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Asset/Liability Management Committees (ALCOs)

Risk management organizations at banks and other financial institutions with broad responsibility to manage interest rate and other market risks, as well as credit exposure and operating risk, in some cases. The focus at this management level is asset/liability matching.

For a fuller discussion of risk management, see "Key Risk Concepts: Risk Control."

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