CREDIT RISK EXPOSURE OF SELECTED NEW PRIVATE
SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA WITH REFERENCE TO ASSET
LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
Asset Liability management of a bank refers to strategic decision making and devising strategies with respect to mitigation of different types of risk with a core objective of risk minimization and profit maximization. Banks are exposed to varied types of risk of which credit risk is crucial as it enhances the risk of insolvency and bankruptcy of a bank. It arises when borrowers turn out to be defaulters. Credit risk not only wipes out the capital of the banks but also hampers the present and future earnings of the bank. The present paper analyzes the credit risk of selected private sector banks to know if the Asset Liability management (ALM) policy of a bank with respect to credit risk is effective or not. The different measures of Credit risk as Gross Non-performing assets and Net Nonperforming assets are analyzed using One-Way Anova to see if credit risk of selected banks is significantly different or not.