This course introduces the concept of Interest Rate Reset & Repricing Risk within the Housing Finance Credit framework. It focuses on understanding the risks that arise when loan interest rates are reset or repriced due to changes in benchmark rates, cost of funds, or internal pricing strategies, and how these changes impact both borrower affordability and portfolio profitability.
Learners will explore key assessment dimensions such as evaluating margin sensitivity, analyzing customer behavior in response to rate changes, understanding cost of funds implications, and assessing customer sustainability under revised repayment obligations, with an emphasis on independent validation and well-documented rationale. The course highlights how interest rate movements can influence prepayments, delinquencies, and refinancing behavior, as well as the trade-off between maintaining margins and preserving portfolio quality.
The course distinguishes interest rate reset and repricing risk from broader portfolio diversification strategies, emphasizing its role in exposure-level risk management and breach response rather than portfolio-level allocation decisions.
By the end of the course, participants will understand how to assess and manage repricing risks in practice, particularly within Interest, Pricing, and Profitability Management. The course also emphasizes the role of the credit manager in validating team-level analysis, approving case-level pricing decisions, and managing segment-level exposure within Housing Finance Credit, including adherence to pricing policies, documentation quality, and escalation protocols aligned with credit committee priorities.