample of earnings call transcripts for regional and mid-sized banks over the past several years. Credit Next to deposit management, credit is the next set of high-probability questions and the second-largest bulk of questions.

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Businesses Fail To Manage Risk Despite Preparing For ‘Major Crisis’

PYMNTS

Overall, organizations did not score well, according to Kevin Hewitt, FTI Consulting’s chairman of the EMEA region. “This report looks to identify and unpick the challenges, and opportunities, that companies are facing today as they manage risk and enhance their corporate value,” he said in a statement announcing the report.

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Fed: Supervisory problems on the rise for banks of all sizes

American Banker

Regional and community banks, meanwhile, were plagued by IT problems and risk management struggles. In its biannual report on supervision and regulation, the Federal Reserve Board noted an uptick in governance issues with large banks.

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FDIC proposes stricter governance guidelines for regional banks

American Banker

issued a proposal requiring larger banks to implement a three-line-of-defense risk management model and increased board independence in response to observed weaknesses in corporate governance during past financial crises and recent bank failures. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.