The Portfolios – Downsized a Bit

Perhaps one of the most difficult, but at the same time most enjoyable challenges, we undertake each year is to try to pin down the various heads of the shipping departments to open their kimonos and impart data on the size of their portfolios, along with other related statistical data. Although we are certain a number is readily available, the hesitancy to share comes most likely from our simplistic approach. We ask simply for the size of the loan portfolio. Are we asking for the right number and, if so, how is it correctly measured? Without definition and commonality, the question of whether each portfolio will be fairly portrayed on a comparative basis is a concern to respondents, as the end product could be viewed as a competitive “league table” of sorts.

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