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OCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season

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Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that underwriting standards have eased thanks to an increased appetite for credit risk, increased competition and an overall perception of improved economic circumstances. Commercial real estate (CRE) loans, however, continued to strengthen. Amid these fluctuations, the U.S.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. RITHOLTZ: … which people tend to ignore when things are pretty — let’s say, in 2007, a lot of people aren’t thinking about counterparty risk.

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Transcript: Ken Kencel

Barry Ritholtz

So you would see pretty high concentrations of, you know, $100 million, $200 million, $300 million, all essentially sitting on a single balance sheet of the bank. So obviously, risk managers, you know, and CROs were very focused on how do we manage that risk and diversify that credit risk that they were taking on in mid-market companies.