by Regitze Ladekarl, FRM | May 6, 2024 | Risk Report
A bank has a credit card portfolio. It is happy about that. Fees are good and higher rates mean more interest coming in. There is just one little bummer, and that is the capital it has to hold in reserve incase any cardholders default. A private credit firm has a...
by Carmen Loh | Mar 15, 2022 | Regulations
Existing accounting practices in the insurance industry are inconsistent and unclear. This has led to the issuance of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts – the first international Standard for insurance contracts. Because this Standard is based solely on principle and does...
by Samantha Zerger | Apr 17, 2020 | Business Analytics
Employees developed plans during the course of the project in order to create a standardized process with respect to regulation guidelines. Did you understand that sentence reading through the first time? The sentence is filled with bureaucratic phrasing which makes...
by Mike Forno | Feb 12, 2020 | General
We’re making it official: After more than a decade of operating as “The Financial Risk Group,” we’re changing our name to reflect what our clients have called us since the early days. We are excited to formally debut our streamlined “FRG” brand and logo. Our new look...
by Jonathan Leonardelli, FRM | Mar 18, 2019 | CECL
Paragraph 326-20-30-3 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards update[1] states: “The allowance for credit losses may be determined using various methods”. I’m not sure if any statement, other than “We need to talk”, can be as fear inducing. Why is...
