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Key Tips for Effectively Measuring Interest Rate Risk
Effectively managing interest rate risk (IRR) is one of the most important and most challenging issues facing banks today. A shift in rates can compress margins and threaten the health of a bank's balance sheet. Having a system that monitors and measures your potential exposure can limit interest…
How to Use Stress Testing to Identify Credit Risks in Your Loan Portfolio
Community banks are recommended to stress test for credit risks in their loan portfolios, especially if you have significant commercial real estate concentrations. If your bank fails to do so at least annually, it is putting itself at risk of experiencing adverse outcomes. Although only required for large…
Risk Governance – What Directors (and Management) Should Know
Staying ahead of the risk curve can feel overwhelming for most bankers today. If you are feeling more pressure to ensure that your risk governance process, primarily your risk management system, is effectively identifying, measuring, monitoring and controlling applicable risks, you aren’t alone. The pressure is coming from…