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Aug 25, 2023 | Extreme tail-risk events cannot be predicted, as demonstrated by the many unforeseen, rare or ...
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Aug 18, 2023 | Concerns are growing among lenders that regulatory initiatives at the National Association of ...
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The Expected Credit Losses Dilemma: Weighing IFRS 9’s “SICR”
Under IFRS 9, European banks today face a steep increase in their loan-loss provisions if it is determined at the time of financial reporting that...
Friday, October 21, 2022
When to Change IFRS 9 Scenario Weights for ECL: A Simple Rule
Financial institutions in Europe now employ a range of scenario-weighting approaches to estimate IFRS-9-compliant expected credit losses, with little...
Friday, March 10, 2023
Probability of Default: The Pluses and Minuses of Transition Matrices
To forecast potential changes in portfolio probability of default, credit risk professionals often rely on transition matrices that don't tell the...
Friday, August 13, 2021
SVB and Signature Bank: Risk Management Revelations
Recent bank collapses can be traced to their narrow-minded approach to stress testing and scenario analysis. What exactly went wrong at these...
Thursday, April 6, 2023
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Jul 14, 2023 | Now more than ever, banks need to bolster their commercial real estate (CRE) risk management ...
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Jun 16, 2023 | Banks are going to be required to use the so-called foundation approach (F-IRB) to credit risk ...