Tag: Credit risk
Understanding Liquidity Assessment for Credit Risk – PART 2 (NWC)
Even after we have taken due care of matching correctly graded current assets to current liabilities, the business eventualities, customer behaviour a [...]
Understanding Liquidity Assessment for Credit Risk- PART 1 (Current Ratio)
Liquidity assessment using Current Ratio is a powerful tool and a staple for credit risk analysts . But it has its limitations. In this three part ser [...]
How many Credit Covenants are necessary in a Sanction Letter?
While there are no set parameters on how many credit covenants should be there in a Sanction Letter, one has to keep in mind that ratios tend be inter [...]
How WFH impacts the Risk Management culture in Banks?
Many in the banking industry have talked about the amazing cost savings that WFH brings. But beyond some savings, there are many costs we may have pai [...]
Will it remain a lender’s market for long!
Market is rejoicing that credit growth is back. But it was not the doing of the banks. Instead it seems to be lender's market with long wait for credi [...]
Credit Evaluation: How much information is Enough?
How much information is enough for credit evaluation? For a streamlined process a delicate balance needs to be maintained between timeliness and need [...]
SME Financing – Opportunity for Alternate Channels
MSMEs seem to be showing the expected resilience and regaining market's interest. Sumit Kakkar explains some of the constraints faced by MSMEs and how [...]
Critical Thinking in Credit Risk: Avoid these Fallacies
Critical Thinking concepts can help build a robust credit risk culture that relies on logic and objectivity and minimises biases. Amit Balooni shares [...]
Credit Sense – Approach and Perspectives
Risk officers and Relationship managers are always at each other’s throats owning to difference in their perspective, often missing out what lies beyo [...]
Banking after Moratorium: Three key Monitorables
With the moratorium behind us, the attention is now on how the loan portfolios will behave. Sumit Kakkar identifies three crucial things that banks ne [...]