As financial markets grew more sophisticated and financial institutions increased in size, new techniques were developed which helped alleviate the risks of
concentrated loan portfolios.
Not exact matches
For example, Commerce Bancshares of Kansas City spreads its commercial
loan portfolio across a large number of industries to manage risk and avoid
concentrating it on any one particular industry that might take a shellacking.
Modern Capital Theory (MCT)
concentrates on market decisions and provides valuable lessons for specific markets consisting of Outside Passive Minority Investors (OPMIs) who deal in «sudden death» securities, i.e., options, warrants, risk arbitrage, heavily margined
portfolios, trading strategies and performing
loans with short - fuse maturities.
I think that investors shouldn't be too
concentrated in the risk of a handful of
loans defaulting; they should be looking at a diversified investment
portfolio.
If the mortgage scheme's
portfolio is heavily
concentrated in a small number of
loans, or
loans to a small number of borrowers, there is a higher risk that a single negative event affecting one
loan will put the overall
portfolio (and your money) at risk.
Is the issuer's
loan portfolio heavily
concentrated in a small number of
loans, or in
loans to a small number of borrowers?