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Considerations for managing a portfolio in a market downturn.(selected topic)

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| April 01, 2009 | Meder, Dan | COPYRIGHT 2009 National Association of Credit Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For many companies, managing a customer portfolio used to involve a wait-and-see approach, with credit managers reacting to slow payments and other negative account activities only as they would occur. In fact, many of these managers simply would check customer credit ratings at the beginning of a business relationship and rely on aging reports alone to determine who was currently a slow payer. However, the economic winds of change are blowing strong, and while managing a set of customer accounts is a challenging endeavor in any financial climate, the complexities are unparalleled in times like these.

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