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- Principles for the Management of Credit Risk
- This article is related to credit risk management. Credit risk is most simply defined as the potential that a bank borrower or counterpart will fail to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed terms. The goal of credit risk management is to maximize a bank's risk-adjusted rate of return by...
- White papers 2000-09-01
- Do the New BIS Capital Rules Make Sense?
- How much capital should a bank hold against possible credit losses. That multibillion-dollar question is one of the most controversial topics in banking—and one that has a direct impact on the bottom line of the world's most powerful financial institutions. Over the years, banks lobbied furiously for a more risk-sensitive...
- White papers 2000-01-01
- Business Continuity Planning: A Risk Manager's Agenda for Operational and Credit Risk Management
- This two-part article identifies current actions that risk managers need to take to strengthen their business continuity strategies. Part I focuses on operational risk management strategies for bank service delivery. Part II, to be presented in a future issue, discusses how lenders should evaluate their customers' continuity plans to mitigate...
- White papers 2002-03-01
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- Hong Kong's Dah Sing Bank Licenses Kamakura Risk Manager for Asset and Liability Management and Credit Risk Management
- Kamakura Corporation announced today Hong Kong's Dah Sing Bank has licensed Kamakura's enterprise-wide risk management software system Kamakura Risk Manager KRM for integrated analysis of interest rate risk management and credit risk management. Dah Sing Bank is not only one of Hong Kong's leading banks, but the Bank is...
- Research articles 2007-11-06
- Best Practices in Strategic Credit Risk Management
- Effective credit risk management has gained an increased focus in recent years, largely due to the fact that inadequate credit risk policies are still the main source of serious problems within the banking industry. The chief goal of an effective credit risk management policy must be to maximize a bank's...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Wachovia Selects SunGard's Adaptiv for Counterparty Credit Risk Management; Global Exposures, Limits and Collateral Management Delivered Via ASP
- LONDON -- SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that Wachovia, the fourth largest bank holding company in the United States, has selected SunGard's Adaptiv for enterprise-wide counterparty credit risk management. Wachovia will use Adaptiv Credit Risk to manage credit risk in corporate and investment banking and capital management groups, across a wide...
- Research articles 2006-05-03
- Effective Credit Risk Management
- The paper highlights that effective credit risk management is a critical component of a bank's overall risk management strategy and is essential to the long-term success of any banking organization. Overall, the components of effective credit risk management comprise active board and senior management oversight; sufficient policies, procedures and limits;...
- White papers 2005-01-24
- ARTHUR ANDERSEN AND EVERBRIGHT DISCUSS CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT
- AsiaInfo Services 12-08-1997 Arthur Andersen and Everbright Discuss Credit Risk Management CHINA, December 8, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- Recently American Arthur Andersen Company and China Everbright Bank jointly held discussion conferences in AsiaInfo Services 12-08-1997...
- Research articles 1997-12-08
- LeasePlan Has Money to Spend Thanks to SAS; Ready for Basel II with SAS® Credit Risk Management
- CARY, N.C. -- LeasePlan Corporation, which has a lease portfolio of 1.2 million vehicles worldwide and has had bank status since 1993, is implementing SASR Credit Risk Management. This solution will help LeasePlan Corporation to comply with the Basel II banking regulations and could lead to an expansion of its...
- Research articles 2005-12-14
- Bank of Montreal Financial Group Selects SunGard's Adaptiv for Best Practice Credit Portfolio Management
- NEW YORK -- SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, an operating group of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), today announced that Bank of Montreal Financial Group BMO has selected SunGard's Adaptiv Credit Risk, a comprehensive credit risk management solution delivered via an application service provider ASP framework. Adaptiv Credit Risk will provide BMO with...
- Research articles 2004-08-17
- Bank of Ireland starts credit risk implementation.
- Byline: David Bannister Bank of Ireland has begun implementation of a new limits management system using software from Toronto-based risk management specialist Algorithmics.The bank will be using the Algo Credit application to improve credit risk management in its treasury and financial banking operations....
- Research articles 2003-08-20
- VP Bank Achieves Integrated Risk Management
- For a world class bank like VP Bank, client relationships are of utmost importance. Guided by a conservative risk policy, VP Bank's primary business objective is to preserve and continually grow the assets entrusted to it, whether for high net worth individuals or for institutional clients. The ability to systematically...
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- California Center Bank Announces Hiring of a New Chief Credit Officer
- Business Editors LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 6, 2000 California Center Bank (OTCBB:CLFC) today announced that D. Don Lee has joined the bank's management team as chief credit officer. Lee brings a wealth of experience to California Center Bank's management team. He has held chief credit administrator and senior...
- Research articles 2000-01-06
- Union Bank in Oklahoma City hires vice president, senior bank
- Jason Barnhill was hired as vice president and senior bank analyst at Union Bank in Oklahoma City. In his new role, Barnhill will be responsible for managing the bank's global analysis efforts with an emphasis on commercial loan underwriting and credit risk management. Barnhill has worked in the...
- Research articles 2007-04-20
- BB&T Harnesses SAS® to Better Manage Credit Risk
- CARY, N.C. -- BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) has selected SASR Credit Risk Management to enhance its portfolio and predictive modeling capabilities. With SAS, the leader in business intelligence, BB&T Corporation, the nation's ninth largest financial holding company, is seeking to enhance risk-adjusted returns, make more efficient use of the bank's...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- RAM REAFFIRMS RATINGS OF MALAYSIA'S SOUTHERN BANK.
- KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 Asia Pulse - Rating Agency Malaysia RAM has reaffirmed Southern Bank Berhad's SBB long- and short-term general bank ratings at A1 and P1, respectively. The bank's asset quality, although deteriorated in line with the industry, showed signs of improvement towards the end of FYE...
- Research articles 2002-06-14
- Fed appoints new senior VP.(News)(Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland appointed Stephen Jenkins )(Brief article)
- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland said Stephen Jenkins has been appointed senior vice president responsible for its banking supervision function, effective March 1. The Cleveland Fed said Mr. Jenkins also will be responsible for the bank's credit risk management and statistics and analysis...
- Research articles 2007-02-12
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Risk Management: Preparing for Growth
- Risk management is a topic that every senior bank manager focuses on; the benefit of the best loan sales effort quickly disappears when credit quality fails. Effective risk management policies are particularly important in the world of small business lending. Small business credit executives are entering an expected business expansion...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- The Credit Risk Sling
- In the normal course of business, a bank will seek to manage the risk exposures inherent in its loan book through a combination of risk management techniques. This article considers how credit risk can be stripped out of the combined group of risks and managed in its own right. This...
- White papers 2003-04-15
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