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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Equally important is the bank’s securities duration, as shown in the graph below.

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Today’s Cyber Risk Management

Cisco

Beginning with the bursting of the dot-com bubble, and more recently, the global COVID-19 pandemic, these events created significant volatility in stock prices resulting in increased market risk. In between these events, a different crisis began in the US sub-prime lending market. Regulatory Agencies Step Up.

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Risk management in the cloud: A strategic imperative

Insights on Business

But while mobile devices give us great power and convenience, they also create new security and privacy challenges. Three pillars of cyber risk management on the cloud. A properly deployed and administered solution for managing cyber risk consists of three main pillars.

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Federal agencies approve cyber-attack rules for US banking system

Banking Exchange

OCC, Board, FDIC will require banks to report incidents within 36 hours Compliance Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory Cyberfraud/ID Theft Security Mobile Online Core Systems Risk Management Technology Feature Feature3.

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How Federal Debt May Impact Banking

South State Correspondent

Furthermore, high federal government debt does not just lead to higher interest rates but also poses economic, national security, and social challenges. While the US is, and will remain, the center of innovation and risk-taking, the economy will transition to fewer small businesses and more larger enterprises.

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What Banks Can Learn from the Republic Bank Failure

South State Correspondent

The Root Causes It appears to us that Republic Bank did not properly manage its duration and interest rate risk. Even more stark was the bank’s securities repricing. We believe that such simple steps in risk management may help avoid the bank failures we have seen and may continue to see.

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Banking Third Party Risk Management Requirements are a Big and Expensive Ask

Celent Banking

Source: Oliver Wyman, Celent Celent, through its work with Oliver Wyman, estimates the cost to US financial institutions of undertaking due diligence and assessment of new third party engagements to be ~ $750 million per year. The top ten US banks average between 20,000 and 50,000 third party relationships.