Abstract

Holland’s leading bank, ABN AMRO operates more than 800 offices at home and another 2,600 in 75 other countries. In the US, ABN AMRO owns Chicago-based LaSalle Bank and Standard Federal Bank, one of Michigan’s largest banks. ABN AMRO’s comprehensive risk management framework aims at combining centralized policy setting with broad oversight, supported by risk execution and monitoring in the Group’s network. ABN AMRO’s goal is to identify and analyze risks at an early stage, to set and monitor prudent limits, and to learn and evolve continuously to help it face a volatile and rapidly-changing risk environment. The case discusses in detail how ABN manages credit risk.

Learning Objectives

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Keywords

ABN AMRO, Credit Risk at ABN AMRO, Risk Management & Internal Controls at ABN AMRO, Organization of Group Risk committee at ABN, Global Strategic Business Units at ABN AMRO, Risk Framework at ABN AMRO, Organization of Group Asset & Liability Management at ABN AMRO, Management of Commercial credits at ABN AMRO, Commercial Portfolios at ABN AMRO and Consumer Portfolios at ABN AMRO