The Chief Executive Officer of Resilient Commercial Bank (RCB) operating in the

Caribbean has asked his team of Chartered Bank Analysts to conduct a critical assessment of

the entitys financial statements to ascertain its financial health in preparing the bank for

the annual review by the regulator of Commercial Banks and given the third wave of the

COVD-19 pandemic. The team is asked to assess the banks asset quality, capital adequacy,

earnings, liquidity risk, sensitivity to market risk and the strength of its Board and

Management Oversight function.

The financial statements and indicators below should aid in the assessment as well as the

notes provided.

You should analyze the banks Assessment of the general condition of the bank and make recommendations

to senior management (10marks)

Important Notes

Management has been meeting on a weekly basis since the COVID 19 pandemic to

assess its impact of the banks asset quality, liquidity, capital adequacy, earnings

and sensitivity to market risk.

The bank has a high concentration of loans directly related to the tourism sector.

In the past the bank has been plagued by weak credit administration standards and

poor underwriting practices.

The bank has hired several new loan officers to handle problem credits from the

past and those that have emerged since the pandemic.

Up until nine months ago the bank has no internal loan review function.

Loan policy does not establish guidelines for portfolio mix by loan type.

The regulatory requires require primary ratio of 10% and Risk Weighted Capital

Adequacy (RCWA) of 13%.

The bank introduced CD promotions in 2019 and 2020. While both promotions

raised funds, management anticipates that upon maturity in September 2021 50%

(40billion) of the balance will run off as investors will seeking new opportunities

and better rates and the central bank has reduced the policy rate by 100 basis points

to stimulate the economy due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

The banks parent company continues to reduce its cash account which will most

likely be depleted in only two years.