Credit Portfolio Management in Nepalese Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): A Shifting Guide to Credit Risk Management

European Microfinance Credit Risk Management and Credit Scoring

In this paper we provide an analysis of credit risk management and the use of credit scoring among European MFIs. With this aim, we designed and sent a survey to the full set of known MFIs operating in Eastern and Western Europe. 58 MFIs completed the survey. We observe that the European microfinance industry has already dedicated substantial effort to risk management, noting that more than hal...

Optimization strategies in credit portfolio management

This paper focuses on the application of an original global optimization algorithm, based on the hybridization between a genetic algorithm and a semi-deterministic algorithm, for the resolution of various constrained optimization problems for realistic credit portfolios. Results are analyzed from a financial point of view in order to confirm their relevance. KEYWORDCredit Portfolio Management, ...

Performance of Credit Risk Management in Indian Commercial Banks

For banks and financial institutions, credit risk had been an essential factor that needed to be managed well. Credit risk was the possibility that a borrower of counter party would fail to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed terms. Credit risk; therefore arise from the bank’s dealings with or lending to corporate, individuals, and other banks or financial institutions.  Credit risk...

Regulatory Impacts on Credit Portfolio Management

Efficient credit portfolio management is a key success factor of bank management. Discussions of the new capital adequacy proposals by the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision enlighten the necessity to consider the credit risk management both from the internal and the regulatory point of view. We introduce an optimization approach for the credit portfolio that maximizes expected returns subj...

Portfolio Credit Risk