This course introduces the concept of Portfolio Mix & Exposure Strategy within the Working Capital – Consumer Credit framework. It focuses on defining the desired composition of the portfolio across borrower segments, exposure types, risk bands, and product structures to achieve balanced growth and controlled risk outcomes.
Learners will explore key assessment dimensions such as establishing portfolio limits, defining acceptable risk bands, evaluating structure choices for different customer segments, and setting clear usage boundaries, with an emphasis on independent validation and well-documented rationale. The course highlights how a well-structured portfolio mix strategy helps institutions balance profitability, liquidity, concentration risk, and portfolio resilience, while poorly managed exposure allocation can result in excessive concentration, unstable utilisation patterns, and heightened credit losses. It also examines how exposure strategies should adapt to changing economic conditions, borrower behaviour, and evolving risk appetite.
The course distinguishes portfolio mix & exposure strategy from broader portfolio diversification strategies, emphasizing its role in exposure-level composition management, structured risk identification, and breach response mechanisms, whereas diversification focuses more broadly on spreading risk across industries, geographies, or borrower categories. Each requires distinct evidence standards, ownership, and approval authority.
By the end of the course, participants will understand how to define, assess, and manage portfolio composition strategies in practice, particularly within Working Capital Product Proposition and Structure. The course also emphasizes the role of the credit manager in validating team-level analysis, approving case recommendations, and managing segment-level exposure within Working Capital – Consumer Credit, ensuring disciplined portfolio construction, effective escalation, and alignment with credit committee priorities.