Credit Risk Mitigation Case Study

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6. Credit Risk Mitigation
Bank has put in place Board approved ‘Credit Risk Mitigation and Collateral Management Policy’ which, interalia, covers policies and processes for various collaterals including financial collaterals and netting of on and off balance sheet exposure. The collaterals used by the Bank as risk mitigant comprise of the financial collaterals (i.e. bank deposits, govt./postal securities, life policies, gold jewelry, units of mutual funds etc.). Guarantees, which are direct, explicit, irrevocable and unconditional, are taken into consideration by Bank for calculating capital requirement. Majority of financial collaterals held by the Bank are by way of own deposits and government securities, which do not have any issue in …show more content…

The risk rating system is drawn up in a structured manner, incorporating different factors such as borrower’s specific characteristics, industry specific characteristics etc. Risk rating system is being applied to the loan accounts with total limits above Rs.50 lacs. Bank is undertaking periodic validation exercise of its rating models and also conducting migration
The Bank has in place a well defined organizational structure for market risk management functions, which looks into the process of overall management of market risk viz. interest rate risk & foreign exchange risk and implements methodologies for measuring and monitoring the same. Tools like stress testing, duration, modified duration, VaR etc. are being used effectively in managing risk in the Treasury operations.
As an integral part of Risk Management System, bank has put in place a well-defined Loan Review Mechanism (LRM). This helps bring about qualitative improvements in credit administration. A separate Division known as Credit Audit & Review Division has been formed to ensure LRM

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