Crisis Management

Crises can occur in government risk, just as they can in any other form of risk. These can result from unanticipated supervisory issues, changing standards, third-party risks, or unanticipated M&A activity. When the unexpected happens, Federal Financial Analytics’ team can quickly erect defenses, design damage control strategies, communicate with senior regulators and ensure that PR delivers a message that works not only for investors, but also for legislators and regulators. Some examples:

• For a credit-card lender subject to an unprecedented enforcement action, we designed a damage-control program that helped prevent escalation into a franchise-threatening event;
  

• For a specialized lender, we developed a legislative and investor-communications program designed to limit third-party liability related to potential securities law violations;
  

• For two regional banks, we developed legislative and regulatory defenses when these banks were subject to determined hostile takeover attempts.